The Old Dalby Test Track is a railway in the United Kingdom which is used for testing new designs of trains and railway infrastructure. It runs between...
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Old Dalby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Broughton and Old Dalby, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire,...
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later broadcast publicly. The test was carried out on the Old Dalby Test Track and was organised by the CEGB. The test was intended to demonstrate to...
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British Rail APT-E (section Test bed set)
and on the Old Dalby Test Track, where in January 1976 it attained a speed of 143.6 mph (231.1 km/h). The unit was only intended for testing and was never...
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The test track is built on the site of a closed broad gauge (1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in)) line. Global Centre of Rail Excellence Old Dalby Test Track High...
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abandoned. Driver training and extensive testing of the new fleet was performed at the Old Dalby Test Track from November 1999. The first Class 175 entered...
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for all rail types. After testing, the first IVES track has been installed in the Asfordby Tunnel of the Old Dalby Test Track in England in 2013 and since...
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train departed Hitachi's Kasado factory; post-delivery testing commenced at Old Dalby Test Track shortly after its arrival in the UK. The planned introduction...
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Asfordby (section Railway test track)
difficulties and the low price of coal at the time. The original Old Dalby test track is owned by BRB (Residuary) Ltd. and runs from Melton Mowbray via...
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Nottingham, avoiding Leicester. The line still exists today as the Old Dalby Test Track. The station was opened for goods on 1 November 1879 and to passengers...
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the Railway Technical Centre for weighing and other tests. 89001 was moved to the Old Dalby Test Track for evaluation and pantograph tuning on 13 April 1987...
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of Drewry railcar DB998901. Old Dalby Test Track site – Pictures of the Drewry car RDB998901 in action at BR's test track Wickham Railbus Group – owners...
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larger assets were Glasgow Eastfield depot, North Pole depot, the Old Dalby Test Track, the Railway Technical Centre, Derby, and the closed Waterloo International...
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March 1997. p. 2. "Old Dalby test track sold as part of Railtest". The Railway Magazine. No. 1152. April 1997. p. 9. "Serco wins Old Dalby". Rail. No. 568...
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Overground. Testing of the first batch of new units, the 172/0 sets for London Overground, commenced in March 2010 on the Old Dalby Test Track. All units...
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train or track. The State of Nevada, USA, released a report entitled, "Implications of the Baltimore Rail Tunnel Fire for Full-Scale Testing of Shipping...
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after. Only a stub remains in use south of the old station site to Melton Mowbray as the Old Dalby Test Track. The site of Edwalton station has since been...
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section of the line north of Melton was used for some years as the Old Dalby Test Track. The town of Corby had developed greatly, and a train service between...
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Advanced Passenger Train (section Service testing)
aerodynamics tests. A set of maintenance buildings was built along this line at Old Dalby, and the line as a whole became known as the Old Dalby Test Track. Although...
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Innovation & Development Centre in Melton, Leicestershire for testing on the Old Dalby Test Track. The first unit was delivered to Taff's Well depot on 21...
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Railway Technical Centre (section Test tracks)
doors. When research and testing required stretches of real railway line, the Research Division used the Old Dalby Test Track, and at Mickleover in Derby...
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station is now closed, although the line still exists today as the Old Dalby Test Track. The station was opened for goods (1 November 1879) & passengers...
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London Underground S Stock moves between Derby Litchurch Lane Works, Old Dalby Test Track and London Underground's Neasden Depot. It hires these from various...
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were tested prior to delivery at Old Dalby Test Track in Leicestershire, preventing the need for weekend or evening closures of lines in London to test trains...
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4285 km of 650/750 V DC and 28 km of 1500 V DC. Excludes CTRL, LUL, Old Danby test track, bulk of Tyne and Wear Metro, etc. NB it does not state what method...
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Retrieved 25 November 2006. (Promotional leaflet) "E Train". The Old Dalby Test Track. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 26 November...
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– via The Railways Archive. (Promotional leaflet) "E Train". The Old Dalby Test Track. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 26 November...
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is one of only six dairies where Stilton cheese is produced. The Old Dalby Test Track passes close to the village. "Population statistics Saxelby CP/AP...
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converted to Class 960 departmental units for cab-signalling tests at the Old Dalby test track. They were reduced in length to 3 cars and painted in a blue...
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the former Grimston station. The line still exists today as the Old Dalby Test Track. The station was opened for goods (1 November 1879) & passengers...
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