The last shall be First (Hull Trains) 2009-04-08--039
180113 passes Camden Road, working 5A80 10.55 Wolverton Works - Crofton Depot, running about an hour behind schedule.
This was the first class 180 "Adelante" DMU to undergo refurbishment after transfer from First Great Western to Hull Trains, and the first of the type to carry First Group's "express rail" livery (more commonly called "dynamic lines" or "neon lights"), as applied to the FGW HSTs and TransPennine Express class 185s. 180113 entered passenger service with Hull Trains on 1st May 2009.
Hull Trains started its operations in September 2000 using three-car class 170/2 "Turbostar" DMUs hired from sister company Anglia Railways, but subsequently ordered four of its own. It also ordered four four-car class 222 DEMUs (based on the class 220 and 221 "Voyager" design built for Virgin Trains, but Midland Main Line subsequently ordered significantly more 222s) with the 170s being transferred to ScotRail (a First Group franchise at the time), but in 2008 acquired five ex-First Great Western class 180 DMUs (180109-111 initially, followed by 180107 and then 180113) and in the first four months of 2009 the 222s were transferred to East Midlands Trains (the successor to Midland Main Line). The 180s were replaced with brand new class 802 bi-mode multiple units during 2020.
This was the second class 180 I photographed during the hour or so I was here, as there had also been an Old Oak Common to Heaton working about three-quarters of an hour previously, 180105 (still in original livery) being transferred to Grand Central - see this picture. However, that ran about half an hour early, and this was about an hour late, so they came in the wrong order and this was the last of five trains I photographed here this afternoon (two 180s, two London Overground 313s, and a Freightliner 66-hauled container train)!
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The last shall be First (Hull Trains) 2009-04-08--039
180113 passes Camden Road, working 5A80 10.55 Wolverton Works - Crofton Depot, running about an hour behind schedule.
This was the first class 180 "Adelante" DMU to undergo refurbishment after transfer from First Great Western to Hull Trains, and the first of the type to carry First Group's "express rail" livery (more commonly called "dynamic lines" or "neon lights"), as applied to the FGW HSTs and TransPennine Express class 185s. 180113 entered passenger service with Hull Trains on 1st May 2009.
Hull Trains started its operations in September 2000 using three-car class 170/2 "Turbostar" DMUs hired from sister company Anglia Railways, but subsequently ordered four of its own. It also ordered four four-car class 222 DEMUs (based on the class 220 and 221 "Voyager" design built for Virgin Trains, but Midland Main Line subsequently ordered significantly more 222s) with the 170s being transferred to ScotRail (a First Group franchise at the time), but in 2008 acquired five ex-First Great Western class 180 DMUs (180109-111 initially, followed by 180107 and then 180113) and in the first four months of 2009 the 222s were transferred to East Midlands Trains (the successor to Midland Main Line). The 180s were replaced with brand new class 802 bi-mode multiple units during 2020.
This was the second class 180 I photographed during the hour or so I was here, as there had also been an Old Oak Common to Heaton working about three-quarters of an hour previously, 180105 (still in original livery) being transferred to Grand Central - see this picture. However, that ran about half an hour early, and this was about an hour late, so they came in the wrong order and this was the last of five trains I photographed here this afternoon (two 180s, two London Overground 313s, and a Freightliner 66-hauled container train)!
Visit Brian Carter's Non-Transport Pics to see my photos of landscapes, buildings, bridges, sunsets, rainbows and more.