Riviera Trains has announced today (13th September) that it has entered into a rolling stock sale agreement with Carnforth-based West Coast Railway Company (WCRC).
The sale covers approximately 60 coaches, including both of the operational and CDL-fitted ‘blue and grey’-liveried Mark 2 fleets that are extensively used by a wide number of railtour promoters.
It is expected that the whole fleet will move from its current base at Burton-on-Trent to the WCRC facility at Carnforth in due course, with future operations being handled out of the WCRC depots at Carnforth and Southall.
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Riviera Trains owner, Barry Cordell and his Operations Manager, Charles Paget, said they are pleased to secure the future of the vehicles, having played a pivotal role in the provision of locomotive-hauled coaching stock for ad-hoc operations and special trains for many years.
This sale marks a momentous occasion for Barry Cordell, who, with over 30 years involvement in the charter train business, as taken the decision to step back from main line operations.
Charles Paget, who has been an integral part of Riviera Trains for the past three decades, will join WCRC as its Business Manager. He will play a key role in ensuring continuity, managing relationships with the valued customers of Riviera Trains, and overseeing the ongoing operations of the acquired assets.
Riviera’s maintenance provider, Nemesis Rail, has been thanked by Barry Cordell for all the work and support it has undertaken and given at Burton Wetmore Depot in recent years.
More in the October issue of The Railway Magazine.
