Great Northern route
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The Great Northern route, formerly known as Great Northern Electrics, is a suburban rail route in London and the East of England. The route consists of services on the southern end of the East Coast M
A Class 717 standing at Bowes Park
Cambridge South under construction in 2024.
379010 & 379028, Finsbury Park, May 29th 2025
387106 & 387121, Welwyn North, November 14th 2024
British Rail Class 379
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The British Rail Class 379 Electrostar is an electric multiple unit passenger train which was designed and built by Bombardier Transportation. The trains are part of the company's extensive Electrosta
Great Northern route
…pattern, as of June 2026, with frequencies in trains per hour (tph), consists of the following: The majority of Great Northern services are operated with Class 379 Electrostar units. On 12 March 2024 it was announced that Great Northern would lease 30 Class 379 units from Porterbrook. These were introduced for…
The interior of Standard Class aboard a Class 379
The First Class interior aboard a Class 379.
A Class 379 arrives at Norwich during testing in 2011