ScotRail 'Pocket Rockets'

INTRODUCTION of the ScotRail lnter7City mini-HST sets was delayed by various factors, including the extensive and much-reported delay in completion of the GWR electrification, a project curtailed due to rising costs and conversion of increasingly ageing Mk.3 trailers with sliding power doors being more complex and expensive than first thought.

In the meantime, ScotRail had committed to releasing a number of its long-distance Class 170 sets to several other operators creating the perfect storm of rollingstock shortages and the introduction