Great Western to lease tri-mode trains

27 April 2018
 

Great Western Railway is to introduce tri-mode trains on services from spring next year. The 19 electric multiple units (Class 319) were built in the late 1980s for the Thameslink network and feature 25 kV AC overhead and 750 V DC third rail power supplies. Leasing company Porterbrook is now fitting the trains with diesel engines and reclassifying them as the Class 769 Flex. Great Western Railway will deploy the trains on routes such as Reading to Oxford, which is 25 kV AC as far as Didcot and...

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