Night Photo Class 700130 12-car Desiro City Thameslink Trains EMU Bedford 2018

Class 700103 'Desiro City' EMU, Bedford Station

Photo: Charles Moorhen 

Siemens-built Govia Thameslink Desiro City Class 700 700103 electric multiple unit, introduced onto the railway network between 2016 and 2018. 

In this night photo Class 700103 Thameslink EMU unit stands at Bedford station prior to departing with a 12-car 22:40 scheduled service to Three Bridges, Crawley, West Sussex, on the 19th April 2018.

The unit coach numbers are as follows: 401103  402103  403103  404103  405103 406103  407103  408103  409103  410103  411103  412103.

The completion of the 115th and final Class 700 EMU for Govia Thameslink Trains has (at time of publication) recently been announced by Siemens.

Over the past five years a total of 1,140 coaches, made up of 60 8-car and 55 12-car commuter train units have been manufactured.

The final unit produced, completing a total of 115, was Class 700060.


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Night Photo Class 153334 Single-Car Supersprinter DMU Train Bletchley 2018

Class 153334 'Supersprinter' DMU at Bletchley Station

Photo: Charles Moorhen

Trainspotting West Midlands Trains Super Sprinter Leyland Bus DMU Class 153 334, built between 1987 and 1988 and allocated to TY - Tysley Birmingham TMD, standing at  platform 6 Bletchley station ready to operate the 21:01 service to Bedford on the evening of the 18th April 2018.

Compare the newer Supersprinter above with the photo below of British Rail Bubble Car DMU 55011, bearing a small Network Southeast decal, operating the same service in the late 1980's.  

Note the weeds growing on platforms 5 and 6.  A common sight during the days of the run-down and neglect of British Rail by government.

British Rail Bubble Car DMU 55011 Leaving Bletchley For Bedford in the late 1980's

 

Photo: Charles Moorhen

 

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Photo Class 323241 London Midland Trains 3-Car EMU Train Barnt Green 2016

Class 323241 London Midlands Trains EMU

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Trainspotting British Rail Class 323241, allocated to SO - Soho TMD (Birmingham), in London Midland Trains livery, now West Midlands Trains, seen at platform 3 Barnt Green station, Worcestershire, on the 18th August 2016  operating a suburban commuter train service.

The Class 323 EMU trains were built by Hunslet Transportation Projects between 1992 and 1995  to operate on inner-suburban commuter lines in and around Birmingham and Manchester.

The unit coach numbers for Class 323241 are as follows: 64041  72341  65041.

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