| Alstom Coradia Juniper | |
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Class 460 at London Victoria. |
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| In service | 2000 - present |
| Manufacturer | Alstom |
| Family name | Coradia |
| Number built | 78 trainset |
| Operator | South West Trains First ScotRail Gatwick Express |
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| Electric system(s) | 25 kV AC Overhead lines (334) 750 V DC third rail (458/460) |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Standard gauge |
The Coradia Juniper series is a family of electric multiple unit trains built by Alstom Transport Birmingham, subcontractor: Ganz Hunslet, Hungary (project for 120 bodyshells in 1998-2000, project manager at Ganz Hunslet; Gabor Honthy) for use on the railway network in Great Britain. The family is related to the Coradia 1000 series of diesel multiple unit. There are currently three types in service with various TOCs.
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The Class 334 is an EMU in service with First ScotRail on the suburban network around Glasgow, including services to Edinburgh Waverley via Airdrie and Bathgate on the North Clyde Line. Class 334 trains are powered using overhead wires at 25 kV AC. A total of 40 three car units are in use (numbered 001-040), which were delivered from Alstom trains in 2000, although due to teething problems they did not enter service until 2001.
The Class 458 (also known as 4Jop) is operated by South West Trains on services from London Waterloo to Reading, and Ascot to Guildford. As with all electrically powered trains on the former Southern Region, the Class 458 units are powered using third rail at 750 V DC current. A total of thirty 4-car units were built, with deliveries beginning in 1998, with the full complement in service by 2004.
The Class 460 electric multiple units (also known as 8Gat) were originally built for use on the dedicated Gatwick Express airport service to London Victoria. The units were delivered between 2000 and 2001 and like the similar Class 458 they are powered using 750 V DC current on the third rail. The fleet consists of 8 units in total numbered 460001-008, each formed of 8 vehicles (driving motor luggage van, two intermediate 1st-class/composite trailers, two intermediate 2nd-class motor carriages, an intermediate 2nd-class trailer, another 2nd-class motor carriage, and a 2nd-class driving motor).
Following their removal from the Gatwick Express franchise in May 2011 a decision was made to reform and merge the Class 460s with the Class 458 vehicles in order to form 36 x 5-car trains to boost capacity on the South West Trains network. The first modified vehicles are expected to enter service in May 2013 with the entire fleet operational by July 2014.[1]
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