The first of a new fleet of Desiro trains has been welcomed by operator First TransPennine Express.
Siemens is currently building 20 new Class 350 electrical multiple-units (EMUs) for ROSCO Angel Trains, of which half will go to London Midland and half to First TransPennine Express.
The first of the 350/4 sub class arrived at Siemens’ Ardwick depot on November 28 where it will undergo inspection before entering passenger service.
Angel Trains currently has a fleet of 937 Desiro units in the UK and once this £131 million order is complete, it will lease rolling stock to all 19 franchised operators in Britain.
I hope they are not building 305s! I thought these were last used on the LT&S Line, and a few ended up in Manchester and Birmingham in the 90s! Fun as the old ‘slam door’ trains were, they were a design hat should not have been built even in the 60s, when Pressed Steel built the superb Glasgow Blue Trains (303s).
Seriously is a 4-car 350, really the right stock for Manchester – Glasgow services?