Class 357 Refurbishment and repaints

[GEC465]

New £8.8m contract signed between London train operator and Alstom

Alstom and c2c have signed an £8.8m contract that will see its Class 357 fleet repaired and repainted.

www.railadvent.co.uk

The repair work will include huck bolt cover repairs as well as repairs for body end corrosion, side vent corrosion, sole bar corrosion, and roof corrosion, before the fleet is repainted.

“The forthcoming paint and refurbishment work – carried out by our partners at Alstom – will see all of our 74 Class 357 trains refreshed with the distinctive look and feel of our new Class 720 trains."

Interesting to see that the 357s are finally being redone after being neglected

 

[RealTrains07]

Shame this doesn’t include the 357 interiors as they could do with a bit of a fresh clean. The seats are horrid for starters

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

I expect pink doors are coming then.

 

[RacsoMoquette]

I think the c2c Class 357s are in dire need of some internal and external attention, the interiors seem ever increasingly dark and tired. I would be interested to see a Class 357 in c2c Trenitalia pink and white livery akin to the 720s!

 

[wickham]

No help for Derby then - the announcement says the work will be done at Ilford (not really a surprise).

 

[fgwrich]

I'm sure the Huck Bolt issue has previously been covered, IIRC Modern Railways covered that a few years ago and pointed out they were receiving corrosion repairs then.

 

[Russel]

Manufacturers of white paint must be smiling!

 

[JamesC357]

This is good to see. I like the 357s but they’re definitely starting to show their age. This refresh should definitely get a good few more years out of them.

 

[c2c]

Will the interiors at least be getting a deep clean or is that not in the scope either?

 

[RUK]

I was hoping that their mid-life refresh would at least see the installation of plug sockets and USB charging ports for passengers to use, if not also colour screens for onward travel information, such as TfL line status information, but alas, that seems not to be the case.

 

[Teletubbyboi]

Will the interiors at least be getting a deep clean or is that not in the scope either?

i got in touch of one of the staff of c2c, and he said 'No sadly'
why, im getting sick and tired of the current interior with the greyish magenta

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i find it weird that there is no pictures of the first few refreshed units

 

[wls1]

i got in touch of one of the staff of c2c, and he said 'No sadly'
why, im getting sick and tired of the current interior with the greyish magenta

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i find it weird that there is no pictures of the first few refreshed units

As far as im aware the refurb programme hasn't started yet

 

[GEC465]

Image has been posted on Facebook that the first one has been seen in the new livery

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

Image has been posted on Facebook that the first one has been seen in the new livery

Do you have a link please?

 

[Russel]

Do you have a link please?

Not sure if it's the same image Milo is referring to, but I've just done a quick search and found this one -

It public so should be viewable.

Facebook Link

 

[GEC465]

Yup that's the one. I wonder what's been done interior wise on it

Not sure if it's the same image Milo is referring to, but I've just done a quick search and found this one -

It public so should be viewable.

Facebook Link

 

[Teletubbyboi]

i just discovered the image yesterday and i think it's astonishing

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[Russel]

i just discovered the image yesterday and i think it's astonishing

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Astonishing?

It's not that different to the previous livery!

 

[Chriso]

With the upcoming GBR take over im suprised its not plain white with a big double arrow on the side

 

[JamesC357]

Anyone know the number of the unit that has been painted?

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

With the upcoming GBR take over im suprised its not plain white with a big double arrow on the side

Let’s face it, GBR will probably be something like all over white (which I know is hated but I actually think looks very smart if kept clean), with blue or red doors, so it’d be very easy to just peel the pink stripe vinyl off and repaint the doors if necessary.

 

[Russel]

Let’s face it, GBR will probably be something like all over white (which I know is hated but I actually think looks very smart if kept clean), with blue or red doors, so it’d be very easy to just peel the pink stripe vinyl off and repaint the doors if necessary.

Agreed, I think the Thameslink 700 livery or Northern livery with that just has the splashes of colour look very smart when clean.

 

[nctd2306]

Does anyone know which unit has been been repainted/refurbished as per the picture earlier in the thread?

 

[Doomotron]

I might sound dumb but judging by how southeastern is nationalised, it might not affect c2c to much?
Right?

The paint warranty for the 375s is likely still in place and therefore no repainting will take place for a while. Of course, it will be quite a few years before GBR will exist as a brand, and we have no idea what the final implementation of its branding will be.

 

[skyhigh]

The paint warranty for the 375s is likely still in place

The oldest 375s are now 25 years old, with the newest at 20 years old. I'd say there's not a chance paint warranty is still in place.

 

[Doomotron]

The oldest 375s are now 25 years old, with the newest at 20 years old. I'd say there's not a chance paint warranty is still in place.

You are forgetting the large refurbishment and repaint project that started in ~2016.

 

[357]

Does anyone know which unit has been been repainted/refurbished as per the picture earlier in the thread?

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Some pics from Facebook

 

[nctd2306]

Thank you, good to see it in service

 

[43096]

You are forgetting the large refurbishment and repaint project that started in ~2016.

For which the paint warranty has likely expired too, given intervals between C6 repairs are around 6-8 years.

 

[Wyrleybart]

The oldest 375s are now 25 years old, with the newest at 20 years old. I'd say there's not a chance paint warranty is still in place.

The thread is about 357s so is your post a typo and should mean 357 ?