Adelante train refurbishment underway
The Oxford Mail reports on the five-coach Adelante trains which are set to make a return to the Cotswold Line:
"The trains are stripped of interior fittings before being repainted inside and out in a process which takes three days per coach. New carpets and seat covers are being fitted, along with power sockets for laptop computers. The first set is expected in service in May, and all five should be in use by late July. The Turbo trains they displace from Cotswold Line duties will be used to add extra coaches to busy peak trains on the Oxford-Reading-London corridor.
"Wabtec Rail Scotland site director Craig Gibson said the work being carried out by his staff would give the Adelantes and extra HST coaches the look and feel of brand-new trains, matching FGW's existing express fleet."
Picture courtesy of the @FGW Twitter feed.
Richard Fairhurst · Tue 13 Mar 2012, 00:19 · Link