| Title: |
Arriva Trains Wales 175006 in Cardiff Central |
| Description: |
This is an Alstom (BR) Class 175 Coradia DMU. They were intended as a new generation of DMU that could operate at 125 m.p.h., although this was quickly downgraded to 110 and then to 100. 125 m.p.h. DMUs were eventually produced (in the form of the Virgin Voyager and BR Class 180), but the 175 Coradia never ended up filling such a role. Originally introduced in 2000 on First North Western, they have since been transferred to Arriva Trains Wales. Given the absurdity of the BR privatisation scheme, they have never been owned by a railway or Train Operating Company (TOC), but are instead owned by Angel Trains and leased to the TOCs, at much greater expense to the taxpayer. |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/2012 Upload Date: 2/17/2013 12:07:08 PM |
| Location: |
Cardiff, UK |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ARRIVA 175006(DMU) |
| Views: |
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