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First shortened HST enters service with Great Western

AFTER a number of delays, the first HST coaches to be made PRM TSI compliant emerged from Wabtec on March 12 and, with Great Western Railway facing a shortage of DMUs after the departure of some sets to Northern, the set was pressed into service just over two weeks later.

The four vehicles, which are the first of more than 200 planned to receive sliding doors

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