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From 1 August 1999 the speed limit was increased to 50 mph to allow commissioning of Alstom's new Birmingham-built units, owned by Angel Trains and destined for First North Western. A special temporary shed with a pit road was built for the purpose outside the [[Carriage Repair Works|Carriage Repair Works at Kidderminster]].<ref>[http://www.traintesting.com/Class_175.htm Train testing.com] (Retrieved 20 April 2018)</ref>
Prominent notices were in place on rights of way by the previous April to warn the public of the increased speeds, and testing took place at night while no other trains were in service.
Three-car unit 175 101 arrived in August 20091999, fitted with test instrumentation, and clocked up a few thousand miles of test running. Two-car 175 001 was fully fitted-out. It moved from the SVR to Chester depot behind 47 775 on 10 January 2000.<ref>[http://www.nwrail.org.uk/news2000/cl175/chron1.htm Class 175 Chronicles] (Retrieved 20 April 2018)</ref>
==High speed testing between Bewdley and Kidderminster==
