Angel Trains has signed three lease
agreements to provide vehicles for First Great Western (FGW) to
help the train operator minimise overcrowding at peak travel
times.

The lease agreements will provide an
additional 4,500 seats for passengers on FGW services between
London and the Thames Valley in order to meet the UK Department for
Transport’s capacity requirements.
 
The primary lease is of five 5-car Class 180s until the end of the
franchise in 2013, the first three to be leased from 11 December
2011, with the remaining two being leased during March and May
2012. The vehicles, previously leased by East Coast, will have to
undertake a modification programme before they enter into passenger
service.

A second lease has also been signed for 15 catering cars which will
be refurbished by FGW prior to passenger use. UK ROSCO Angel Trains
will also lease eight Class 150 vehicles which will be cascaded
from London Midland to FGW during December 2011 until the end of
the 2013 franchise.

Kevin Tribley, chief operating officer at Angel Trains, said: 
“We have a vital role to play in being able to bridge the worlds of
finance and operations to offer leases like this and work with
operators to identify ways in which they can use and run stock in
the most effective way to  improve rail services for
customers.”

Mark Hopwood, managing director of FGW, said the leases built on a
successful relationship between Angel Trains and the operator and
said the deal comes at a time of increasing demand for travel on
FGW services.

He added: “While that demand is gratifying
in one respect, it can lead to overcrowding on peak services, which
is why we’ve been working for some time to secure additional
carriages.”

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