18 June 2008

East Midlands Trains 158's to be refurbished

East Midlands Trains has announced that it will be refurbishing its fleet of class 158 dmu's from August.

The work, being undertaken by Derby-based Delta Rail, will include repainiting into fleet livery, improved seating design and capacity, a new toilet area, CCTV on every train, and better air conditioning units.

The work will take approximately 4-6 weeks per train and the project is estimated to be completed by 20 months.