Class 387115, 387123, 387124 Thameslink Trains Bedford 2015

 

Class 387115 Thameslink Trains EMU Bedford 2015       
Photo: Charles Moorhen

 

 

Class 387123 Thameslink Trains EMU & Class 222023 DMU

Photo: Charles Moorhen

Class 387124 Thameslink Trains EMU Bedford 2015       
Photo: Charles Moorhen

The Thameslink Trains Class 387 electric multiple unit, such as in the photos above, which forms part of the Electrostar family, was built by Bombardier and entered service between Bedford and Brighton in December 2014, with all units in place by July 2015.

 

Since the introduction of Thameslink's Class 700 EMU on the Bedford/Brighton service, the Class 387s have been transferred to Great Northern operating out of Kings Cross.

Other operators of the Class 387 EMU are; Gatwick Express, Great Western Railway, c2c and Heathrow Express. 

Photo Class 150105 London Midland Sprinter DMU Train Bedford 2015

Class 150105 London Midland Trains DMU

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

Early evening photo of Class 150105 2-car Sprinter DMU, passenger commuter train, in freshly painted London Midland Trains livery, built at BREL York between 1985-86, stands in the bay platform at Bedford station in December 2015 before proceeding to Bletchley.

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Photo BR Class 319372 EMU Thameslink Train Bedford UK 2017

Class 319372 EMU, Bedford Station

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Early night photo of electric multiple unit Class 319 372, commuter train, built at BREL York between 1987-88, in Thameslink Trains livery, photographed at Bedford station in 2017 waiting to proceed south.

By 2019 Class 319372 was running in the north of England, operated by Northern Rail.

 

 

First Hydrogen-Powered Train:

A Class 319-bodied train made history on the 30th September 2020, when it became the first hydrogen-powered train to run on the British railway network.

The train, carrying the number 799001, reached speeds up to 50 mph while completing a 25-mile trip in Warwickshire.

 

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Night Photo Class 222014 4-Car East Midlands Trains Meridian DMU Bedford 2018

Class 222014 Diesel Multiple Unit at Bedford Station

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Night photo of East Midlands Trains, Class 222 222014 diesel multiple unit built between 2013 and 2014, standing at platform 3 Bedford station with the 22:50 passenger service to London St. Pancras on the 19th April 2018.

The unit coach numbers for this Meridian dmu are as follows: 60254  60924  60634  60534  60174.

News Update:

Seeing East Midlands Trains colourful livery of red, white, orange and red flashing along the railway tracks, will soon become a thing of the past.

Abellio will take over the East Midlands Trains franchise on Saturday 18th August 2019. 

The Class 43 HST Intercity 125 and Class 222 diesel multiple unit will gradually be phased out by brand new Hitachi trains that will be a variant of the bullet-nosed Class 800 bio-mode DMU.

The new trains will have a lavender livery and be branded with 'EMR' on both sides.

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

Class 700103 'Desiro City' EMU, Bedford Station

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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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