British Rail Class 341 and 342
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Class 341 and Class 342 were proposed electric multiple unit classes from the Networker series planned to operate new services on the UK rail network.[1]
[edit] Class 341
The Class 341 was to be operated on the original version of the Crossrail project. The project for these units never went ahead. A mock-up unit demonstrating the design of the train was built in 1991. One version of Class 341 would have had it forming part of the Networker family.[2]
An artist's impression can be found here.
The specifications drawn up for the Class 341 have since been used as a base for laying down specifications for the new rolling stock to be built to run on Crossrail once it is completed in 2015.[3]
[edit] Class 342
The Class 342 was planned to be utilised in operating domestic services on the CTRL high speed line between London and the Kent coast. These services were abandoned before the line was opened, and so the trains never got beyond the proposal stage. Domestic services will be operated on the CTRL from 2009 by Class 395 high speed trains.
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