DRS Launch Trial for Sellafield Special
Starting on Monday 9 January 2012, Direct Rail Services Ltd (DRS) will be running a six week trial train service for the Sellafield workforce, starting at Carlisle. The train will be made up of three reserved carriages for Sellafield workforce and one additional carriage for members of the public. The return service will run Monday to…
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DRS Invests in New Diesel Locomotives
Direct Rail Services (DRS), the UK’s leading rail freight operator, has recently ordered a fleet to of newly designed mixed traffic diesel locomotives for use in its key intermodal and passenger train operations. The Vossloh Espana Eurolight UK locomotives are a derivative of the Eurolight locomotive (already running…
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Future Croydon Trams Tested
The Variobahn from Berlin rail vehicle manufacturer Stadler Pankow GmbH has successfully completed its test run and ‘will shortly be delivered to London’. Last summer, British tram operator London Tramlink ordered six Variobahn five-carriage trams, with an option on eight more vehicles, in order to provide…
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Charity Fundraising on Parry People Mover
Train enthusiast Ashley Williams (YREA’s class450dude) from Gloucester will be spending all day on the Parry People Mover in Stourbridge, West Midlands to raise money for the Railway Children charity. On January 10th, Ashley will make 108 round trips between 05.47 and 00.02. Each leg of the journey from Stourbridge…
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YREA Seeks Opinions on Official Shop
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone once again for helping us with the previous survey which we held, which was all about the possibility of a careers event in the future. If you’d like to see the results, click here. We’re now looking for your help again! The Youth Rail Enthusiasts Association has an online…
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YREA 2012 Calendar Available For Download
For the first time, The Youth Rail Enthusiasts Association invited its member this new year to submit photographs to be included in a free-to-download 2012 calendar. The calendar is now available to download and print at home, and contains a different railway image for each month of the year, and also includes useful dates…
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YREA Video Fest Featured in Rail Mag
For the second year in a row, issue number 686 of RAIL magazine contained a small article in People News announcing the winners for our 2011 Video Fest competition. The article gives a brief description of the competition itself and the theme, and also a list of companies who donated prizes. It also mentioned Robert Bishop…
YREA News 0 CommentsRecent Careers Event Survey Results
The Youth Rail Enthusiasts Association recently held a survey to gage peoples views on a future event we’ve got planned. We are currently looking at the possibility of running an online railway careers event. It will hopefully contain lots of useful information about how to get a job in the railway industry, how to…
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YREA Seeks Images For 2012 Calendar
The Youth Rail Enthusiasts Association is creating a 2012 calendar. From the 30th of December you will be able to download a PDF 2012 calendar from our website which contains a month-per-page view of the year and includes useful dates such as bank holidays and some YREA events for the year. Each page will…
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Green Light for NUCKLE Rail Link
The Government has given the go ahead for a multi-million pound upgraded rail link between Nuneaton and Coventry. Transport Secretary Justine Greening today rubber-stamped a £9.8 million funding bid for the £18 million scheme which will include a new station at Bermuda Park. Cllr Peter Butlin, Warwickshire…
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