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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

A Chiltern Railways Class 168 at London Marylebone.

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Chiltern Railways applies to make DMU fleet exempt from passenger display system rules

Operator says system is incompatible with its existing equipment and DfT has refused to fund upgrade

Chiltern Railways 14 Jan

GWR Class 165 at Guildford station. STEPHEN ROBERTS.

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Battery-electric trains the preferred option to replace Class 165s and 166s on GWR cross-country route

DMUs need replacing by the mid-2030s

Great Western Railway 31 Dec

The Glos Warks Railway has sold its three-car Class 117 DMU to the Scottish Railway Preservation Society, with the unit set to be moved to Bo’ness in the late autumn. On October 8, it stands at Broadway with a train for Cheltenham Racecourse. JACK BOSKETT.

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DMU heading for Bo’ness after SRPS acquires ‘117’

The Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS) has bought three-car Class 117 diesel multiple unit L425 from the Cotswold Diesel Railcar Group.

Class 117 5 Nov

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A new fleet of diesel trains has been launched in the West Midlands.

The first of 26 new Class 196 diesel multiple units (DMUs) have entered service on the Shrewsbury Line

26 Oct

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First brand new CAF train delivered to West Midlands Trains

First of 26 brand new diesel trains for West Midlands arrives at Tyseley

19 May

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EWR targets short-term fleet ahead of possible electrification

East West Railway Company issues tender for interim fleet as Government reconsiders electrifying the route

16 Mar

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New trains for West Midlands begin testing in Czech Republic

Testing of CAF Class 196 diesel multiple units underway at Velim ahead of entry into service in second half of 2020

23 Dec

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Minister quotes definitive dates for final Northern Pacer withdrawals

"If these trains were not allowed to continue in the fleet, then a large number of services would need to be cancelled" - Rail Minister defends Pacer retention

31 Oct

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ScotRail begins work on Class 153 bike train scheme

Work underway on ScotRail's bike train Class 153s

28 Oct

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Why GA used locomotive-hauled trains

As Greater Anglia prepares to introduce its Class 755 bi-modes, we look to recent times when two locomotive-hauled sets were in action on the Wherry Lines

26 Sept