LEICESTER Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby named CrossCounty Class 170 unit No. 170622 Pride of Leicester on August 3 at UK Rail Leasing’s Beal Street depot.
The naming marked the recent start of a servicing contract with UKRL, along with the completion of the £2.5m refurbishment of six ex-West Midlands Trains centre cars, which have been inserted into previously two-car formations to strengthen capacity.