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under the tracks. Each road is long enough to house two three-car sets coupled together. A new carriage wash plant was also built so that units could be driven through and cleaned in a very short amount of time. This is the only active washing plant on
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was installed at
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announced that they had been successful in winning a £20 million contract to refurbish
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