MORE than half of the region's trains have now been refurbished.

Northern, which runs Bolton's rail services, has been systematically updating its stock and this week completed the refurbishment work on the123rd train.

The latest completed set was put into service in West Yorkshire but other trains are running in Bolton, including the recently introduced electric Class 319s.

Ben Ackroyd, northern’s engineering director, said: “The refurbishment of our trains is a massive programme of work and a huge investment for Northern - to reach a milestone of 50 per cent is great news.

“We are committed to improving our customers’ on-board experience and the refurbishment programme is really gathering pace.

"Future work on the refurbishment programme will see the introduction of free customer Wi-Fi, at seat power and customer information media screens on all our trains.”

A completely new fleet of trains is set to be introduced later this year.