Greater Anglia 321 and 317 Refurbishment

[bspahh]

The Cambridge News http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/better-more-comfortable-trains-way-12638083 reports that Greater Anglia are going to spend £4.7m on refurbishment:

The investment will see 212 Class 321 carriages and 72 Class 317 carriages undergoing a significant programme of refurbishment which will include new carpets, new seat covers, dado panels, a deep clean throughout and interior repainting.

Some of the 40 additional 321 carriages brought into the franchise have extended first class seating. This will be removed to increase standard class seating capacity.

The programme for the Class 317 trains is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The Class 321 programme will continue into Spring 2018.

Greater Anglia’s managing director Jamie Burles said: “As part of the new nine year franchise we will replace our entire fleet of trains with 1,043 brand new carriages, but in the meantime, I’m delighted that this significant investment in the refurbishment of our Class 321 and 317 fleet will provide improved comfort and a better travelling experience for our customers.

“This investment will help to bring all our remaining Class 321 trains up to a higher standard, more in line with our 30 Class 321 ‘Renatus’ trains (used on services to Southend, Chelmsford, Witham, Braintree, Colchester, Clacton, Harwich and Ipswich) which are currently undergoing a separate refurbishment programme to install new air conditioning, seats, lighting, toilets, Wi-Fi and power sockets.”

 

[Wivenswold]

As mentioned in another thread 321 355 and 360 are the first to receive the refresh and are apparently out in service.

 

[MatthewRead]

The 317's and 321's are already receiving a refresh although they will be replaced by new trains at the end of the decade.

 

[Silverlink]

So now they are going to waste all this money for the trains to be put into storage in 2 years time. Ok

 

[D365]

So now they are going to waste all this money for the trains to be put into storage in 2 years time. Ok

It's Eversholt's problem to sell them on to a new operator surely.

 

[387star]

Thought the class 317 work had just been completed at least on the 317/6 and /5 unless this applies to the 317/8s

New toilets on those? Thougt the consensus was that all but 317/6 would probably be scrapped

On a related subject London Overground 317/7 have the finest declassified first class in the country

 

[jopsuk]

might also include some interior work on the "/3" units from GN?

 

[Fincra5]

So now they are going to waste all this money for the trains to be put into storage in 2 years time. Ok

I'd imagine this the ROSCO that is paying for the work. Not GA.

 

[Silverlink]

Thought the class 317 work had just been completed at least on the 317/6 and /5 unless this applies to the 317/8s

New toilets on those? Thougt the consensus was that all but 317/6 would probably be scrapped

On a related subject London Overground 317/7 have the finest declassified first class in the country

They probably need to refurbish the toilets as some will probably be in use in 2020.

 

[Kite159]

They probably need to refurbish the toilets as some will probably be in use in 2020.

Or lock the toilets out of use (similar to the toilets on the LO 317s).

 

[lfc2014uk]

Obviously Greater Anglia have come up short with rolling stock calculations and have had to refresh old stock i.e. 317s when they should have been scrapped as they have reached end life. This seems to be happening with many other ROCs like TPE who might have to take MK4s and loco's from EC.

 

[bspahh]

The Suffolk Gazette reports

Greater Anglia invests in faster, greener locomotives

 

[dk1]

170270 looking good as new this evening at Norwich.

 

[387star]

About time. Thought I'd never see the day suits them

 

[superalbs]

170270 looking good as new this evening at Norwich.

Never thought I'd see the day where a GA Class 170 was refurbished!!

 

[jopsuk]

170270 looking good as new this evening at Norwich.

bloody hell! Amazing!

 

[DasLunatic]

I'm not quite sure I like the jarring warning yellow bit above the cab window - rest of the train looks gorgeous though

 

[dk1]

I'm not quite sure I like the jarring warning yellow bit above the cab window - rest of the train looks gorgeous though

They have always had that yellow above the cab window.