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GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY NOW TESTING AT 75mph

Posted on 12/07/2009
newsdesk

'Private main line' commences its first job at new maximum speed.

Loughborough based Great Central Railway in Leicestershire has just commenced its first testing work at a top speed of 75mph or 120 kmph. Following an approach from a client, the railway gained HMRI / ORR permission to raise its maximum speed from 60mph to 75mph under certain strictly controlled testing conditions.

The railway has carried out a number of high profile testing and training contracts in the last few years. In 2007 the