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Battery-electric trains the preferred option to replace Class 165s and 166s on GWR cross-country route

GWR Class 165 at Guildford station. STEPHEN ROBERTS.

Research into a strategy to decarbonise the North Downs Line has found that electrifying parts of the route would provide ‘poor’ value for money.




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  • Nathan Ely - 31/12/2024 17:31

    GWR should've used the 769s on the North Downs Line to replace the 165s

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  • D R - 01/01/2025 13:16

    All Class 166s were moved to Bristol several years ago.

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