Main Line near Leamington Spa, UK. 30th Dec, 2016. Prototype D Train 230 001 caught fire while on test at Kenilworth along the main railway line between Coventry and Leamington Spa on 30 December 2016. The train, heralded as an innovative concept, is a converted London Underground Tube train that runs on diesel engines that provide electrical current to the trains traction motors. The D Train is believed to have been completing its final main line testing. Credit: Fraser Pithie/Alamy Live News
Prototype D Train 230 001 caught fire while on test at Kenilworth along the main railway line between Coventry and Leamington Spa on 30 December 2016. The train, heralded as an innovative concept, is a converted London Underground Tube train that runs on diesel engines that provide electrical current to the trains traction motors. The D Train is believed to have been completing its final main line testing which had it completed without issue would have led to the introduction of the train on the Nuneaton - Bedworth - Coventry passenger service operated by London Midland. It is also understood that Warwickshire County Council had agreed to financially support the maintenance costs of the train.
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