DSC_0069 19th October 2016 West Ham
c2c Class 357/3 Electrostar EMU 357317 arrives at the West Ham stop, working the 2B68 Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness service.
The Class 357 Electrostar A/C EMU's were built by ADtranz (now owned by Bombardier Transportation) at their Litchurch Lane Works in Derby, in two batches from 1999 to 2002 at a cost of approximately £292 million.
They were the first member of the Electrostar family, which also includes Classes 375, 376, 377, 378, 379 and 387, and is the most numerous type of EMU built in the post-privatisation period of Britain's railways. It shares the same basic design, bodyshell and core structure as the Turbostar DMU, which is in turn the most common post-privatisation diesel multiple unit family, and both evolved from the Class 168 Clubman design by ADtranz. The 357s are operated by c2c on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway.
On 27 July 2015, 357323 was debuted by c2c, as the first modified unit in a sub-class of 17, numbered from 357312 to 357328. These units have a revised internal configuration, with a wider aisle and 2+2 seating, instead of the common 3+2 arrangement. It also featured the 'refreshed' internal livery with pink back handles, and grab handles in the gangway.
DSC_0069 19th October 2016 West Ham
c2c Class 357/3 Electrostar EMU 357317 arrives at the West Ham stop, working the 2B68 Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness service.
The Class 357 Electrostar A/C EMU's were built by ADtranz (now owned by Bombardier Transportation) at their Litchurch Lane Works in Derby, in two batches from 1999 to 2002 at a cost of approximately £292 million.
They were the first member of the Electrostar family, which also includes Classes 375, 376, 377, 378, 379 and 387, and is the most numerous type of EMU built in the post-privatisation period of Britain's railways. It shares the same basic design, bodyshell and core structure as the Turbostar DMU, which is in turn the most common post-privatisation diesel multiple unit family, and both evolved from the Class 168 Clubman design by ADtranz. The 357s are operated by c2c on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway.
On 27 July 2015, 357323 was debuted by c2c, as the first modified unit in a sub-class of 17, numbered from 357312 to 357328. These units have a revised internal configuration, with a wider aisle and 2+2 seating, instead of the common 3+2 arrangement. It also featured the 'refreshed' internal livery with pink back handles, and grab handles in the gangway.