Vivarail

Vivarail
Rolling stock manufacturer
Industry Railway engineering
Headquarters Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Products Class 230
Website www.vivarail.co.uk

Vivarail is a privately funded British rolling stock manufacturer, founded in 2012 and based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. The company is chaired by former Chiltern Railways chairman Adrian Shooter.[1] Vivarail's main project is the conversion of bodyshells, bogies and motors from retired London Underground D78 Stock into a new diesel-electric multiple unit, the D-train.

D78 Stock conversion

A reengineered D Train at Long Marston

In November 2014, Vivarail bid for, and successfully bought, 150 driving motor cars and 300 carriages of ex-District Line D78 Stock from London Underground, which were being replaced by S Stock, so that the subsurface lines (Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan) could have a common rolling stock fleet compatible with a new ATO system. The stated purpose of the D-train is to ameliorate a perceived shortage of affordable, modern rolling stock on Britain's regional rail routes, resulting from the slow pace of electrification.[2]

See also

Former London Underground electrical multiple units which were repurposed for use on the Isle of Wight Island Line:

References

  1. ↑ "Why not do some re-engineering?' Adrian Shooter on the Vivarail D-Train.". Rail Technology Magazine. Cognitive Publishing. 23 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Gurdon, Martin (16 January 2015). "Back on the rails". The Engineer. Centaur Media.
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