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Safety concerns mean delayed SWR trains enter service with guards closing the doors


11/04/2025 in News

GBRF class 47 class 701 move, Kemble. JOSH MASON.

South Western Railway is to use guards to close train doors at stations on its long-delayed fleet of Class 701 Arterio trains.




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