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New rolling stock order to replace DMUs
19.7.2025 (Saturday) 01:39 - All running AOK
 
New rolling stock order to replace DMUs
Posted by anthony215 at 16:47, 18th July 2025
 
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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