Date: 20/09/2016

Eurostar is to send the first of its 186mph Class 373 trains for scrap after just 22 years in service. The 18-car trains will be scrapped by European Metal Recycling (EMR) at Kingsbury. The first train was due to move to EMR's Midlands site as RAIL went to press.

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Eurostar is to send the first of its 186mph Class 373 trains for scrap after just 22 years in service.

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