Class 43 power cars are being fitted with ETCS digital signalling as part of the East Coast Digital Programme. Replacing ...

Grand Central will be retiring its three high speed trains (HST) next month (December 2017), paving the way for the introduction of a more modern fleet. The Class 43 HST fleet, which are 40 years old, ...

CrossCountry - the last train operator to run HSTs in and out of Yorkshire - has pulled the plug on its fleet of HSTs, powered by the iconic streamlined Class 43 locomotives.

The trains will be in sets made up of two Class 43 power cars, one at each end of four or five Mark 3 carriages. Scotrail Abellio Scotrail has leased 26 sets for 12 years, spending an estimated £ ...

The Class 43 HST trains were first introduced in the late seventies and have millions of miles on the clock. The refurbished trains have been released by Great Western Railway (GWR), which ...