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Class 345

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Crossrail’s nine-car Class 345s back in traffic

Full-length Class 345s return to traffic and finally make Heathrow passenger debut

5 Aug

News

No date confirmed for return of full-length Crossrail Class 345s

Nine-car Class 345s withdrawn from traffic by TfL Rail, with no date for their return yet announced.

24 Jul

News

Progress on new train fleets continues

Construction continues on even more new train fleets

27 Aug

News

More than 1,300 new coaches either stored or on test in UK

New train fleet round-up

27 Aug

News

HNRC reveals plans for new Worksop site

Crossrail '345s' and stored Mk 4 sets start arriving at Worksop as HNRC tells RAIL about the plans for the new facility

17 Jun

News

TfL agrees £1 billion sale and leaseback deal for Elizabeth Line trains

Seventy Class 345s sold to consortium as Transport for London raises funds to reinvest

22 Mar

News

More than 800 brand new passenger vehicles on test

More than 800 brand new vehicles on test as fleet replacements continue

20 Aug

News

Five more Aventras ordered for Crossrail

TfL buys more Class 345s from Bombardier

27 Mar

TfL Rail 345020 arrives at London Paddington on February 23, with a test train from Maidenhead. It is one of the first nine-car Class 345s delivered, and is based at Old Oak Common for testing. EIKI SEKINE.

News

More Class 345s completed ready for Crossrail duty

13 Aventras accepted for TfL Rail as first nine-car '345s' begin testing on the Great Western Main Line

5 Mar

News

From the archives: A project at the heart of the nation

RICHARD CLINNICK finds out what’s under the aluminium skin of Bombardier’s new Crossrail trains

2 Feb

News

Eight Bombardier-built Class 345 Aventras accepted for TfL Rail

Fourteen Class 345s built for Crossrail so far says TfL, with eight accepted for passenger traffic.

13 Oct

News

Peak-time use for Crossrail's new trains

Aventras in peak-time use for TfL Rail as Class 315 withdrawal plan revealed

13 Sept

News

Delayed start for first Crossrail Aventra

Elizabeth Line Aventra misses original start date. No confirmed date for entry into traffic.

31 May

News

Shenfield station ready for new Crossrail trains

Remodelling work complete at Shenfield ahead of Aventra introduction.

8 May

Crossrail 345002 at Derby Litchurch Lane. RICHARD CLINNICK.

News

London's newest train unveiled for Crossrail

The first Crossrail electric multiple units were unveiled by Bombardier and Transport for London at Derby Litchurch Lane on July 29.

29 Jul

News

Testing on Crossrail Aventras begins ahead of 2017 service

The first Class 345 will begin testing at Bombardier’s Derby Litchurch Lane in May.

12 Apr

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