WHERE HAVE PPM VEHICLES BEEN USED IN PUBLIC SERVICE?

Two PPM 60 railcars are to be introduced to operate services seven days a week on the Stourbridge Town branch from December 2008.  Under the London Midland franchise contract between the Department for Transport and Govia, lightweight rail will give Stourbridge Town its best ever passenger service.

PPM 50 railcar, numbered 999 900 by Britain's Rolling Stock Library, has carried passengers on the Great Central Railway (2003), the Chasewater Railway (2003-05), the Wensleydale Railway (2005) and the Stourbridge Town branch of the national rail system, where over 4,000 services were operated in 2005-06.  This vehicle is currently based at Stourbridge Junction and is used for working demonstrations of the lightweight rail system.

Heritage-style PPM 30 District Tram 'Car 11' is at the Cambrian Railways Society in Oswestry, where it is used for demonstration rides on the Society's short running line.
 
PPM 35 Railbus No. 238 operated at Bristol Harbourside from 1998 to 2000 and was displayed at the National Railway Museum, York, during the Green Railways event from 27th May to 4th June 2006. 
 
Narrow gauge tram 'Car 9' (which has run on the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway) is on static display at Wirksworth on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway.

Heritage-outline small tram 'Car 7' operated temporary public street tram services in Brighton, Swansea and Barking in the mid-1990s and is now in working order at PPML's Cradley Heath site near Birmingham..

Development vehicle 'Car 6' is also in working order at Cradley Heath and previously ran temporarily in Birmingham's Centenary Square.

You can always see PPM vehicles in operation by going to our Video pages!


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