British Rail Class 360

Vehicles of the British class 360 are four - and five -piece electric regional trains ( EMU - electric multiple unit ) from the model developed by Siemens Transportation Systems concept car Desiro.

Manufacturers and operators

Manufacturer is the company Siemens Transportation Systems, in their plant in Krefeld- Uerdingen held the production of all vehicles. The customer acceptance took place in Wegberg -Wildenrath. Operator is the British railway company FirstGroup, the class 360/1 for the end National Express Group and Class 360/2 inverted for Heathrow Connect.

Cars and tracks

The use of four -part four vehicles of class 360/2 done since 2003 on the line between London Heathrow Connect Heathrow and Paddington airport. Another train came in later than five parts. To this end, a further intermediate cars with additional 73 seats was used in the original four -piece train. This new five-part has been operating since fall 2006.

The use of the 21 four -car trains Class 360/1 takes place in June 2005 between Liverpool Street, Ipswich and Clacton and here replaces the old British class 312

All vehicles are air-conditioned, equipped with video surveillance, a standard toilet and have a visual and audible passenger information system. The trade magazine Modern Railways 2010 drew the Desiro UK 360/2 as the best electric multiple unit with the Silver Spanner (silver wrench) from.

Interior of class 360/2

Cab of the Class 360/1