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Class 319/3

First Capital Connect Class 319/3 Refresh

* Application of First Capital Connect livery
* Replacement of lino flooring with ‘easy to clean’ smooth vinyl flooring
* Installation of EAO series 56 ‘easy to see, easy to press’ yellow circular LED Passenger Door Control buttons
(this improvement came after the refresh)
* Repainted grab poles and seat top hand grips
* Installation of extra grab poles throughout the passenger saloon
* The toilets were refreshed with new flooring, dado panels and ceiling
* New dado side panels and repainted wall ends
* Retrimmed seat moquette into new moquette trim
* All overhead luggage rack tips painted
* Replacement of ‘warm white’ fluorescent tubes with brighter ‘cool white’ fluorescent tubes
* Repainted ceilings

The refurbishment work took place at Railcare Wolverton Works.

Class 319/3 No. 319369 at St. Albans. (c) Peter Skuce.

Class 319/3 No. 319381 at St. Albans. (c) Peter Skuce.

Class 319/3 No. 319369 and No. 319368 at St. Albans. (c) Peter Skuce.

Recently mechanically overhauled Class 319/3 No. 319371 at St. Albans. (c) Peter Skuce.

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

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

'Transforming Thameslink' Class 319/3 liveried units 319364 & 319365

Class 319/3 No. 319364 'Transforming Blackfriars' at St. Albans. (c) Peter Skuce.

Class 319/3 No. 319364 'Transforming Blackfriars' nameplate. (c) Peter Skuce.

Class 319/3 No. 319365 'Transforming Farringdon' nameplate. (c) Peter Skuce.

Class 319/3 No. 319365 'Transforming Farringdon' at London St. Pancras low level. (c) Peter Skuce.

Class 319/4

Note that this livery was Thameslink's third and final livery as the first livery was white/grey undercoat with THAMESLINK wording and giant logo on the bodyside. Then during the 1997 refurbishment, the trains were repainted navy blue with a broad yellow stripe and very narrow white stripes separating the yellow stripe from the blue - this was also when the trains received carpets throughout, retrimmed seats in blue/yellow moquette and the wall ends painted in blue (as seen from the interior shot).
Finally the trains were painted in silver with blue window surrounds and a yellow one for First Class cabin.

Thameslink Class 319/4 No. 319444 arrives at St. Albans. (c) Peter Skuce.

The interior of refurbished Standard Class accommodation. (c) Peter Skuce.

First Capital Connect Class 319/4 Refresh

* Application of First Capital Connect livery
* Replacement of carpet with ‘easy to clean’ smooth vinyl flooring
* Installation of EAO series 56 ‘easy to see, easy to press’ yellow circular LED Passenger Door Control buttons
(this improvement came after the refresh)
* Repainted grab poles and seat top hand grips
* Installation of extra grab poles throughout the passenger saloon
* The toilets were refreshed with new flooring, dado panels and ceiling
* Replacement of some seats with two vertical luggage stacks per a vehicle
* 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
* Replacement of ‘warm white’ fluorescent tubes with brighter ‘cool white’ fluorescent tubes
* Repainted ceilings

The refurbishment work took place at Railcare Wolverton Works.

Class 319/4 No. 319423 at East Croydon. (c) Peter Skuce.

Class 319/4 No. 319457 at St. Albans. (c) Peter Skuce.

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

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

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

Class 319/4 No. 319428 at London St. Pancras. (c) Peter Skuce.

Class 319/4 No. 319437 at East Croydon. (c) Peter Skuce.

Class 319/0

The refurbishment featured the following improvements:

* New vinyl flooring throughout the train
* Repainted sanchlions and new seat mounted hand grips
* Repainted side panels and wall ends in TSO vehicle
* Installation of a curved teardrop, universal accessible toilet in the TSO vehicle
* Installation of ceiling mounted LED Passenger Information Displays

Thameslink Railway refurbished Class 319/0 No. 319006 at Luton. (c) Peter Skuce.

The interior of the refurbished TSO vehicle aboard a Class 319/0 EMU train. (c) Peter Skuce.

The universal accessible toilet aboard the Class 319/0 EMU train. (c) Peter Skuce.

TSGN Thameslink Railway Class 319/4 Refurbishment

PRM TSI: Passengers of Reduced Mobility Technical Specification for Interoperability

* Heavy interior clean
* Replacement sanchlions by doorway vestibule areas to aid boarding/alighting passengers
* Reconfigured seating layout
* Replacement hand grips
* Installation of ceiling mounted LED Passenger Information Displays
* Replacement of two standard toilets with one wheelchair accessible toilet

Refurbished with PRM TSI compliant features Class 319/4 No. 319438 at Bedford. (c) Peter Skuce.

Refurbished with PRM TSI compliant features Class 319/4 No. 319443 at Bedford. (c) Peter Skuce.

Refurbished with PRM TSI compliant features Class 319/4 No. 319447 at Bedford. (c) Peter Skuce.

A half internal view of Standard Class aboard the DTSO vehicle. (c) Peter Skuce.

The interior of Standard Class aboard the DTSO vehicle. (c) Peter Skuce.

The interior of the TSO vehicle featuring the universal accessible toilet. (c) Peter Skuce.

The interior of Standard Class aboard the TSO vehicle. (c) Peter Skuce.

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

A half internal view of the First Class cabin featuring the two new folding tables. (c) Peter Skuce.

There are twelve Class 319/0 Thameslink EMU trains (319001 - 319012) and they were built by BREL York 1987 - 1988.

There are seven Class 319/2 EMU trains (319213 - 319220) and they were built by BREL York 1987 - 1988 as Class 319/0.
They were refurbished by Railcare Wolverton Works for Connex for use on their Brighton Express service during 1997.

There are forty Class 319/4 Thameslink EMU trains (319421 - 319460) and they were built by BREL York 1987 - 1988 as Class 319/0. They were refurbished by Railcare Wolverton Works for Thameslink during 1998 - 2000.
Their second refurbishment took place during 2008 - 2010 by Railcare Wolverton Works for First Capital Connect.

There are twenty six Class 319/3 EMU trains (319361 - 319386) and they were built by BREL York 1990 as Class 319/1.
They were converted to Class 319/3 when the First Class cabins were removed.
They were refurbished by Railcare Wolverton Works for First Capital Connect.

Each Class 319 EMU train is powered by four GEC G315BZ traction motors.

FRANCHISE HISTORY

Franchise Name	Parent company	From	Until
Thameslink	British Railways Board	01 April 1994	01 March 1997
Thameslink	Govia	02 March 1997	31 March 2006
First Capital Connect	First Group	01 April 2006	13 September 2014
TSNG	Govia	14 September 2014	September 2021