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Castle HST coach disposals begin

ANGEL Trains has sent four off-lease power door High Speed Train coaches to Sims Metals at Newport for cutting up. Former Great Western Railway Trailer Standard (TS) Nos. 48116/134/135 and Trailer Guard Standard (TGS) No. 49113 are the first ex-GWR HST vehicles rebuilt with new doors to make them compliant with accessibility regulations to be disposed of.

Two of the coaches sent for scrap had spent less than three

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