Master list of passenger rolling stock changes and tenders

[TT-ONR-NRN]

TfW 231s are not “on order,” the full fleet has been in service for over a year

 

[Big Jumby 74]

South Western Railway	90 class 701s are currently being introduced	A small number of 701s are currently in revenue service, with details on the 701 thread	Discussion here
2 class 707s remain at SWR	There is currently no set date for their transfer to SE	-
A minimum of eight class 458s are due to be reintroduced to cover for the 701 farce	To be reintroduced by the end of July 2024

Without wishing to cause offence, I think anyone reading these threads (701) will not disagree, but the use of the word 'farce' is perhaps not correct. Try 'shortfall', which may come across better. Remember, there may be people involved in the project looking in to sites such as this. Just a thought!

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

Remember, there may be people involved in the project looking in to sites such as this. Just a thought!

What does that have to do with anything? If a very poor situation has occurred, to the great inconvenience of many, I do not see a reason to pretend the very poor situation isn’t a very poor situation simply to preserve the feelings of those involved in that very poor situation.

 

[DanNCL]

Hello all. I've been struggling to keep track of the current state of the fleet changes and tenders out for the various TOCs, and thought it might be useful to have a master thread (in the same vein as the new stations thread) to keep a track of the current and expected tenders, with links to all the various threads. I am not envisaging this to become a long discussion thread in and of itself, and instead to become more of a reference point.

TRAIN OPERATING COMPANY	FLEET TENDER OR EXPECTED CHANGE	STATUS	NOTES
Avanti West Coast	23 class 805/807s are currently on order from Hitatchi	Delivery underway of class 805s, introduction expected in June 2024. No confirmed acceptance date of class 807	Discussion here
	18 class 221s to be disposed of following introduction of new fleet	-	-
C2C	12 class 720s have been introduced	All 12 units have been accepted for service	Discussion here
Chiltern Railways	There are currently three tenders issued for new or converted multiple units, totaling between 20 and 70 units See note below	Three tenders issued, expected award date of early 2025 and delivery from late 2028	Discussion here
	The mk.3 fleet is expected to be withdrawn, with a separate tender issued for 25 to 70 existing vehicles their replacement due into service early 2025	If this tender is awarded, the two spare fleets would be either ex-TPE mk.5s or ex-TfW 175s	Discussion here
CrossCountry	12 class 221s released by Avanti are expected to join XC between 'late 2024 and early 2026'	7 units are a direct replacement for HSTs, 5 units are for additional capacity	Main discussion appears to be here
East Midlands Railway	33 class 810s are currently on order from Hitachi	Testing currently underway, delivery expected from 'early 2025'	Discussion here
GTR (encompassing Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink)	30 class 379s are expected to join Great Northern in 2024, causing a fleet cascade through GTR and Southeastern	-	Discussion here
	? class 387s are expected to transfer from Great Northern to Southern	-	See above
	40? class 377s may transfer from Southern to Southeastern	Number uncertain, see also Southeastern	See above
Grand Central	No change expected	-	-
Greater Anglia	133 class 720s are currently being introduced	? units accepted for service	Discussion here
Great Western Railway (encompassing Heathrow Express via management contract)	A strategy for enhancement/replacement of 15x and 16x fleets has been published, but no tender has been issued as of April 2024	-	Discussion here
	3 class 230s have been purchased from what was formerly VivaRail, this project is now run in-house by GWR	One of these units runs on the Greenford branch, and is being used to test battery and fast charging technology At least one of these units is in service (230 001) Two appear to be stored in Reading Depot	Discussion here
Hull Trains	No change expected	-	-
London Northeastern Railway	10 units are currently on order from CAF, to replace the remaining mk.4 sets	Order placed November 2023, delivery expected from 2027	Discussion here
Lumo	No change expected	-	-
Merseyrail	53 class 777s are currently being introduced	38 units accepted for service	Discussion here
Northern Trains	Tender issued for up to 450 new units	Tender issued August 2023, it appears to have gone quiet since then. Expected award date of 2025, first delivery from 2029	Discussion here Tender
	17 class 323s are being transferred from WMT	First unit transferred October 2023, ?/17 units accepted	Main discussion appears to be here
ScotRail	No current changes, no tenders issued as of April 2024	An update to the ScotRail rolling stock plan is expected, with three fleets of units: - A suburban electric fleet to replace diesel units on newly electrified routes, as well as ageing Strathclyde electrics - A new (presumably hydrogen or battery bimode) fleet for rural lines not currently expected to be electrified - A new (presumably bimode) fleet to replace HSTs on intercity services	-
Southeastern	40? class 377s may transfer from Southern to Southeastern	See also GTR	Discussion here
	Tender issued for between 350 and 570 vehicles, with an option for an additional 70 vehicles	Expected award date of December 2024, delivery from 2027	Discussion here Tender
South Western Railway	90 class 701s are currently being introduced	A small number of 701s are currently in revenue service, with details on the 701 thread	Discussion here
	2 class 707s remain at SWR	There is currently no set date for their transfer to SE	-
	Between eight and twenty class 458s are due to be reintroduced to cover for the 701 saga	To be reintroduced by the end of July 2024	Discussion here
	Withdrawal of class 455s continues at pace	9/91 455s have been withdrawn
TransPennine Express	Tender issued for 29 new units, as part of the TRU budget	Expected award late 2025, delivery from 2029	Discussion here Tender
Transport for London (Encompassing the Elizabeth Line and Overground)	We are expecting an order of 5? additional 345s for the Elizabeth Line, to support the extension from Paddington to Old Oak Common at some point in the near future	No contract has been let	Discussion here
Transport for Wales	77 class 197s are currently being introduced	46 units accepted for service 30/51 two car units and 16/26 three car units	Discussion here
	All class 170s and 175s have been withdrawn or transferred to EMR	All 175s off-lease, all 170s transferred to EMR	Discussion here
	5 class 230s have been accepted for the Borderlands Line	4 units in service, one stored out of use for spares (230 006)	Discussion here
	24 class 756s are on order from Stadler	? units accepted for service	Discussion here
	11 class 231s have been introduced	All 11 accepted for service	See above
	36 class 398s (tram-trains) are on order from Stadler for the Valley Lines	Testing underway	Discussion here
Tyne and Wear Metro	46 class 555s are currently being delivered	Testing underway, ? units have been delivered	Discussion here
West Midlands Trains (encompassing London Northwestern Railway)	48 class 730/0s are currently being introduced for WMT local services	40 units accepted for service	Discussion here
	36 class 730/2s are on order from Alstom for LNWR long-distance services	Testing underway, expected delivery in 2024	See above
	20 class 323s remain at WMT	17 units are transferring to Northern	Discussion here
	26 class 196s are currently being introduced	24 units accepted for service 12/12 two car units and 12/14 four car units	Discussion here

