New rolling stock lowers the average age of UK train fleet

摘要

The average age of Great Western Railway's fleet dropped 7.9 years to 14.7 years in 2018-19, as Class 800s and '802s' replaced ageing High Speed Trains. Overall, according to the latest figures from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), the average age of the national train fleet in 2018-19 was 19.2 years, a decrease of 0.4 years .compared with 2017-18. On LNER, the fleet age fell 5.4 years to 25.7 years, although the Hitachi Class 800s were introduced from May, after the calculations are complete.