Class 185

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The three car "Pennine" Class 185s work the vast majority of First TransPennine Express's services in the north of england. From December 2007 these units started to operate between Manchester Airport and Glasgow/Edinburgh.

The first visit of a Class 185 in Scotland was when Siemens took a set to Stirling for a conference on the 7th February 2007.

It operated as the:

  • 6X79 1448 Mossend Yard to Stirling 185138 had arrived at Mossend just after 03:00 behind 67006. The Royal locomotive changed ends so it would be leading on the return run and this meant 67030 led for the run up to Stirling, arriving just after 15:40 into Platform 10.
  • The return run 6X80 20:20 Stirling to the South now saw 67006 leading the train with 67030 tailing on the rear. It left Stirling 8 mins down at 20:28.

The Class 185s worked a number of training runs to Scotland in the weeks leading up to the start of First TransPennine Express's Manchester services, initially to Glasgow and then to Edinburgh.


185128 on trial runs at Motherwell Photo:Alistair Blackwood



185128 sits in platform 14 at Edinburgh after a trial run Photo:Bruce Kitchener



The coaches are labelled

A + D (First & Standard Class + Disabled toilet)
B + E (All Standard Class + normal toilet)
C + F (All Standard Class)

NumberAMBDepotLiveryComments
185101541015310151101AKFN
185102541025310251102AKFN
185103541035210351103AKFN
185104541045310451104AKFNSmaller Logos
185105541055310551105AKFN
185106541065310651106AKFN
185107541075310751107AKFN
185108541085310851108AKFN
185109541095310951109AKFN
185110541105311051110AKFN
185111541115311151111AKFN
185112544125311251112AKFN
185113541135311351113AKFN
185114541145311451114AKFN
185115541155311551114AKFN
185116541165311651116AKFN
185117541175311751117AKFN
185118541185311851118AKFN
185119541195311951119AKFN
185120541205312051120AKFN
185121541215312151121AKFN
185122541225312251122AKFN
185123541235212351123AKFN
185124541245312451124AKFN
185125541255312551125AKFN
185126541265312651102AKFN
185127541275312751127AKFN
185128541285312851128AKFN
185129541295312951129AKFN
185130541305313051130AKFN
185131541315313151131AKFN
185132544325313251132AKFN
185133541335313351133AKFN
185134541345313451134AKFN
185135541355313551135AKFN
185136541365313651136AKFN
185137541375313751137AKFN
185138541385313851338AKFN
185139541395313951139AKFN
185140541405314051140AKFN
185141541415314151141AKFN
185142541425314251142AKFN
185143541435314351143AKFN
185144541445314451144AKFN
185145541455314551145AKFN
185146541465314651146AKFN
185147541475314751147AKFN
185148541485314851148AKFN
185149541495314951149AKFN
185150541505315051150AKFN
185151541515315151151AKFN



Created by SC318250 and last modified by cammyeaston at 21:30, 29 of June 2008.