Wessex Trains

Wessex Trains
Class 158 Express Sprinter at Truro in 2003
Overview
Franchise(s)Wessex
14 October 2001 – 31 March 2006
Main region(s)South West England
Other region(s)South East England, South Wales
Fleet size70
Stations called at161
Stations operated125
Parent companyNational Express
Reporting markWE
SuccessorFirst Great Western
A Wessex Trains Class 153 Super Sprinter at Plymouth in 2003.
A Class 150 Sprinter in West Country advertising livery. Many of these units were named after local attractions.
A Class 143 Pacer in advertising vinyls for the City of Bristol in 2005.

Wessex Trains[1] was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by National Express that operated the Wessex Trains franchise from October 2001 until March 2006, when the franchise was merged with the Great Western and Thames Valley franchises to form the Greater Western franchise.

  1. ^ Companies House extract company no 3011029 Archived 29 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine Wales & West Passenger Trains Limited