Class 159

The Class 159 South Western Turbo are a fleet of 30 3 car Diesel Mutiple Units in service with South Western Railway on the Romsey Rocket and West of England Main Line.

History

The fleet was ordered by Regional Railways as 3 car Class 158 Express Sprinters for use by the West Yorkshire PTE however the Gulf War Econmonic Crash saw the 22 units become reduant and so Network South East took them over and sent them to Roside in Scotland for First Class fitting, retion toliets.

South West Trains swaped there fleet of 8 Class 170s with 8 3 car class 158s from Tramspennine Express and converted these to class 159/1s with the orignal units becoming 159/0s.