IN THE April 2012 issue of The Railway Observer, a Class 158 is featured approaching Honington on February 10, 2012 working the 11.45 Nottingham to Skegness. But there is nothing new about cross-country and inter-city diesel multiple units.
Several classes of these DMUs were built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, and by British Railways’ Swindon Works, from the late 1950s into the 1960s. However, whilst the Class 158s may not necessarily offer a great deal more speed than their forebears, they are far superior in terms of both ride and comfort.