Northern’s Latest Class 319 Trains
I took these pictures of the interior of a couple of Northern’s latest Class 319 trains.
The train companies certainly seem to be improving their refurbishments, as these posts show.
- A Class 321 Renatus
- A Very Smart Class 319 Train
- Is This Really A Pacer In A New Outfit?
- It’s Not A New Train
- What Train Is This?
Personally, I hope I stick around long enough to get a ride in the following trains, that are in the line for substantial rebuilding.
- Alstom/Eversholt’s hydrogen-powered Class 321 train
- South Western Railway’s Class 442 train
- Porterbrook’s Class 769 train
- Vivarail’s Class 230 train
And of course, I want a ride in one of Great Western Railway or ScotRail’s short-formation InterCity 125.
Will We See Any Other Substantial Rebuilds?
It would be unfair not to ask this question.
I think it would be reasonable to say that if refurbishment of the quality that has been applied to Class 319 and Class 321 trains, then train owners and their engineers could probably bring the Networkers and Voyagers, up to scratch.
If nothing else, batteries could be fitted to harness the braking energy and use if for hotel power on the train.
Bombardier have hinted, they will be doing this to Voyagers and I wrote about it in Have Bombardier Got A Cunning Plan For Voyagers?
A Class 321 Renatus
I finally got to ride in a Class 321 Renatus today.
Quite frankly I was impressed.
- The seats were more comfortable than those in a Class 700 train.
- There was wi-fi.
- There were plugs to charge a phone or a laptop everywhere.
- There was air-conditioning.
- There was a new Universal Access Toilet.
- There was new lighting.
Generally, the trains also seemed to have more space.
Will Alstom’s hydrogen-powered version of the Class 321 train have interiors as good as these?
The Anonymous Widower 