LNER 10-train deal with CAF
A new fleet of 10-car tri-mode units is expected to spell the end for the remaining Class 91 and Mk.4 sets on the East Coast Main Line.
By Graeme Pickering
SPANISH train builder Construccionesy Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) has won a contract worth in excess of 500 million Euros (approximately £437 million) to build and maintain a 10-strong fleet of 10- car tri-mode multiple units for London North Eastern Railway.
To be assembled at the company’s Newport plant in South Wales, the trains will be capable of taking traction power from 25kV AC overhead wires, as well as from on board batteries and diesel engines.