FIRE SCUPPERS D TRAIN TRIAL USE ON COVENTRYTO NUNEATON LINE ABANDONED

摘要

The trial of the prototype Vivarail Class 230 DMU on the Coventry to Nuneaton line has been cancelled following a fire in one of the unit's engine modules on 30 December 2016. The unit had been undergoing main line testing since last November, based at Tyseley locomotive works, ahead of a planned introduction into passenger service early this year. Vivarail announced following the incident that the trial would be postponed, but in a joint statement Coventry City Council, Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership, London Midland, Warwickshire County Council and the West Midlands Combined Authority, the scheme's partners, said:This delay means there is no longer enough time to run and evaluate a pilot service using these trains before the next local rail franchise starts in October. It is for this reason we have little choice but to reluctantly withdraw from the trial'.