…as current stock faces withdrawal

The introduction of the new trains will lead to the withdrawal of various fleets.

ScotRail will start to remove veteran Class 314s from traffic from next month as more ‘385s’ enter passenger service.

Govia Thameslink Railway’s Class 717 fleet will spell the end of the elderly ‘313’ electric multiple units (dating from 1976-77).

The CAF-built fleets for Northern will eventually mean the end of Class 142 and ‘144’ Pacers for the operator.

For TransPennine Express, the relatively modern Class 185 diesel multiple units and ‘350’ EMUs are due to be replaced, although the ‘185s’ could yet be retained should the East Midlands Trains services north of Nottingham transfer to TPE.

Great Western Railway’s Class 800/802 fleets will spell the end of High Speed Trains (HSTs) on long-distance services. Likewise, on LNER the Hitachi-built Azumas will mean the withdrawal of HSTs and Class 91/Mk 4 sets, although it is the latter that will suffer the first casualties.

The Mk 5s on order for Caledonian Sleeper will replace Mk 2s and Mk 3s dating from 1974-86.

London Overground Class 710s will initially be used to replace two-car Class 172/0 DMUs dating from 2009, but the rest of the ‘710s’ will replace Class 315 and ‘317’ EMUs dating from 1981-84.

The Greater Anglia fleets enter traffic next year, and over the following 12 to 18 months will replace the entire GA fleet of locomotive-hauled trains, DMUs and EMUs.