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VivaRail passenger train trial cancelled

20 January 2017
 

Plans to trial converted London Underground trains on the Coventry-Nuneaton line in the West Midlands have been dropped after the first train caught fire during testing near Coventry. A trial of VivaRail’s Class 230 train in passenger service was due to commence at the end of February and would have helped inform the rolling stock plans of bidders for the new West Midlands franchise, which is due to commence in October. A West Midlands Combined Authority spokesman told LTT the fire meant...

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