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Class 345 crossrail trains the British Rail for Elizabeth line London TFL
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The Class 345 (British Rail Class 345) is a type of electric multiple unit passenger train built by Bombardier Transportation for use on London's Crossrail network (Elizabeth line). Part of the Aventra family, 70 nine-car trains have been manufactured at a cost of over £1 billion, with each train able to reach 140 km/h (90 mph) and carry 1,500 passengers. The contract was awarded to Bombardier in February 2014 and the first Class 345 train entered service on 22 June 2017. • 👉If you like it, please follow this channel❤️: • 🎥Youtube: / @traindepot • Gear used GoPro Hero8: https://amzn.to/3w4YuSJ • In 2008, the British government's rolling stock plan stated a requirement for around 610 Class 345 carriages for Crossrail, expected to be similar in design to the Thameslink rolling stock, to meet the design improvement requirements of the 2007 Rail Technical Strategy (RTS), including in-cab signalling/communication with satellite and European Train Control System level 3 technologies, regenerative braking, low cost of operation and high reliability, with low weight and high acceleration. • The publicly released specifications of the Class 345 included a passenger capacity of 1,500, with 450 seated, in a fully air-conditioned train no longer than 205 m (673 ft) with a top speed of 145 km/h (90 mph), and an energy efficiency as good as 24 kW·h per train-kilometre. Tests on the finished Class 345 trains indicate that the energy efficiency target has been exceeded, with Class 345s consuming only 14 kW·h per train-km. The Class 345 trains will work with platform screen doors in the central tunnel section. The capital value of the contract, which included construction of a depot at Old Oak Common, was estimated at around £1bn, the total value may be greater due to the winning bidder expected to undertake maintenance of the Class 345 trains for three decades, the estimated lifespan of the fleet. • The procurement programme was launched in December 2010. The package valued at approximately £1bn was for 70 ten-carriage trains with a capacity of about 1,500 passengers and construction of maintenance depots. • In March 2011, Crossrail announced that Alstom, Bombardier, CAF, Hitachi and Siemens had been shortlisted. The initial bidding process was expected to start in late 2011, with a contract decision in 2013. • In August 2011, the invitation to tender was delayed by one year to 2012 and the contract decision to 2014, with the introduction of trains on the Great Eastern Main Line expected from May 2017 (previously December 2016), with a correspondingly shortened production schedule. The delay was a cost-saving measure to avoid new vehicles being unused whilst Crossrail tunnelling was completed; it also postponed bidding until after a review of governmental procurement processes. Alstom withdrew from the bidding process in August 2011, stating it lacked a suitable developed product. Concerns about taxpayer value for money on PFI funded projects led to Transport for London (TfL) seeking to purchase the trains outright. In December 2011 the request to raise the debt ceiling at TfL to allow the acquisition with public funds was refused by the Department for Transport. • The first Class 345 train entered service on 22 June 2017 on the eastern TfL Rail route between London Liverpool Street and Shenfield as a seven-carriage unit. The complete nine-car sets cannot be accommodated at the Liverpool Street termini until platforms are lengthened. • The Class 345 trains entered service on the western TfL Rail route between London Paddington and Hayes Harlington in May 2018, before running to Reading by December 2019. Class 345 trains on the western route were initially delivered in seven-car formation, however these are being progressively converted into full 9 car units. • The new Class 345 trains will replace the Class 315s presently used on TfL Rail services to Shenfield, and the Class 387s of Great Western Railway and Class 360 of Heathrow Connect on services to Reading and Heathrow respectively. The Class 345 trains have free Wi-Fi and 4G available, as well as being fully accessible for wheelchair users. • In May 2020, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) authorised the Class 345s to operate into Heathrow Terminals 2 3, Heathrow Terminal 4 and Heathrow Terminal 5, with service to start later on in the year. On 30 July 2020, the Class 345s began operation to and from Heathrow. • Fleet details • Class 345 630 carriages forming a total of 70 units were produced. Like other contemporary commuter rolling stock orders, the trains are open gangway, with no doors between carriages. • #Class345 #britishrail #crossrail • Miniature photography: By Sunil060902 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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