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On the way out: The Intercity 125
RAIL bosses are under fire over delays in transferring Britain’s most iconic modern trains to Scotland.
The Intercity 125 stock is being withdrawn from Great Western Railway and London North Eastern Railway services in favour of new Intercity Express Project Class 800 trains.
But a number of sets are being refurbished and introduced north of the border on trains between Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness.
Two-hundred years ago, on September 27 1825, the world’s first passenger railway line was opened between Stockton and Darlington. MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, reflects on the history – and the future – of Britain’s railway industry
Our groundbreaking report reveals how private rail companies are bleeding millions from public coffers through exploitative leasing practices — but we have the solutions, writes Aslef Scottish organiser KEVIN LINDSAY