Please also let me know if I have anything wrong, and I'll try and keep it as up to date as possible

EDIT 14/05: I'm still trying to track down numbers for 756 introduction, and concrete plans for the cascade between Great Northern and Southern. A more concrete number of 458s has been set at 20.


Links to the tenders for SE, Chiltern, TPE and Northern have been added.

For posterity, I am quoting post 24 here, which outlines the status of the Chiltern tenders

"Chiltern actually have four potential tenders underway, though there's no guarantee of all (or any) of them going ahead:

• 25 to 70 existing vehicles - This is the Mk3 replacement contract, and theoretically due into service in 2025. - Tender notice: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037814-2023
• 30 to 70 new battery MUs or 30 to 70 existing or converted battery MUs - Tender notices: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026867-2022 and https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026866-2022
• 20 to 70 new or converted low emission units - Tender notice: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022896-2023"

To fill in one of the blanks for the 555s, can confirm that 7 units have been delivered.

 

[anamyd]

Avanti West Coast - "Delivery underway of class 805s, introduction expected in June 2024" needs updating.

Class 805 entered passenger service on the 2/6/24

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CrossCountry (ex-Avanti Voyagers) - 221114, 221115 and 221116 have entered service.

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Transport for Wales - Class 197 "46 units accepted for service
30/51 two car units and 16/26 three car units" needs updating.

