Rolling Stock
NXEC inherited a fleet of High Speed Trains and InterCity 225 sets made up of Class 91s hauling Mark 4 Carriages and Class 82 Driving Van Trailers from GNER. The High Speed Trains were part way through an overhaul program with the Class 43 power cars being repowered with MTU 16V4000R41 engines at Brush Traction and the Mark 3 Carriages refurbished to Mallard standards at Wabtec, Doncaster. This was completed in 2009.
NXEC offered free Wi-Fi to passengers in both first and standard class.
To operate proposed new services from 2010, five Class 180s were leased. They were never used by NXEC with three being sublet to Northern Rail in October 2008.
In 2009 a High Speed Train that had been on lease while the fleet was refurbished, was returned to Porterbrook and sent to First Great Western.
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