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Class 350 Desiro
Siemens' Desiro for the West Coast Main Line out of Euston, maintained at Siemens' Kings Heath depot in Northampton since 2006. West Midlands Railway also used them between Wolverhampton and Walsall until February 2024.
Scale
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Liveries
Special liveries 3
- 350111 Invictus Games livery July 2026.
- 350104 Ukraine scheme Blue/yellow flag vinyl, seen Oct 2024 (Commons 350104 Ukraine, Birmingham Intl, 30 Oct 2024).
- 350104 Eurovision 2023 May 2023.
Former liveries 4
Central Trains / Silverlink neutral grey and blueRan as Central Trains and Silverlink (350/1)FormerJun 2005 to Nov 2007Not drawn yet
London MidlandFormerNov 2007 to Dec 2017Not drawn yet
First TransPennine Express (350/4)Ran as First TransPennine Express / TPEFormerDec 2013 to 2019-20Not drawn yet
West Midlands Trains interimFormerDec 2017 to 2018-19Not drawn yet
- Type
- Electric multiple unit
- Builder
- Siemens, in Germany (the 350/3 and 350/4 at Krefeld)
- Family
- Desiro UK, with Class 185 Desiro, Class 360 Desiro, Class 380 Desiro, Class 444 Desiro, Class 450 Desiro
- Built
- 2004–2014
- In service
- since 2005
- Operators
- LNR
- Formation
- 4 cars: DMCO-TCO-PTSO-DMCO (350/1); DMOSA-TOCL-PTOSLW-DMOSB (350/3 and 350/4)
- Fleets
- London Northwestern Railway: 50
- Top speed
- 110 mph (177 km/h)
- Power
- 25 kV AC overhead (the 350/1s also 750 V DC third rail) · how it works
- Bogies
- Siemens SF 5000 bogies · drawn with the same bogie component as Class 185 Desiro, Class 360 Desiro, Class 380 Desiro, Class 444 Desiro, Class 450 Desiro
- Car width
- 9 ft 2 in (2.80 m)
- Profile
- main-line
- Status
- In service with London Northwestern Railway (publicly owned since 1 February 2026): 50 units (350/1, 350/3 and 350/4). The 37 Class 350/2s were stood down as Class 730s arrived (14 were still running on 10 November 2025) and are to be refurbished for Northern, which plans to run the first from early 2028 in place of its Class 323s.
Car types
| Code | Car | Length | Doors per side |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car | Each car | 66 ft 9 in20.34 m | 2 double |
Sources
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- Class 350 Angel Trains50 units: 30 of 350/1, 10 of 350/3, 10 of 350/4; car length, width, speed, formations (the 350/1's DMCO-TCO-PTSO-DMCO, the 350/3's and 350/4's DMOSA-TOCL-PTOSLW-DMOSB)
- Rail Minister opens £31 million Siemens train maintenance depot for West Coast Main Line Siemens, 27 June 2006350/1 built in Germany, first service June 2005, Kings Heath depot
- Siemens secures order for 20 Desiro UK electric trains (archived) Siemens, 2012350/3 and 350/4 ordered, built at Krefeld
- New Class 350/3s for London Midland to enter service early Rail Technology Magazine, 3 October 2014350/3 into service October 2014
- London Northwestern Railway stands down more Class 350/2s Rail, 10 November 2025350/2s stood down as Class 730s arrived: 23 of the 37 back to Porterbrook, leaving 14 in traffic (10 November 2025)
- Passenger benefits key to Northern's lease of Class 350s Rail, 13 July 2026350/2s to Northern
- First Class Bogies (bogie catalogue, edition 08/08) Siemens Transportation Systems, Graz, August 2008, pp. 60-61indicative drawing: SF 5000 UK bogie, wheelbase 8 ft 6 in (2,600 mm), wheels 2 ft 9 in (850 mm)
- SWR 450044 bogie detail (63644) (photograph, 29 October 2022, CC BY-SA 4.0) Wikimedia Commons (Geof Sheppard), 29 October 2022the bogie drawing's layout (a Class 450's SF 5000 UK bogie; layout only)
- Report 11/2017: Derailment due to a landslip, and subsequent collision, Watford Rail Accident Investigation Branch, August 2017, p. 34 (Figure 16)indicative drawing: coupler heights, scaled from a front view of a 350/2 (its roof height, 12 ft 4 in (3.75 m), replaced by the Class 360's: set W35F roof check, 12 October 2026)
- Class 350 photographs ('350 (2) Northants Loop, Apr19.jpg', '350123 departing Crewe 2022.jpg', '350120 Class 350 Northampton Station 25-10-2025.jpg') Wikimedia Commons (G-13114, CC BY-SA 4.0; Vanmanyo, CC BY-SA 4.0; BWard 1997, CC BY 4.0), 2019-2025indicative drawing: doors, windows, bogies and livery, estimated from photographs
