Vivarail News

We are so proud and delighted to have won the Environment award for our Class 230 battery train and fast charge system.  The awards are one of the industry's top events and to be recognised by our peers for the work we've done is really heartening. As a company we...

Vivarail, designers and manufacturers of the Class 230 trains, and hydrogen fuel cell specialists Arcola Energy today announced a long-term collaboration. The companies share a determination to help de-carbonise the UK’s transport system.  Vivarail has already...

Our very first train has successfully started serving the passengers on the Marston Vale line - running the 0516 this morning. The full statement from West Midlands Trains is below:   View in a web browser West Midlands Trains First Class 230 begins passenger...

  Emission-free trains today ... Battery trains are nothing new - the first one came into service over 100 years ago! But making them suitable for today's demanding railways has been a major challenge - until now. A 60 mile range and patented fast charge systems...

The trains are part of the £5 billion investment being made by Transport for Wales across Wales and the Borders and are expected to go into service first, in North Wales, during 2019. With fully accessible toilets, power sockets, electronic passenger information,...

Vivarail today announced it had successfully demonstrated the capabilities of its patented fast charge system to the Department for Transport and InnovateUK. The demonstration marked the conclusion of a 12 month project supported by a grant from the Accelerating...

The first fleet - admittedly small but nonetheless - has been safely delivered to London Northwestern Railway for service on the Marston Vale line.  Units 230003, 004 and 005 are now all at the Bletchley depot and watch this space for news on their move into passenger...

Unit 230005 today left Long Marston to start its new life on the Marston Vale line.  As with 003 and 004 it travelled via Oxford where we got a few nice images - and looking forward to getting some good ones of all 3 of them at Bletchley depot shortly.

So delighted to announce that unit 230004, the second of the trains for the Marston Vale line, arrived at Bletchley today.  The train travelled from Long Marston to Bletchley on the mainline and no doubt some excellent photos will appear online shortly.  But for now...

Our latest press release with new images of the forthcoming Class 230 hydrogen train... British company spearheads development of green fuel technologies for rail UK train designers and manufacturers Vivarail today revealed new visuals for their hydrogen train showing...

A very happy Christmas from all at Vivarail.  Our offices open again on Monday 7th January and we look forward to another successful year!

Vivarail and Hoppecke today confirmed that they will be working together to design and integrate batteries for Vivarail’s Class 230 trains.  The deal cements the relationship between the two companies for a long-term future in developing battery trains for the UK rail...

The hugely talented Lisa Walters, wife of Ian Walters at SLC Rail, made this amazing cake to raise money for The Railway Children charity.  Lisa chose to base the cake on the classic design of the Class 230 which seems to suit a delicious treat as much as it does the...

A new era of the railway has begun for the people of Wales & Borders. Transport for Wales has successfully taken over the operation of Wales and Borders from Arriva Trains Wales. Branded as Transport for Wales Rail Services, the 15 year contract will be delivered...

The first of our trains for the Marston Vale line was delivered today to the depot at Bletchley.  230003 will come into service (along with 230004 and 230005) in December this year.