Electrostar

The Electrostar is a motorized Rame electric British built by Bombardier, previously ADtranz. Since the Privatization of British Rail, it became most current of the new electric motorized oars in Great Britain. Its various alternatives, classified in the series 357, 375, 376 and 377, are common on the lines to strong traffic around London and in the area of the South-east of England. The oars Turbostar S, very related, are on their side most common of the new motorized oars diesel of the period post-privatization. The majority of the Electrostar oars were assembled in the Bombardier factory of Derby (England).

Electrostar was also selected for the system Gautrain in South Africa, a new railroad having to connect Johannesburg, Pretoria and the International airport of Johannesburg. The oars will be assembled by UCW Partnership in South Africa starting from manufactured components with Derby.

Alternatives of the Electrostar park

* Classes 375 and 377 differ only by their configuration from attachment and other secondary equipment, all the built oars as Classe 375 were converted thereafter into Class 377.
** Forty-five oars of under-series 375/6 and 377/2 is bicourant, and others were envisaged to be able to be converted later on with the alternative course.

Lines served by Electrostar

Southeastern

London-Charing Cross-country race/Canon Street - Hastings,
Charing Cross-country race/Canon Street- Ashford - Folkestone,
Charing Cross-country race/Canon Street- Ramsgate via Canterbury West,
Victoria - Ramsgate via Chatham,
Victoria Dover Priory via Canterbury East,

The oars Classe 465 /9 with first class modernized replaced Electrostars on these external suburban lines:

Charing Cross-country race Tunbridge Wells,
Charing International Cross-country race-Ashford,
Victoria-Ashford International, via Maidstone,
Victoria Gillingham via Bromley South.

Southern

Principal lines

Brighton Hand Line: Brighton - London (various destinations)
East Coastway (Brighton-Eastbourne/Hastings)
West Coastway (Brighton-Portsmouth/Southampton)
Gatwick Hand Line London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
West London Line (Clapham Junction-Watford Junction) (with oars bicourant classifies 377/2)

Outer suburbs

London-Victoria - Horsham via Dorking
London-Victoria - East Grinstead
London Bridge - Horsham via East Croydon

Class 377 are sometimes met at the rush hours on services of suburbs, such as:

London-Victoria - Dorking via Sutton
London-Victoria - Epsom Downs

These oars can also circulate of night on the services of Southern between London-Victoria and Brighton with 1:00 and 4:00 of the morning, serving Clapham Junction, East Croydon, Horley, Gatwick Airport, Three Bridges.

See too

Material engine of the British railroads

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