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    Tag: Class 230

    GWR winning Innovative Rolling Stock 2026

    Record breaking battery train wins top award

    Great Western Railway is celebrating once more, following its record-breaking battery-electric train earning another major industry award. Great West…
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    Katherine Tweedy 17 March, 2026
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    200 miles World Record for battery-electric train set by GWR

    Great Western Railway sets new World Record for battery train

    A new world record for the furthest distance travelled by a battery electric train has been set by Great Western Railway.
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    Victoria Thompson 20 August, 2025
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    TfW train at Wrexham General - Transport for Wales

    58,000 extra journeys for Wrexham – Bidston line

    Punctuality improvements see passenger numbers rise on the Wrexham to Bidston line
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    Mark Wilson 1 October, 2024
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    Transport for Wales Class 230 on the Borderlands line. // Credit: Transport for Wales

    Improved punctuality on North Wales line says Transport for Wales

    Since a new timetable was introduced last December on the Borderlands line, there are more train services on the line each day than ever before.
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    Roger Smith 8 April, 2024
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    Unit 150139 at Bletchley station.

    London Northwestern Railway running competition to name train

    London Northwestern Railway (LNR) is running a competition to name one of the Class 150 trains that now operate services on the Marston Vale Line.
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    Roger Smith 26 February, 2024
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    Marston Vale Line

    Marston Vale Line sees Full Timetable Restored

    The Marston Vale Line sees the re-introduction of its regular timetable service for the first time in 14 months.
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    Mark Wilson 19 February, 2024
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    Battery Train 230001

    Battery trains to be tested in West London this Spring

    Great Western Railway is moving forward with its FastCharge battery trial, with "real world" testing beginning this Spring in West London.
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    Michael Holden 8 February, 2024
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    150139 at Bletchley Depot

    London Northwestern Railway starts limited Marston Vale Line service

    LNWR has this morning (Monday 20 November) resumed running a limited train service on the Marston Vale Line between Bedford and Bletchley.
    janine
    Janine Booth 20 November, 2023
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    Unit 150137 pictured at Bedford station on a test run on Friday 22 September.

    Date when trains between Bedford and Bletchley will resume announced

    London Northwestern Railway (LNR) has confirmed that train services on the Marston Vale Line between Bedford and Bletchley will resume on Monday
    janine
    Janine Booth 10 November, 2023
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    Class 230-02

    Transport for Wales plans to improve Wrexham to Bidston services

    Transport for Wales has announced a five-point plan to improve rail services on the Wrexham to Bidston line in North Wales and the borders.
    rogersmith
    Roger Smith 3 July, 2023
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