Rail company to boost fleet with 26 new trains

GWR said the Class 175 trains would replace older diesel models, helping reduce costs and pollution

A train company will boost its fleet with 26 new trains, it has said.

Great Western Railway (GWR) said the Class 175 trains would replace older diesel trains and would reduce costs and pollution.

The company said the move paved the way for decarbonisation and would improve reliability.

GWR managing director Mark Hopwood said the trains were a "fantastic addition" to its fleet and would help deliver "reliability our communities".

The company said 10 two-car trains and 16 three-car trains would enter service in Devon and Cornwall later this year.

It said the new trains meant it could remove "some of its oldest and least efficient diesel trains, which had become more expensive to maintain as spare parts become more difficult to find on the open market".