Tag: GWR
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UK’s First Rapid-Charging Battery Train Enters Passenger Service This Weekend
UK launches its first rapid-charging battery train on a weekend test run The United Kingdom is taking a bold step toward greener rail travel as the country’s first rapid-charging, battery-powered passenger train prepares for service this weekend. Converted from a London Underground unit, the streamlined train will operate a five-mile round trip on a short…
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UK’s first rapid-charging battery train ready for boarding this weekend
UK launches its first rapid-charging battery train for passenger service The UK is set to welcome a new era of sustainable rail travel as the nation’s first rapid-charging, battery-only train begins passenger service this weekend. Refitted from a London Underground car, the vehicle will operate a five-mile return route in west London, demonstrating a bold…
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GWR fined £1m over Bath train death safety breach
What happened on the Bath train? On 1 December 2018, near Twerton in Bath, a young woman was killed after striking her head on a tree branch while her head was outside a droplight window on a moving train. Bethan Roper, 28, from Penarth in Wales, worked for the Welsh Refugee Council, was a Unite…
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GWR fined £1m after Bath train death highlights droplight safety failings
Overview of the case The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has fined Great Western Railway (GWR) £1 million and ordered a further £78,000 in fines after pleading guilty to two breaches of health and safety law. The charges relate to the death of Bethan Roper, a 28-year-old woman who died on a GWR train…