It's been "51 units accepted for service
30/51 two car units and 21/26 three car units" for quite a while now

 

[D7672]

Tfw 197 2x car sets are nothing service is 197003 and the cambrian sets,197101-118,120/122/125 in service asmof early July 2024,rest unsure if passed for servicenof the remaining 3 car sets.hd08 still at Bristol

 

[waverley47]

Updated January 2025, still missing confirmation on mk.5s to Chiltern, shortlist issued for Northern, looking for updated numbers of stock accepted for 555s, 701s, numbers of stock disposed for 323s, and other happenings.

Either reply here or send me a direct message if you have any definitive info to add to the table

 

[800Travel]

Updated January 2025, still missing confirmation on mk.5s to Chiltern, shortlist issued for Northern, looking for updated numbers of stock accepted for 555s, 701s, numbers of stock disposed for 323s, and other happenings.

Either reply here or send me a direct message if you have any definitive info to add to the table

@DanNCL Has been maintaining a list over on the metro thread about 555s if that's helpful.

List further updated to show 555020 entering passenger service, as well as to distinguish between units that are in use for driver training, those on test, and those not yet seen outside of Gosforth depot. Also corrected an error that had 555026 down as delivered instead of 555028, now corrected to show 555026 in Switzerland and 555028 at Gosforth.

On a recent visit to Gosforth I noticed that 555001 was completely powered down alongside long term stored Metrocars 4007 and 4037. 555001 has been in the North East for 9 months now and still not been seen out on the network. Does anyone know what the situation is with this unit?

Key:
Green - operational in passenger service
Blue - Delivered, under test.
Orange - Delivered, not yet seen on test
Red - Complete, not yet delivered
Purple - Delivered, in use for driver training
Grey - On assembly line at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland.

Notes:
Units stored in Switzerland are split between three known locations; Stadler's St Margrethen site, the SBB yard at St Margrethen, and Stadler's Erlen site.

555001 - delivered to Gosforth 19/04/2024. Tested at VUZ Velim, Czechia, during late 2022 and early 2023.
555002 - delivered to Gosforth 14/06/2024. Tested at VUZ Velim, Czechia, during late 2022 and early 2023.
555003 - first unit to be delivered to Gosforth, arrived 28/02/2023.
555004 - delivered to Gosforth 11/03/2023.
555005 - delivered to Gosforth 06/04/2023.
555006 - delivered to Gosforth 13/09/2024.
555007 - delivered to Gosforth 13/09/2024.
555008 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555009 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555010 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555011 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555012 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555013 - delivered to Gosforth 16/12/2023.
555014 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555015 - delivered to Gosforth 16/12/2023.
555016 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555017 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555018 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555019 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555020 - delivered to Gosforth 19/04/2024, entered service 31/12/2024
555021 - delivered to Gosforth 14/06/2024, first unit to enter service 18/12/2024
555022 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555023 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555024 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555025 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555026 - complete, stored in Switzerland
555027 - delivered to Gosforth 25/10/2024.
555028 - delivered to Gosforth 25/10/2024.
555029 - presumed complete in Switzerland
555030 - presumed complete in Switzerland
555031 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555032 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555033 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555034 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555035 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555036 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555037 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555038 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555039 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555040 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555041 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555042 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555043 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555044 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555045 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland
555046 - under construction at Stadler Rheintal, St Margrethen, Switzerland

https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...cement-awarded-to-stadler.157260/post-7113611

 

[Baxenden Bank]

An excellent thread. I once tried something similar (in a personal capacity, not online) and got lost in a deluge of conflicting information, often considered by the writer as FACT! Probably well intentioned rather than malicious but unhelpful nonetheless. It made me appreciate why Wikipedia insists (or at least used to with more vigour) in referenced sources. As per the New Stations Calendar, actual published statements of a reliable nature can be hard to come by, especially if it is bad news such as delays in delivery.

 

[Milo T.K]

SE has all 707s

 

[tfw756rider]

SE has all 707s

There are were many things out-of-date in the table (edit - since updated on the 5/6/25). @waverley47 gave direct message as one of the options to provide them with updates, and I took up that option in January 2025, but nothing came out of it, so I'll take up I took up the other option and post posted updates here instead.

