Possible Fleet classification of the Avanti AT300s

[popeter45]

WHY?!

Why did they have to skip 4 and 6?

i assume 5 to indicate 5 car and 7 to indicate 7 car

luckly 23m AT300's seem to be starying in the 80X range (so far )

 

[Speed43125]

i assume 5 to indicate 5 car and 7 to indicate 7 car

luckly 23m AT300's seem to be starying in the 80X range (so far )

Could be like the Aventras, so far this numbering seems OK

 

[Nym]

There's also the small issue that the car numbers are also in the 800 series, so you couldn't have a class number where there's car numbers sat atop of it.

Same reason why DVTs don't start at 82001. Since there was a Class 82 Locomotive.

 

[hexagon789]

WHY?!

Why did they have to skip 4 and 6?

Leaving it free for something?

 

[D365]

This is silly a different TOPS for different operators why couldn't it just be 802 for bi-modes and 803 for electric it would mean that the fleet is more equal.

There are technical differences between Classes 802, 803, 810 and 805/807. So the distinction is fair enough.

 

[Bletchleyite]

There are technical differences between Classes 802, 803, 810 and 805/807. So the distinction is fair enough.

In most other contexts they'd be 800/2, 800/3 etc.

 

[Nym]

So what about all the variants of Electrostar...?

 

[HSTEd]

Same reason why DVTs don't start at 82001. Since there was a Class 82 Locomotive.

In hindsight it might have been better to adopt the Southern model (everything is an MU) and class every piece of rolling stock into a single series.
These two partially overlapping series seem to cause quite a bit of confusion and I don't think I see an upside.

 

[mullac30]

In most other contexts they'd be 800/2, 800/3 etc.

Well at the very least, the 810 definitely merits its own class rather than a subclass.

 

[rdlover777]

Avanti confirms class numbers for Hitachi train order

Avanti confirms class numbers for Hitachi train order

Class 805s and ‘807s’ will be the designation for the Intercity Express Trains ordered by Avanti West Coast from Hitachi Rail Europe.

Funded by Rock Rail and ASI in a £350 million deal, the trains are due to enter traffic from 2022. Thirteen five-car bi-mode Class 805s will be delivered (805001-805013), as well as ten seven-car electric Class 807s (807001-807010). They will be built at Hitachi’s Newton Aycliffe facility in the North East.

The ‘807s’ will operate between London Euston, the West Midlands and Liverpool Lime Street, while the ‘805s’ will run from Euston to North Wales. The latter will enable AWC to dispense with its Class 221 Super Voyager fleet.