First Capital Connect’s trains get a deep clean
First Capital Connect is investing £350,000 to make its trains cleaner for passengers.
All 221 trains, including carriages on the Thameslink route between Bedford and Brighton, will receive a thorough ‘deep clean’ in the coming months using new steam cleaning equipment normally deployed in hospitals.
David Statham, Managing Director of the train operator, said: “Our passengers have told us that we need to make our trains cleaner and I promised to do something about it, which is why we have invested this large sum of money.”
Passengers will also see further developments in the next few weeks, including the introduction of newspaper recycling ‘zones’ in the luggage racks next to the doors on class 313 trains.