***(only sections of the original table that needed updating until the 5/6/25 update are covered here; last updated 7/6/25)***

Avanti West Coast

Acceptance of Class 807s has begun, units are now in service.

(No Class 221s are in service with this Train Operating Company - TOC - anymore)

Chiltern Railways

With Chiltern Railways announced as the operator for the first part of East West Rail (Oxford-Milton Keynes), 6x 2-car Class 196 units are being sub-leased from West Midlands Railway and will be vinyl wrapped with Chiltern colours/branding.

As of May 2025, between 8 and 12 Mark 5A sets (with Mark 5A-compatible Class 68s, the first 8 being 68020/22/26/27/28/30/31/32) will be transferred to Chiltern Railways, where they will replace the Mark 3 sets (and existing Class 68s), with training taking place in preparation for the start of entry to service in December 2025, to be followed by full service in 2026.

(the reference to ex-TfW 175s should be removed, as those are now going to Great Western Railway)

CrossCountry

All 12 of this TOC's 12 ex-Avanti 221s have been in service (221107-221118)

Grand Central

As of April 2025, 9x 5-car Hitachi AT300 tri-mode (overhead electric / battery electric / diesel) units have been ordered, with delivery expected in 2028.

Great Western Railway

175002, 175007, 175009 and 175114 have been delivered to Laira depot, and several other 175s have gone to Wolverton for refurbishment.

The GWR Class 175 thread link could be updated to this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/class-175-to-gwr.272524/ (thanks @Dan G)

Hull Trains

(take from the following text!) In December 2024, Hitachi Rail stated in a press release that it had entered into a contract with FirstGroup and Angel Trains to lease 14 new five-car electric, battery-electric or bi-mode trains for First Rail's open-access operations, which will be manufactured at Newton Aycliffe, with their delivery expected to commence in late 2027. These trains will be used on a newly announced London-Carmarthen route, and to increase the number of carriages on the existing Lumo and Hull Trains services. The agreement includes an option to add 13 more trains to the order if more of First Rail's recently submitted open-access applications are successful.

London North Eastern Railway

(the 10 CAF units will be 10-car Class 897 tri-mode units)

Lumo

(take from the following text!) In December 2024, Hitachi Rail stated in a press release that it had entered into a contract with FirstGroup and Angel Trains to lease 14 new five-car electric, battery-electric or bi-mode trains for First Rail's open-access operations, which will be manufactured at Newton Aycliffe, with their delivery expected to commence in late 2027. These trains will be used on a newly announced London-Carmarthen route, and to increase the number of carriages on the existing Lumo and Hull Trains services. The agreement includes an option to add 13 more trains to the order if more of First Rail's recently submitted open-access applications are successful.

Merseyrail

All (53) 777s are now accepted for service, now that no 507s or 508s are in service anymore.

Northern Trains

Here is a link to the 'New units for Northern - shortlist of manufacturers' thread.

​

South Western Railway

The first newly refurbished 458 entered service in June 2024.

(No Class 707s remain at South Western Railway; the last two units were transferred to Southeastern in September 2024)

Transport for Wales

(197s) 66/77 units accepted for service - 40/51 two car units (30/30 non-ETCS and 9/21 ETCS-fitted) and 26/26 three car units (12/12 2+2-only seating and 14/14 with a small portion of 2+1 seating)

(756s) 20/24 units accepted for service - 3/7 three coach units and 17/17 four coach units)

Tyne and Wear Metro

23/46 Class 555s were built as of June 2024. The first Class 555 unit entered service on 18 December 2024. Five units have been in service as of April 2025.

West Midlands Trains

All 26 Class 196 units have been in service, but 6x 2-car 196s are moving to Chiltern Railways on sub-lease (see Chiltern Railways section).

It is expected that 'London Northwestern Railway' subclass 730/2 will start to enter service in June 2025, initially on Milton Keynes Central to London Euston local stopping services.

(no Class 323s remain at West Midlands Trains in 2025)

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Merseyrail

At least 50 (of 53) 777s are now accepted for service, now that no 507s or 508s are in service anymore.

I think it's all 53 of them now isn't it?

A friend of mine cleared them about a month ago.