- Class 350 photographs ('350 (2) Northants Loop, Apr19.jpg', '350123 departing Crewe 2022.jpg', '350120 Class 350 Northampton Station 25-10-2025.jpg') Wikimedia Commons (G-13114, CC BY-SA 4.0; Vanmanyo, CC BY-SA 4.0; BWard 1997, CC BY 4.0), 2019-2025the PTSO's pantograph and roof well: at its end next to the TCO, the base in a well from the car end to about 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) in, the arms leaning towards the car end (350123 departing Crewe, 2022, raised; layout only, to about 0.3 m)
- Digital twinning of self-sensing structures using the statistical finite element method (Data-Centric Engineering 3, e31; doi:10.1017/dce.2022.28) Cambridge University Press, 2022, pp. e31-11, Fig. 6bogie centres 46 ft 6 in (14.17 m) and wheelbase 8 ft 6 in (2.6 m), used in the drawing
- West Midlands Railway: Class 730 fleet enters service between Wolverhampton and Walsall (archived) West Midlands Railway, 13 February 2024Class 350s replaced by 730s between Wolverhampton and Walsall, February 2024
- Nova 2 enters service at last Railway Gazette International (Rail Business UK), 2 December 2019TPE's ten four-car 350/4s released to West Midlands Trains from December 2019
- 350374 Stone Circles Challenge Path Norton Bridge.jpg (photograph, CC BY 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (kitmasterbloke), 4 May 2023the drawing: LNR's W, traced on the rectified driving car and checked on the TCO (set W350; layout and colour only)
- 350371 Birmingham International 301024.jpg (photograph, CC BY 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (kitmasterbloke), 30 October 2024the drawing: LNR's W, traced on the rectified driving car (set W350; layout and colour only); the transom across the cab door's window (set T13, Kyle, 29 October 2026); the cab door's window foot, about 6 ft 4 in to 6 ft 8 in (1,930-2,030 mm), and its transom (set T13F, Kyle, 29 October 2026); the cab door's window square-cornered (set T13G, Kyle, 29 October 2026)
- 350123 departing Crewe 2022.jpg (photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0) Wikimedia Commons (Vanmanyo), 17 September 2022the drawing: LNR's W, traced from the other side (cars 1-3), and its colours against the doors (set W350; layout and colour only)
- 350374 Stone Circles Challenge Path Norton Bridge.jpg (photograph, CC BY 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (kitmasterbloke), 4 May 2023the PTSO's pantograph at its end next to the TCO, seen from the other side (raised; layout only; set W350 follow-ups, 12 October 2026)
- 350123 departing Crewe 2022.jpg (photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0) Wikimedia Commons (Vanmanyo), 17 September 2022the bodyside colour: white-balanced on the platform's white edge line, and against the light green beside it (set W350 follow-ups, 12 October 2026; colour only)
- 350371 Birmingham International 301024.jpg (photograph, CC BY 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (kitmasterbloke), 30 October 2024the bodyside colour: as white as the white unit numerals, and against the light green (set W350 follow-ups, 12 October 2026; colour only)
- 730210 departs Crewe (photograph, CC BY 4.0) Wikimedia Commons (kitmasterbloke), 4 September 2025the bodyside colour, compared: the Class 730's white against the same light green, white-balanced on its white numerals (set W350 follow-ups, 12 October 2026; colour only)
- Interim report IR1/2026: collision between two passenger trains at Elstow, near Bedford Rail Accident Investigation Branch, October 2026the roof: crown 12 ft 5 in (3,792 mm) and roof-well floor 11 ft 7 in (3,534 mm), the Class 360's as measured off RAIB's side elevation of 360115 (the same Desiro UK body; set W35F roof check, 12 October 2026)
- Class 350 photographs ('350 (2) Northants Loop, Apr19.jpg', '350123 departing Crewe 2022.jpg', '350120 Class 350 Northampton Station 25-10-2025.jpg') Wikimedia Commons (G-13114, CC BY-SA 4.0; Vanmanyo, CC BY-SA 4.0; BWard 1997, CC BY 4.0), 2019-2025the roof's and eaves' heights, checked on '350 (2) Northants Loop, Apr19.jpg' (telephoto, near side on; each door its own scale; set W35F roof check, 12 October 2026)
