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East Midlands Railway stops most of its ‘153’ fleet

EAST Midlands Railway took the step of removing virtually all its Class 153s from traffic over the weekend of March 21/22, following a number of service cancellations and train length reductions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, writes David Russell.

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