The Anonymous Widower

Class 175 Trains To Help Great Western Railway Improve Reliability Across The Network

The title of this post, is the same as that of this press release on Great Western Railway.

This is the sub-heading.

Great Western Railway (GWR) will welcome 26 Class 175 trains to its fleet to help improve punctuality and reliability for customers, replacing older diesel trains that are more expensive and less environmentally friendly to run.

These four paragraphs add more detail.

The move marks the first stage of the train operator’s plans to rejuvenate its regional and suburban services while preparing the way for decarbonisation.

The 10 two-car trains and 16 three-car trains are expected to start to enter service in Devon and Cornwall later this year, with the entire fleet expected to be operational from the end of next year.

Able to be connected in four, five and six-car formations, the trains will operate predominantly on the line between Exeter St Davids and Penzance, as well as to Barnstaple and Okehampton.

The Class 175s will release trains to improve performance in other areas of the network.

This would appear to be a start to rid the Great Western Railway of at least some of its elderly diesel trains.

But there will be a need for some two- and three-car self-powered trains for Great Western Railway’s many branch lines.

I would be looking at purchasing a number of hydrogen-powered Stadler RS-ZERO, that I wrote about in Stadler Presents A World First In Berlin.

They will be a quality train, that would do a job and being hydrogen-powered, their curiosity value would attract passengers.

They could also be used to develop new routes.

March 12, 2025 Posted by AnonW | Hydrogen, Transport/Travel | Barnstaple Station, Class 175 Train, Exeter St. Davids Station, Great Western Railway, Okehampton Station, Penzance Station, Stadler RS ZERO | 4 Comments