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The [[The DMU Group (West Midlands) | DMU group]] operates five cars. These can be used as separate three car and two car units, but are usually combined to form a five car unit for purposes such as the summer Scenic Cruises. From time to time maintenance requirements may result in operation as a four car unit.
The first 2 cars, DMBS M51941 and DMCL M52064 arrived on the SVR from Doncaster via Tyseley in October on 30 March 1990, initially on a two year loan. The 2-car set was formally commissioned on 13 October 1991. After a return trip from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth, the MD of Regional Railways presented the key to officers of the DMU Group.<ref>SVR News 102</ref>
Unpowered centre car TSL M59250 arrived in on 7 June 1992 and entered service in November of that year to form a 3-car unit. The centre car includes the Group’s main bar facility, called 'The Travelling Tavern'.
A fourth car, DMBS M51935, was purchased in June 1992 as a source of spares, but by 1993 had been restored and entered service.
In autumn 1996 the Group acquired a fifth car, unpowered DTCL 56208 which arrived on 21 December, giving an additional 65 seats capacity.
M51935 was extensively damaged by fire in May 2008 in what was believed to be an arson attack. Subsequently it left the SVR to be broken for spares elsewhere. The Group acquired DMBS M50933 as a replacement. In 2010 alterations were made for the conveyance of wheelchair passengers.
==Workings in preservation==
== Links ==
*[httphttps://www.svr-dmu.org.uk/index.html The DMU Group (West Midlands)]*[https://dmuwmbsb.wordpress.com/ Blue Square Blog]
[[Category: Wheelchair-accessible adapted carriages]]
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