I have always had an interest in these class 175s Coradias. They are the same family as the class 180s and were built at Washwood Heath in Birmingham. They are coming up for twenty years old now, that is as long as some of the first generation DMUs were in service. They are limited to certain lines partly because they cannot operate on ETCS equipped track. Here, 175106 arrives at Crewe station working the 14.31 Manchester Piccadilly to Milford Haven, a journey that it will have done many times!
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