British Rail Class 180 Diesel Hydraulic Multiple Unit

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  1. elarthur

    elarthur Well-Known Member

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    The British Rail Class 180 Adalente is a class of 14 diesel-hydraulic multiple-unit passenger trains built by Alstom at Washwood Heath in 2000/01 for First GreatWestern (FGW). They are part of the Coradia 1000 family, along with the Class 175. After recurring technical problems with the trains, FGW handed them all back to leasing company Angel Trains in 2008/09. After a period in store, they were leased to Hull Trains and GrandCentral, while the remaining five units returned to service with FGW. The latter five have since moved to Grand Central, whilst the four Hull Trains units have been transferred to East Midlands Railway.
    These units would make a great dlc for GWE route substituting for HST's on certain services, possibly with a separate timetable as with ECW's Class 313 due to being a different length unit.
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    Class 180 at Paddington in original FGW livery (hopefully could now be a licenced livery as GWR is no longer a new company)
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    GWR green livery as it appeared on at least one unit at Old Oak Common 111 Open Day in 2017 before final closure.
     
  2. trainsimgaming1001

    trainsimgaming1001 Well-Known Member

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    I think this would be a great addition. From a discovery in the first Epic release, dovetail appear to have a license for both FGW and GWR liveries. I would totally make a livery saying 'youl be going no where' if this was made
     
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  3. formulabee#1362

    formulabee#1362 Well-Known Member

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    A must have for gwe
     
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