The train is the first completed vehicle in a EUR 34.6m (£30m) programme covering the EMR Connect fleet.
Category: Rolling Stock
Avanti West Coast Class 805 Evero fleet reaches major milestone
Avanti West Coast’s Class 805 Evero fleet has reached a major milestone serving the West Coast Main Line by notching five million miles on the network. Entering into passenger service in June 2024, the Class 805s make up half of the intercity operator’s Evero fleet, which comprises of 13 bi-mode (Class 805) and 10 electric […]
Depot workers say farewell to old Tyne and Wear Metro trains
Workers at the Tyne and Wear Metro Depot are getting ready to say a final farewell to their old trains. The maintenance teams at Gosforth have spent decades repairing, improving and tending to the original Metro fleet, helping the trains to remain workhorses of the tracks ever since they came into service in 1980. But […]
London Northwestern Railway celebrates one year of new electric fleet
Millions of passengers have travelled on one of Britain’s newest train fleets in their first year in service, operator London Northwestern Railway (LNR) has confirmed. The Class 730/2 electric train fleet entered service on 9 June 2025 and has been credited with revolutionising the travel experience to/from London Euston. The fleet, built in the UK […]