Northern has confirmed its final train to have refurbishment work, Class 158 No. 158861, has entered Arriva Train Care at Crewe.
This rounds off the programme and means that all Northern trains have been refurbished and upgraded.
The project to refurbish all 260 electric and diesel trains has cost £100 million and has taken place at eight depots across the country.
Currently, refurbishment of the trains focused on passenger comfort including upgrades to seating, lighting, interior and exterior painting and toilets with baby changing facilities.
Tricia Williams, Chief Operating Officer at Northern, said: “It's fantastic to have reached such a key milestone in our bid to transform the service for our customers.”
“When this last train comes out of the depot it will mean all our customers, wherever and whenever they travel on our network, will make their journeys on new or refurbished trains.”
“We are absolutely committed to making a positive impact for the north of England and there is no better way to do that than to give our customers better journeys on improved trains.”
Northern has now started on phase two of the refurbishment programme, which will see free WiFi, CCTV, customer information screens and a number of on-board systems introduced to improve passenger experience and train performance.
Tricia added: “Our customers are at the heart of everything we do and with all the improvements we are making to trains, stations and ticketing option we are delivering on our promise to give everyone a better way to go with Northern.”
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These ol’ veterans are rightfully recognized for the great job they have done to save regional railways…
Class 158 DMUs are still reliable trains used not just on Northern. But also used on ScotRail, Great Western Railway, Transport for Wales, East Midlands Railway and South Western Railway.
The class 158s are great railcars, peppy, comfortable and congenial
This is Jolly Good News.
I always knew, Northern Trains UK would Succeed in Refurbishing all it’s Diesel & Electrical Passenger Trains, especially for much comfier Rail Travel to & fro.
Let’s Hope all Passenger Trains, All do A Great Job, Thanks to the so-called Northern Trains UK.