c2c's Commuter News (9/08) says that they are providing storage and inspection facilities for the new fleet of class 378 EMUs (Electric Multiple Units). The trains look similar to c2c's trains (class 357s) but "with seating arranged in a Metro style of service [sic]". I don't think these trains are for the Barking & Gospel Oak line as it (controversially) doesn't have electric traction power along the whole route. This is why it currently uses DMUs (Diesel Multiple Units).
The government seems to be coming round to the railway industry majority view (I believe) of using electric traction. This would seem to be better than the current plan to have trains that can use electric traction but also have diesel engines for lines where there's no electric traction power - a lot of uneccsssary weight would be carried around as a result.
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