The refurbished London Tube trains that could ease rail carriage over-

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I did read somewhere that these trains were/are planned for the North East as well, but can't find a link.

Will the NORTH ever get NEW rolling stock? as long as I can remember we've had the cast offs from down south.

 

Vivarail is converting District Line stock into diesel trains and plans to lease the renovated ‘D-Trains’ to new operators. Refurbished London Tube trains are the solution to Greater Manchester’s problem of too few trains and over-crowded carriages, says the engineer transforming them so they could run on the region’s rail routes.

 

Now these are used TUBE TRAINS running 24 hrs a day 7 days a week, getting one hell of a hammering no longer fit for purpose so they sell them to us up North.

 

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/-london-tube-trains-manchester-look-10060857

 

 

'New' trains made of old London Underground carriages

 

Decades-old former London Underground carriages are being refurbished and turned into trains to be used elsewhere in the country.

 

London Northwestern Railway's Bedford to Bletchley line will be the first to introduce the carriages from December. They are being refurbished with new seating, toilets, plug sockets and wi-fi.

 

These carriages are said to be cheaper and quicker to introduce than new ones, which can take three years to arrive once ordered.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-44485462/new-trains-made-of-old-london-underground-carriages

Edited August 25, 2018 by Itrytoplease