Industry Railway engineering Website www.vivarail.co.uk | ||
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Headquarters Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom Type of business Rolling stock manufacturer | ||
Bbc news report on vivarail
Vivarail is a privately funded British rolling stock manufacturer, founded in 2012 and based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. The company is chaired by former Chiltern Railways chairman Adrian Shooter. Vivarail's main project is the conversion of bodyshells, bogies and motors from retired London Underground D78 Stock into a new diesel-electric multiple unit, the D-train.
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D78 Stock conversion
In November 2014, Vivarail bid for, and successfully bought, 150 driving motor cars and 300 carriages of ex-District line D78 Stock from London Underground, which were being replaced by S Stock. The stated purpose of the D-train is to ameliorate a perceived shortage of affordable, modern rolling stock on Britain's regional rail routes, resulting from the slow pace of electrification.