A fleet of trains costing £200m to the taxpayer has remained largely unused for three years as the final element of a wider £2bn rail project continues to face delays. Fewer than half of the trains have so far been tested.
The trains were procured as part of the major rail programme, but their limited use has left a substantial publicly funded asset operating below its intended capacity. The delay affects the final piece of the project, which has not yet been completed.
The available information does not identify the project, the location of the trains or the reasons for the delay. It also does not include details of any official response or a revised completion timetable.
The latest position is that the project remains incomplete, with testing still covering less than half of the fleet and the trains having seen little use over the past three years.
