Master list of rolling stock changes and tenders

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TfW 231s are not “on order,” the full fleet has been in service for over a year

 

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South Western Railway	90 class 701s are currently being introduced	A small number of 701s are currently in revenue service, with details on the 701 thread	Discussion here
2 class 707s remain at SWR	There is currently no set date for their transfer to SE	-
A minimum of eight class 458s are due to be reintroduced to cover for the 701 farce	To be reintroduced by the end of July 2024

Without wishing to cause offence, I think anyone reading these threads (701) will not disagree, but the use of the word 'farce' is perhaps not correct. Try 'shortfall', which may come across better. Remember, there may be people involved in the project looking in to sites such as this. Just a thought!

 

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Remember, there may be people involved in the project looking in to sites such as this. Just a thought!

What does that have to do with anything? If a very poor situation has occurred, to the great inconvenience of many, I do not see a reason to pretend the very poor situation isn’t a very poor situation simply to preserve the feelings of those involved in that very poor situation.

 

[DanNCL]

Hello all. I've been struggling to keep track of the current state of the fleet changes and tenders out for the various TOCs, and thought it might be useful to have a master thread (in the same vein as the new stations thread) to keep a track of the current and expected tenders, with links to all the various threads. I am not envisaging this to become a long discussion thread in and of itself, and instead to become more of a reference point.

