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Procurement process to replace ScotRail HSTs gets under way


17/12/2024 in Fleet

On July 28, because of industrial action, the 1552 Edinburgh-Inverness was worked by an Edinburgh crew that did not sign the route from Dunblane to Perth, so ran via Ladybank. 43137 leads 43037 past Woodmill Mains (near Lindores Loch) on the single-track line. PIP DUNN.

The procurement process to replace the last HSTs used on long-distance InterCity services has begun.




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  • Dougie - 17/12/2024 18:17

    What kind of train is replacing the HSTs in Scotland

  • VT Fan 3 - 17/12/2024 22:14

    My Inter7City Proposal: Class 222 ‘Meridian’ - from East Midlands Railway Notes: 1. Availability - The trains will become available soon when they get replaced by the Class 810 ‘Aurora’. 2. Passenger Comfort - They would offer a comfortable and relaxing experience passenger environment, something which some of the modern trains don’t have. 3. Passenger Capacity - With there being 23 x 5 car units and 4 x 7 car units, it would mean ScotRail would be able to run longer trains (up to 10 cars) and carry more passengers. 4. Reliability - According to the Eversholt Rail website. The Class 222 achieves consistent high reliability figures and unrivalled performance and is a class leading inter-city fleet.

  • Roderick C - 18/12/2024 19:54

    East Midland Meridians are wholly inadequate. They are on average 21 years old and incapable of running on electricity. We need bimodal trains.

  • Adamedwards17 - 19/12/2024 09:59

    The class 222 Meridians must be an obvious solution here? For now the trains have to be diesel as the I7C routes only have short bits of wiring.

  • ATP123 - 15/01/2025 17:27

    I don’t think there are any secondhand bi modes available. It’s clear the Scottish government isn’t interested in funding new trains for these services. Therefore it’s a case of finding the most appropriate secondhand diesel sets available. That may well be 222’s.

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