CHILTERN RAILWAYS
ROLLING STOCK
Class 121
This unit usually works Aylesbury - Princes Risborough Peak Hour shuttles during the Monday to Friday working week.
Class 121 No. 121020 at Aylesbury . (c) Peter Skuce.
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Class 121 No. 121020 at Quainton Road. (c) Peter Skuce.
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The refurbished interior of Class 121 No. 121020. (c) Peter Skuce.
Class 165/0
Chiltern Railways Class 165/0 Refurbishment
* Application of Chiltern Railways blue and white livery
* Installation of EAO series 56 ‘easy to see, easy to press’ yellow circular LED Passenger Door Control buttons
* Replacement of rubber floor with new ‘easy to clean’ smooth vinyl flooring
* Repainted grab poles and new seat top hand grips
* New dado side panels and repainted wall ends
* Retrimmed seat moquette into new moquette trim
* The seats in the outer ends of the vehicle were replaced by new high back seats to the 2+2 layout
* Installation of wheelchair parking area in the DMSO vehicle, located by the toilet
* The toilets were refurbished with new flooring, dado panels and ceiling
* All windows and hoppers replaced by new full length and width windows due to new air cooling equipment
* Installation of air cooling equipment
* Replacement of original ceiling mounted Passenger Information Displays with LED Passenger Information Displays
* All overhead luggage rack tips painted
* Installation of improved interior saloon lighting diffusers
* Replacement of ‘warm white’ fluorescent tubes with brighter ‘cool white’ fluorescent tubes
* Repainted ceilings
The refurbishment work took place at Railcare Wolverton Works.
* Application of Chiltern Railways blue and white livery
* Installation of EAO series 56 ‘easy to see, easy to press’ yellow circular LED Passenger Door Control buttons
* Replacement of rubber floor with new ‘easy to clean’ smooth vinyl flooring
* Repainted grab poles and new seat top hand grips
* New dado side panels and repainted wall ends
* Retrimmed seat moquette into new moquette trim
* The seats in the outer ends of the vehicle were replaced by new high back seats to the 2+2 layout
* Installation of wheelchair parking area in the DMSO vehicle, located by the toilet
* The toilets were refurbished with new flooring, dado panels and ceiling
* All windows and hoppers replaced by new full length and width windows due to new air cooling equipment
* Installation of air cooling equipment
* Replacement of original ceiling mounted Passenger Information Displays with LED Passenger Information Displays
* All overhead luggage rack tips painted
* Installation of improved interior saloon lighting diffusers
* Replacement of ‘warm white’ fluorescent tubes with brighter ‘cool white’ fluorescent tubes
* Repainted ceilings
The refurbishment work took place at Railcare Wolverton Works.
Refurbished Class 165/0 No. 165007 at London Marylebone. (c) Peter Skuce.
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Refurbished Class 165/0 No. 165024 at London Marylebone. (c) Peter Skuce.
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The interior of the refurbished saloon. (c) Peter Skuce.
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The interior of refurbished saloon, showing the wheelchair parking place. (c) Peter Skuce.
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Refurbished Class 165/0 No. 165014 at London Marylebone. (c) Peter Skuce.
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Refurbished Class 165/0 No. 165032 at London Marylebone. (c) Peter Skuce.
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A half internal view of refurbished Standard Class accommodation aboard MSO vehicle. (c) Peter Skuce.
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The interior of refurbished Standard Class accommodation aboard MSO vehicle. (c) Peter Skuce.
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Recently mechanically overhauled Class 165/0 No. 165034 at London Marylebone. (c) Peter Skuce.
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Class 165/0 No. 165037 at London Marylebone. (c) Peter Skuce.
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A pair of Class 165, No. 165017 and No. 165018 at Aylesbury. (c) Peter Skuce.
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Class 165 No. 16016 at Aylesbury Vale Parkway. (c) Peter Skuce.
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Refurbished Class 165/0 No. 165039 at London Marylebone. (c) Peter Skuce.
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The interior of the DMSO vehicle, showing the location of the wheelchair parking place. (c) Peter Skuce.
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The location of the universal accessible toilet aboard the DMSO vehicle. (c) Peter Skuce.
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The interior of the MSO vehicle, showing the slight alteration to the seating layout. (c) Peter Skuce.
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There are twenty eight 2 carriage Class 165/0 Chiltern Turbo DMU trains (165001 - 165028)
and eleven 3 carriage Class 165/0 Chiltern Turbo DMU trains (165029 - 165039).
There is a total of thirty nine Class 165/0 Chiltern Turbo DMU trains.
They were built by BREL York in 1990.
All were refurbished at Ilford during the period 2002 - 2005 with unit No. 165013 being the experimental,
trial prototype demonstrator - however this has since been altered to match the production refurbished units.
and eleven 3 carriage Class 165/0 Chiltern Turbo DMU trains (165029 - 165039).
There is a total of thirty nine Class 165/0 Chiltern Turbo DMU trains.
They were built by BREL York in 1990.
All were refurbished at Ilford during the period 2002 - 2005 with unit No. 165013 being the experimental,
trial prototype demonstrator - however this has since been altered to match the production refurbished units.
Each Class 165 DMU train is powered by one Perkins 2006TWH per each vehicle.
FRANCHISE HISTORY
Franchise Name |
Parent company |
From |
Until |
Chiltern Lines / Railways |
British Railways Board |
01 April 1994 |
20 July 1996 |
Chiltern Railways |
Management |
21 July 1996 |
02 March 2002 |
Chiltern Railways |
Arriva UK Trains |
03 March 2002 |
21 December 2021 |
LOGO GALLERY
1994 - 1995
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1995 - 1997
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1997 - present
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I am more happy to supply any internal scans of timetables / leaflets on request.
Email: nseyears@gmail.com
Email: nseyears@gmail.com
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