British Rail Class 365

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Class 365, no. 365505 at King's Lynn on 1st April 2006. This unit is pictured in the new Livery of First Capital Connect

Class 365, no. 365502 at London Victoria on 18th March 2003. This unit is pictured the original front end cab design, and is painted in Connex South Eastern "Networker" livery. This unit has since transferred to WAGN^, and has received cab modifications.

Class 365, no. 365530 arriving at Cambridge on 15th May 2004, with a service from King's Lynn. This unit is operated by WAGN^ and has a modified front end with cab air conditioning. It is still painted in obsolete Network SouthEast livery.

The British Rail Class 365 "Networker Express" are dual-voltage (25kV AC and 750V DC) electric multiple units built by ABB at York from 1994-95. These were the last units to be built at York works before it closed.

[edit] Current operations

[edit] South Eastern Trains

All of the South Eastern Trains units were transferred to WAGN in 2004.

[edit] First Capital Connect

First Capital Connect, who took over the service formerly operated by WAGN from 1 April 2006 as part of the amalgamated Thameslink/Great Northern franchise, use 365s on outer-suburban services from King's Cross. These services are shared with Class 317 units, although 365s can be found more frequently. Services generally fall into two categories:

• King's Cross to Peterborough
• King's Cross to Cambridge and on to King's Lynn

These services usually stop more frequently than the GNER expresses with which they share the southern section of the East Coast Main Line, although there are exceptions, notably the non-stop services to Cambridge (many of which go on to King's Lynn), which are operated solely by 365 units.

[edit] Fleet details

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