Class 170

EMR's refurbished 170501 stands at Derby station. EAST MIDLANDS RAILWAY.

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Inside EMR's refurbished Class 170 as operator begins to roll out "consistent look" across its fleets

EMR shows off first of 44 units that will be refurbished over the next two-three years.

East Midlands Railway 16 Apr

Refurbished CrossCountry Turbostar 170101 at a depot. NATHAN RODGERS/CROSSCOUNTRY.

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First refurbished CrossCountry Turbostar enters service

First unit was outshopped in late February, with whole fleet due to be refurbished by 2028

CrossCountry 5 Mar

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Firm chosen to handle overhaul of ScotRail Class 170s

Work to refurbish the Turbostars is due to start in October 2025

ScotRail 19 Dec

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East Midlands Railway plans spring 2020 start for Class 170s

Turbostars to return to former haunts

28 Nov

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Northern clocks up 100th refurbished train in traffic

Turbostar enters traffic as Northern's 100th refurbished train from a fleet of 243 trains

30 Oct

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Porterbrook offers hybrid power for Turbostar DMUs

Hybrid power for Porterbrook's Turbo fleet

21 Sept

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Farewell to the Welsh Pacers

How the current Welsh Pacer fleet will be replaced by the end of next year

14 Jun

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Turbostar hits tractor on Breckland Line crossing

Class 170 hits tractor on User Worked Crossing in Norfolk.

11 Apr

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IN THIS MONTH: AdTranz launches Turbostar for Midland Mainline

News story from November 1998 (RAIL 344) about the unveiling of the first new Class 170 DMUs at Derby

9 Nov

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Locomotive-hauled trains to return to north west

Locomotive-hauled rolling stock will return to the Cumbrian Coast line as part of a plan which will see Northern receive additional Class 319s later this year.

8 Jan

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More DMUs for Southern

Four three-car Class 170s will move to Southern next summer to provide extra capacity on the Uckfield-London Bridge line.

29 Oct

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Government identifies TPE rolling stock solution

The Department for Transport “has identified a potential solution” to the problem caused by the transfer of nine two-car Class 170 diesel multiple units.

6 Aug