New rolling stock order to replace DMUs
19.7.2025 (Saturday) 01:39 - All running AOK
This article had been doing the rounds and been posted now by rail magazine:
https://www.railmagazine.com/news/dft-talking-with-three-operators-about-combined-order-to-replace-dmus
Looks like the dft want to do a large combined order covering GWR/Chiltern and SWR. Battery emus look to be the plan and given Siemens proposals for discontinues electrification and new fast charging system been shown on the Greenford branch this could actually happen.
Let's face it the GWR dmu fleet except 175s are in need or urgently being replaced same with the 159s etc
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