AC electric multiple unit set No. 315856 has been donated by the Eversholt Rail leasing company to the Class 315 Preservation Society, which will be based at the Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway, Carmarthenshire.
The Class 315 Preservation Society, a member of the Heritage Railway Association, was formed by a group of BR crew members four years ago to preserve and restore one of the 1972-design, PEP EMUs. The set acquired is No. 315856, one of 61 Class 315s built by BREL York in 1980/81, and comprises DMS No. 64571, TS No. 71336, PTS No. 71444 and DMS6 No. 64572. It was originally planned to preserve set No. 315820 (RM Nov 2020).
No. 315856 is in Transport for London (TfL) livery of white with blue doors and lower bodyside stripe. It will be based a long way from its former operating area of suburban lines from London, Liverpool Street to Shenfield, and later the Lea Valley with London Overground from its depot at Ilford, Greater London.
The unit is due to travel by rail to the Dean Forest Railway, Gloucestershire and from there to Cynheidre by road. There, it is planned for the set to be
