VIVARAIL’S prototype Class 230 DMU No. 230001 carried its first passengers on June 21-22 at the Rail Live! event at Long Marston.
The unit was used to shuttle passengers between the show site on the former MoD base and Honeybourne station, where a temporary platform had been built.
In the week prior to the show, the unit undertook a test run between Evesham and Moreton-in-Marsh.
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Vivarail is still keen to get the unit in regular service with a train operator.
PICTURE: BOB SWEET
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