Great Eastern Railway

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY

ROLLING STOCK

TfL Rail
London Liverpool Street - Romford - Shenfield

Class 315

The refurbishment programme featured the following improvements:
* Retrimmed seats in new moquette
* Repainted sanchlions
* Repainted doorway vestibule areas
* Improved interior saloon lighting diffusers

TfL Rail Class 315 No. 315842 at Shenfield. (c) Peter Skuce.

TfL Rail Class 315 No. 315824 at Romford. (c) Peter Skuce.

TfL Rail Class 315 No. 315852 at Shenfield. (c) Peter Skuce.

TfL Rail Class 315 No. 315834 at Shenfield. (c) Peter Skuce.

Class 315 No. 315830 at Shenfield. (c) Peter Skuce.

Class 315 No. 315844 at Shenfield. (c) Peter Skuce.

The interior of the refreshed TSO vehicle. (c) Peter Skuce.

The interior of the refreshed DMSO vehicle. (c) Peter Skuce.

TfL Rail have forty four Class 315 EMU trains, No 315818 - 315861 and these are shortly to be replaced by sixty six brand new Bombardier Class 345 Aventra EMU trains for the Crossrail 'The Elizabeth Line'.

Class 321/3

First Great Eastern Class 321 Refurbishment

* Application of Great Eastern grey, blue, green and white livery
* Installation of EAO series 56 ‘easy to see, easy to press’ yellow circular LED Passenger Door Control buttons
* Replacement of existing lino flooring with new vinyl flooring in Standard Class
* The toilets were refurbished with new flooring, dado panels and ceiling
* Repainted grab poles and repainted seat top hand grabs
* New dado side panels and repainted wall ends
* Retrimmed seat moquette into new moquette trim
* New carpets and retrimmed seats in new moquette trim in First Class cabin
* All overhead luggage rack tips painted
* Installation of improved interior saloon lighting diffusers
* Repainted ceilings

Great Eastern Class 321/3 No. 321359 at Norwich. (c) Peter Skuce.

Great Eastern Class 321/3 No. 321311 at London Liverpool Street. (c) Peter Skuce.

Great Eastern Class 321/3 No. 321358 departing Wivenhoe. (c) Peter Skuce.

The interior of refurbished First Class cabin. (c) Peter Skuce.

The interior of refurbished Standard Class area in the DTSO vehicle. (c) Peter Skuce.

The interior of refurbished Standard Class area in the TSO vehicle. (c) Peter Skuce.

Class 321/4

Greater Anglia Class 321 Refurbishment

Former Silverlink/London Midland Class 321/4 EMU trains that were cascaded/transferred to Greater Anglia.
There was a total of seventeen Class 321/4 EMU trains that were cascaded/transferred.

* Replacement of existing carpets flooring with new vinyl flooring in Standard Class
* The toilets were refurbished with new flooring, dado panels and ceiling
* Repainted grab poles and repainted seat top hand grabs
* New dado side panels and repainted wall ends
* Retrimmed seat moquette into new moquette trim
* New carpets and retrimmed seats in new moquette trim in First Class cabin
* All overhead luggage rack tips painted
* Installation of improved interior saloon lighting diffusers
* Repainted ceilings

This now means that when combined with the sixty six Class 321/3, the original ten Class 321/4 and now seventeen
Class 321/4 cascaded/transferred from Silverink/London Midland, there are now ninety four Class 321 EMU trains.

Greater Anglia Class 321/4 No. 321426 at Shenfield. (c) Peter Skuce.

The interior of refreshed First Class cabin. (c) Peter Skuce.

The interior of refreshed Standard Class accommodation in the TSO vehicle. (c) Peter Skuce.

The interior of refreshed Standard Class accommodation in the DTSO vehicle. (c) Peter Skuce.

There are thirty six Class 321/3 Great Eastern EMU trains (321301 - 321366) and they were built by BREL York 1988 - 1990.
There are eleven Class 321/4 EMU trains (321438 - 321448) and they were built by BREL York 1989 - 1990.

All were refurbished by First Great Eastern 1998 - 2004.

A further seventeen Class 321/4 EMU trains (321421 - 321437) were cascaded/transferred from London Midland to Great Eastern
and were given an exterior relivery at Wabtec Doncaster Works and interior refresh at Clacton Depot.

Class 321 are maintained at Ilford Depot.

Each Class 321 EMU train is powered by four Brush TM2141C traction motors.

FRANCHISE HISTORY

Details of all franchises which had or currently incorporate 'Great Eastern Railway' services.

Franchise Name	Parent company	From	Until
Great Eastern Railway	British Railways Board	01 April 1994	04 January 1997
First Great Eastern	First Group	05 January 1997	31 March 2004
East Anglia	National Express	01 April 2004	04 Febuary 2012
Greater Anglia	Abellio	05 Febuary 2012	15 October 2016
Greater Anglia	Abellio	16 October 2016	25 October 2025