Vivarail News

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.

A special livery for London Northwestern Railway services between Bedford and Bletchley has been revealed. This comes as the contract for the supply of the Class 230 units from Vivarail is officially signed. The units will start running on the line in December 2018,...

Vivarail is delighted to announce that it has been chosen as preferred bidder to supply a fleet of Class 230 D-Trains to KeolisAmey for the Wales and Borders franchise.  The trains will be the first to come into service as part of the new franchise and will...

Our friends at Fully Charged Show can be seen at Fully Charged Live on 9th and 10th of June at Silverstone ... and so can we! Do come along to join in what promises to be an educational - and thoroughly enjoyable - couple of days. Fully Charged Live

It's never been exactly quiet in our workshops but this summer is the most exciting yet.  Right now we are: building trains for the Marston Vale line working through the approvals for 230002 - the UK's first modern production battery train carrying out mainline...

230001 has been busy running on the Cotswold line for continued testing and accumulating mileage. This great shot of the train coming back from Evesham was taken by Peter Tandy and you can check out his other images here

Vintage Trains Ltd is delighted to announce that Cath Bellamy will be taking up the role of Managing Director. Cath has been a senior figure in the UK Rail Industry for the last 25 years during which she has been Managing Director of Chiltern Railways and Hull Trains...

VIVARAIL, which is offering modern low-cost regional trains to the British and international markets using trains built with former London Underground aluminium coach bodies and bogies has completed its first entirely battery powered train and is making progress with...

Lovely photo from Fraser Pithie of 230001 on the Cotswold line for testing ...