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SWR's Class 701s delayed again - operator admits introduction is "not going as planned"


21/03/2025 in Fleet

Two Class 701s engaged on driver training and mileage accumulation at Waterloo, before 701037 arrived to be scrutinised. PIP DUNN

There has been yet another delay to the long-overdue introduction of a £1 billion fleet of trains on South Western Railway.




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