Rolling Stock
Thameslink rolling stock is mainly the 86 Class 319 trains built by BREL between 1987 and 1990. These are electrically powered dual-voltage four-car units rated to carry 289, 308 or 319 passengers. They use 25 kV AC overhead power north of Farringdon and 750 V DC third rail to the south. Four Class 319 trains had been transferred from Southern in December 2008 and the last four followed in March 2009, from which point all Class 319 sets were available for use on Thameslink.
First Capital Connect acquired 23 new four-coach Class 377 sets during 2009, on sublease from Southern, to be used on the Thameslink route for additional capacity and also to allow some of the Class 319 trains to be released for use on the Catford Loop service to Sevenoaks, now jointly operated with Southeastern under Key Output 0 of the Thameslink Programme.
Class 317 units built in the early 1980s were still in use when services into Moorgate ceased in March 2009 under the Thameslink Programme. The last timetabled service using a Class 317 unit ran from Farringdon to Bedford on 9 October 2009.
New energy-efficient trains will provide an additional 14,500 seats on the Thameslink route and will be delivered from 2015 to 2018. Siemens Mobility was named preferred bidder on 16 June 2011, with the Desiro City train family.
Depots for the new rolling stock will be built at Hornsey and Three Bridges.
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