TRAIN OPERATING COMPANY	FLEET TENDER OR EXPECTED CHANGE	STATUS	NOTES
Avanti West Coast	23 class 805/807s are currently on order from Hitatchi	Delivery underway of class 805s, introduction expected in June 2024. No confirmed acceptance date of class 807	Discussion here
	18 class 221s to be disposed of following introduction of new fleet	-	-
C2C	12 class 720s have been introduced	All 12 units have been accepted for service	Discussion here
Chiltern Railways	There are currently three tenders issued for new or converted multiple units, totaling between 20 and 70 units See note below	Three tenders issued, expected award date of early 2025 and delivery from late 2028	Discussion here
	The mk.3 fleet is expected to be withdrawn, with a separate tender issued for 25 to 70 existing vehicles their replacement due into service early 2025	If this tender is awarded, the two spare fleets would be either ex-TPE mk.5s or ex-TfW 175s	Discussion here
CrossCountry	12 class 221s released by Avanti are expected to join XC between 'late 2024 and early 2026'	7 units are a direct replacement for HSTs, 5 units are for additional capacity	Main discussion appears to be here
East Midlands Railway	33 class 810s are currently on order from Hitachi	Testing currently underway, delivery expected from 'early 2025'	Discussion here
GTR (encompassing Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink)	30 class 379s are expected to join Great Northern in 2024, causing a fleet cascade through GTR and Southeastern	-	Discussion here
	? class 387s are expected to transfer from Great Northern to Southern	-	See above
	40? class 377s may transfer from Southern to Southeastern	Number uncertain, see also Southeastern	See above
Grand Central	No change expected	-	-
Greater Anglia	133 class 720s are currently being introduced	? units accepted for service	Discussion here
Great Western Railway (encompassing Heathrow Express via management contract)	A strategy for enhancement/replacement of 15x and 16x fleets has been published, but no tender has been issued as of April 2024	-	Discussion here
	3 class 230s have been purchased from what was formerly VivaRail, this project is now run in-house by GWR	One of these units runs on the Greenford branch, and is being used to test battery and fast charging technology At least one of these units is in service (230 001) Two appear to be stored in Reading Depot	Discussion here
Hull Trains	No change expected	-	-
London Northeastern Railway	10 units are currently on order from CAF, to replace the remaining mk.4 sets	Order placed November 2023, delivery expected from 2027	Discussion here
Lumo	No change expected	-	-
Merseyrail	53 class 777s are currently being introduced	38 units accepted for service	Discussion here
Northern Trains	Tender issued for up to 450 new units	Tender issued August 2023, it appears to have gone quiet since then. Expected award date of 2025, first delivery from 2029	Discussion here Tender
	17 class 323s are being transferred from WMT	First unit transferred October 2023, ?/17 units accepted	Main discussion appears to be here
ScotRail	No current changes, no tenders issued as of April 2024	An update to the ScotRail rolling stock plan is expected, with three fleets of units: - A suburban electric fleet to replace diesel units on newly electrified routes, as well as ageing Strathclyde electrics - A new (presumably hydrogen or battery bimode) fleet for rural lines not currently expected to be electrified - A new (presumably bimode) fleet to replace HSTs on intercity services	-
Southeastern	40? class 377s may transfer from Southern to Southeastern	See also GTR	Discussion here
	Tender issued for between 350 and 570 vehicles, with an option for an additional 70 vehicles	Expected award date of December 2024, delivery from 2027	Discussion here Tender
South Western Railway	90 class 701s are currently being introduced	A small number of 701s are currently in revenue service, with details on the 701 thread	Discussion here
	2 class 707s remain at SWR	There is currently no set date for their transfer to SE	-
	Between eight and twenty class 458s are due to be reintroduced to cover for the 701 saga	To be reintroduced by the end of July 2024	Discussion here
	Withdrawal of class 455s continues at pace	9/91 455s have been withdrawn
TransPennine Express	Tender issued for 29 new units, as part of the TRU budget	Expected award late 2025, delivery from 2029	Discussion here Tender
Transport for London (Encompassing the Elizabeth Line and Overground)	We are expecting an order of 5? additional 345s for the Elizabeth Line, to support the extension from Paddington to Old Oak Common at some point in the near future	No contract has been let	Discussion here
Transport for Wales	77 class 197s are currently being introduced	46 units accepted for service 30/51 two car units and 16/26 three car units	Discussion here
	All class 170s and 175s have been withdrawn or transferred to EMR	All 175s off-lease, all 170s transferred to EMR	Discussion here
	5 class 230s have been accepted for the Borderlands Line	4 units in service, one stored out of use for spares (230 006)	Discussion here
	24 class 756s are on order from Stadler	? units accepted for service	Discussion here
	11 class 231s have been introduced	All 11 accepted for service	See above
	36 class 398s (tram-trains) are on order from Stadler for the Valley Lines	Testing underway	Discussion here
Tyne and Wear Metro	46 class 555s are currently being delivered	Testing underway, ? units have been delivered	Discussion here
West Midlands Trains (encompassing London Northwestern Railway)	48 class 730/0s are currently being introduced for WMT local services	40 units accepted for service	Discussion here
	36 class 730/2s are on order from Alstom for LNWR long-distance services	Testing underway, expected delivery in 2024	See above
	20 class 323s remain at WMT	17 units are transferring to Northern	Discussion here
	26 class 196s are currently being introduced	24 units accepted for service 12/12 two car units and 12/14 four car units	Discussion here

Please also let me know if I have anything wrong, and I'll try and keep it as up to date as possible

EDIT 14/05: I'm still trying to track down numbers for 756 introduction, and concrete plans for the cascade between Great Northern and Southern. A more concrete number of 458s has been set at 20.


Links to the tenders for SE, Chiltern, TPE and Northern have been added.

For posterity, I am quoting post 24 here, which outlines the status of the Chiltern tenders

"Chiltern actually have four potential tenders underway, though there's no guarantee of all (or any) of them going ahead:

• 25 to 70 existing vehicles - This is the Mk3 replacement contract, and theoretically due into service in 2025. - Tender notice: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037814-2023
• 30 to 70 new battery MUs or 30 to 70 existing or converted battery MUs - Tender notices: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026867-2022 and https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026866-2022
• 20 to 70 new or converted low emission units - Tender notice: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022896-2023"

To fill in one of the blanks for the 555s, can confirm that 7 units have been delivered.