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important for us, because they had come from different sources, so were of different build standards and configurations,” says engineering director Tim Sayer
“Now that we have carried out this work they all have a standard seating layout, a standard trim, a standard everything.
“The class 158s are mostly used on the Liverpool to Norwich line, which is an extremely densely used line and so this represents a real step change and achievement for us.”
Another aspect of the refurbishment programme is the work being carried out on the company’s eleven high speed trains.
“These trains are going through a mechanical refurbishment, along with a revamp of their interiors, including all of the curtains, the carpets and seat coverings. We have also changed the layout in first class and have put different lighting in.
“Again, for us this represents nine million pounds worth of investment in our key trains between south Yorkshire, Nottingham and London.”
The work was carried out in- house by teams at the Neville Hill depot in Leeds. The next
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refurbishment being carried out is on the 153 and 156 fleets.
“These are quite big sprinter fleets which are predominantly used in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire. With this fleet we are taking a fairly tired interior on trains which are quite old and which were definitely showing their age, in which we will then install CCTV, better lighting, new carpets and fabrics.
“These refurbishments mean that the entire East Midlands Trains fleet, with the exception of the Meridian fleet, will have been refurbished between the start of the franchise in November 2007 and November 2011.”
East Midlands Trains are also acquiring a number of extra 156s as part of the HLOS rolling stock scheme.
“We are due to receive some trains from Northern Rail as part of this arrangement and those will be included in the same refurbishment programme as the rest of the 156’s, which will bring them up to the standard of our existing trains.”
The last part of the East Midlands Trains refurbishment programme is the work which is being done to the Class 222 Meridians, which are used predominantly on services from
Sheffield, Derby and London as well as between Corby and London.
“These trains are maintained for us by Bombardier and are only around six years old so are still very modern. We will be just carrying out an internal refresh, which includes changing the CCTV system, the layout of the catering equipment, new seat coverings, arm rest and curtains, along with new carpets and vestibule areas.”
A significant part of the refurbishment programme has focused on either the installation of CCTV equipment or some kind of upgrade to the existing systems. So what has led to this focus on security systems?
“Some of it is an update of old equipment - CCTV is a type of technology and so goes out of
currency quite quickly - and part of it was to produce better coverage of the saloon areas, from a security point of view, which obviously acts to reassure our staff and passengers.
A lot of the money also went onto forward facing CCTV on our high speed trains, the Meridian fleet and the 158 fleet. As soon as the 153 and 156 fleets begin their refurbishment they will also be equipped with it.
“That will then mean that every single train within the East Midlands Trains fleet will have forward facing CCTV, which is great for everything from understanding what has happened in the case of an on– track fatality, to observing cable theft and also resolving disputes with Network Rail over things like signal sequences. I suppose the installation of the new CCTV
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