TRAIN operator National Express East Coast has been recognised for improving its fleet reliability.
The company won two Golden Spanner awards, in an annual contest promoted jointly by trade and technical magazine Modern Railways and rail industry representative body, the Railway Forum.
The awards focus on railway traction and rolling stock reliability across franchised and open access train operators throughout Britain’s rail network.
Each train type is rated for the number of miles covered between breakdowns, in a league table using statistics drawn from the Association of Train Operating Companies’ National Fleet Reliability Improvement Programme.
In the intercity sector, National Express East Coast’s electric trains emerged as the most reliable and the most improved.
There was also good news for sister company National Express East Anglia, which took a Silver Spanner runner-up reliability award for its fleet of Class 153 single-car diesel units, which serve rural lines in the East of England.
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