Title: British Rail Class 175 - Wikipedia
Headings: British Rail Class 175
British Rail Class 175
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Description
Operations
Accidents and Incidents
Fleet details
Named units
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Content: On 19 December 2011, 175002 collided with a lorry at the Llanboidy level crossing near Whitland. The train was operating the service from Milford Haven to Manchester Piccadilly and the driver of the lorry was arrested on suspicion of endangering safety. Class 175 units have caught fire in 2004 at Preston (175008), 2009 at Prestatyn, 2011 at Manchester Piccadilly, 2017 both at Shrewsbury (175109) and between Chester and Crewe, 2018 at Deganwy, and in 2019 both near Pontrilas (175107) and at Gowerton (175102). In February 2018, the entire Class 175 fleet was temporarily withdrawn from service for safety checks. After further investigation, it was found that a track fault between Newport and Cwmbran had caused wheel damage to several class 175 units, and also some Class 158s. Fleet details
Class
Operator
No. built
Year built
Cars per set
Unit nos. Class 175/0
Transport for Wales Rail
11
1999–2001
2
175001 – 175011
Class 175/1
16
1999–2001
3
175101 – 175116
Arriva Trains Wales Class 175/0
Transport for Wales Class 175/0
Named units
Some of the class have received names: 175003 - Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru
175004 - Mencap - Pengwern College
175006 - Brondyffryn Trust
175008 - Valhalla Blackpool Pleasure Beach
175103 - Mum
175105 - Bruce
175107 - Coronation Street Rovers Return
175111 - Brief Encounter
175112 - South Lakes Wild Animal Park - Sumatran Tiger
175114 - Manchester 2002 - Commonwealth Cruiser
175116 - Peter V. L. Jones, Community Rail Officer Conwy Valley Line
All except for Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru were named by First North Western. The nameplates were all removed in 2009 when the fleet was repainted into Arriva Trains Wales livery.