(04 Oct 2016, 3:51 pm)8222 wrote https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2016/09/...irmed.html

"The DfT has also referred to a '£20 million Government investment in more modern trains', but no details have yet been revealed."

Furthermore:

https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/abo...ain-travel

• 35 per cent increase in seating capacity in critical evening peak on principal routes
  
  
• at-seat catering on all routes for all passengers and not just First Class
  
  
• radical improvements in ticketing and reservation booking, including home printing of tickets and tickets by mobile phone, with discounted tickets available much closer to the start of travel
  
  
• investment in improved rolling stock, with all other trains refurbished to the standard of the popular Voyagers
  
  
• the reintroduction of HSTs to provide 550-seat trains on busy routes
  
  
• Wi-Fi available to all Voyager and HST passengers, free in First Class
  
  

• £20m of government funding to modernise CrossCountry's HST fleet, with the fitting of retention toilets and accessibility improvements including powered doors;