 

[tfw756rider]

I think it's all 53 of them now isn't it?

A friend of mine cleared them about a month ago.

Thanks, now corrected

 

[SoloSR334022]

Any updates on ScotRail's tender for new Intercity trains?

 

[87electric]

Seems that Chiltern are to start testing the Mk5 sets with designated Class 68s

 

[tfw756rider]

Seems that Chiltern are to start testing the Mk5 sets with designated Class 68s

Indeed, update now in post #41.

 

[Dan G]

The GWR Class 175 thread link could be updated to this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/class-175-to-gwr.272524/

 

[waverley47]

Updated to reflect changes named in this thread

 

[tfw756rider]

Updated to reflect changes named in this thread

Nice one Just a couple of error corrections needed however:

New London North Eastern Railway CAF units' class from 879 to 897

Total number of accepted Transport for Wales (TfW) 197s from 46 to 66

Maybe also change the 756s from being "on order" to "being introduced", as TfW have all of them, just that 4 haven't yet entered service.


And now an update as of the 7/6/25:

Transport for Wales

(197s) 66/77 units accepted for service - 40/51 two car units (30/30 non-ETCS and 10/21 ETCS-fitted) and 26/26 three car units (12/12 2+2-only seating and 14/14 with a small portion of 2+1 seating)

 

[waverley47]

Updated.

Nice one Just a couple of error corrections needed however:

New London North Eastern Railway CAF units' class from 879 to 897

Total number of accepted Transport for Wales (TfW) 197s from 46 to 66

Maybe also change the 756s from being "on order" to "being introduced", as TfW have all of them, just that 4 haven't yet entered service.


And now an update as of the 7/6/25:

Transport for Wales

(197s) 66/77 units accepted for service - 40/51 two car units (30/30 non-ETCS and 9/21 ETCS-fitted) and 26/26 three car units (12/12 2+2-only seating and 14/14 with a small portion of 2+1 seating)

 

[Peter Sarf]

Nice one Just a couple of error corrections needed however:

New London North Eastern Railway CAF units' class from 879 to 897

Total number of accepted Transport for Wales (TfW) 197s from 46 to 66

Maybe also change the 756s from being "on order" to "being introduced", as TfW have all of them, just that 4 haven't yet entered service.


And now an update as of the 7/6/25:

Transport for Wales

(197s) 66/77 units accepted for service - 40/51 two car units (30/30 non-ETCS and 9/21 ETCS-fitted) and 26/26 three car units (12/12 2+2-only seating and 14/14 with a small portion of 2+1 seating)

Should that be 10/21 ETCS-fitted rather than 9/21
or
65/77 overall and 39/51 2car
?

(197022 might be the change from 9/21 to 10/21)

 

[tfw756rider]

Should that be 10/21 ETCS-fitted rather than 9/21
or
65/77 overall and 39/51 2car
?

(197022 might be the change from 9/21 to 10/21)

Yes, oops. 10/21 ETCS fitted (with 197022 being the 10th), but the Original Post only splits the 197s into 2-car and 3-car, so 66/77 overall (40/51 2-car and 26/26 3-car) is correct.

== Doublepost prevention - post automatically merged: 10 Jun 2025 ==

Another update today (9/6/25):

West Midlands Trains 'London Northwestern Railway' subclass 730/2 had a first entry to service on the 9/6/25; 730213+730233 worked 1W51 1619 London Euston to Northampton.

== Doublepost prevention - post automatically merged: 10 Jun 2025 ==

Updated.

Much appreciated

 

[Peter Sarf]

Yes, oops. 10/21 ETCS fitted (with 197022 being the 10th), but the Original Post only splits the 197s into 2-car and 3-car, so 66/77 overall (40/51 2-car and 26/26 3-car) is correct.

== Doublepost prevention - post automatically merged: 10 Jun 2025 ==

Another update today (9/6/25):

West Midlands Trains 'London Northwestern Railway' subclass 730/2 had a first entry to service on the 9/6/25; 730213+730233 worked 1W51 1619 London Euston to Northampton.

== Doublepost prevention - post automatically merged: 10 Jun 2025 ==


Much appreciated

Thanks for the updates.