UK-based train operating company South Western Railway (SWR) has received the first train of the new fleet from Bombardier worth £1bn. The train was delivered almost a month before the testing phase. This ten-car train is the first of the fleet of 90 Class 701 trains that will operate...
TPE Major Projects Director, said: “I’m really pleased that we’ve now accepted the first of our Nova 2 trains, meaning we now have at least one of each of our Nova fleets. The project is progressing as planned.”
The Class 345 order for 70 trains was intended for them all to be nine-car sets. However, many of the electric multiple units were delivered as seven-car trains because the infrastructure on the London Liverpool Street-Shenfield route was not long enough for the full-length sets. That m...