- 350123 departing Crewe 2022.jpg (photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0) Wikimedia Commons (Vanmanyo), 17 September 2022the eaves: the white bodyside, the W and the end blocks run 85-90 mm above the red line to the grey roof (set W35F roof check, 12 October 2026; layout only)
- Class 350 photographs ('350 (2) Northants Loop, Apr19.jpg', '350123 departing Crewe 2022.jpg', '350120 Class 350 Northampton Station 25-10-2025.jpg') Wikimedia Commons (G-13114, CC BY-SA 4.0; Vanmanyo, CC BY-SA 4.0; BWard 1997, CC BY 4.0), 2019-2025the doors' heights: the leaf's foot and the leaf windows, measured at six doors on cars 1-3 of '350 (2) Northants Loop, Apr19.jpg' between the door top and the rail (set W35F2, door heights re-measured, 13 October 2026)
- 350, Northants Loop, Apr19.jpg (photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0) Wikimedia Commons (G-13114), 11 April 2019the doors' heights, checked at car 1's first door between the door top and the rail (set W35F2, door heights re-measured, 13 October 2026; layout only)
- 350374 Stone Circles Challenge Path Norton Bridge.jpg (photograph, CC BY 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (kitmasterbloke), 4 May 2023the doors' proportions, checked from above (set W35F2, door heights re-measured, 13 October 2026; layout only)
- Class 350 photographs ('350 (2) Northants Loop, Apr19.jpg', '350123 departing Crewe 2022.jpg', '350120 Class 350 Northampton Station 25-10-2025.jpg') Wikimedia Commons (G-13114, CC BY-SA 4.0; Vanmanyo, CC BY-SA 4.0; BWard 1997, CC BY 4.0), 2019-2025the dark band where the body turns under (to 3 ft 8 in (1,115 mm)) and the cab door's foot, measured on '350 (2) Northants Loop, Apr19.jpg' (set W35F3, the dark band under the white, 13 October 2026)
- General Railway Pictures 2017 241.jpg (photograph, CC BY-SA 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (The Basingstoker), 9 May 2017indicative drawing: the joins between cars (layout only)
- 350 (2) Northants Loop, Apr19.jpg (photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0) G-13114, via Wikimedia Commons, 11 April 2019layout of the underframe equipment (the DMCO's cases and hangers, near side on; layout only)
- 350, Northants Loop, Apr19.jpg (photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0) Wikimedia Commons (G-13114), 11 April 2019layout of the underframe equipment (the DMCO's, TCO's and PTSO's cases, three-quarter view; layout only)
- 350123 departing Crewe 2022.jpg (photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0) Wikimedia Commons (Vanmanyo), 17 September 2022layout of the underframe equipment (the DMCO's, TCO's and PTSO's cases and hangers, from above; layout only)
- Carlisle - FTPE 350409+350405 arriving from Manchester.JPG (photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0) Wikimedia Commons (Geof Sheppard), 10 July 2015the cab coupler: where it stands, its heads and heights (set BC3, 20 October 2026; layout only for photographs)
- 450011 + 450106 at Alton platform 1 awaiting rescue after 3rd rail fire damage the day before 04 05 25 (54497029622).jpg (photograph, CC BY-SA 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (Foulger Rail Photos, Flickr), 4 May 2025the cab coupler: where it stands, its heads and heights (set BC3, 20 October 2026; layout only for photographs)
- 360110 Rivenhall Foot Crossing 181120.jpg (photograph, CC BY 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (kitmasterbloke), 18 November 2020the Desiro UK coupler head's heights, confirmed (set BC3's heights check, 26 October 2026)
- 350262 Cathiron.jpg (photograph, CC BY 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (kitmasterbloke), 2 November 2022the Desiro UK coupler head's and heated box's heights, confirmed (set BC3's heights check, 26 October 2026)
- Improved trains for the North West Northern, read 26 October 2026 (page undated)Northern's 37 refurbished Class 350s: refurbishment October 2027 to February 2029, the first in service from early 2028, replacing its Class 323s
- West Midlands Trains services transferred into public ownership Department for Transport (gov.uk), 1 February 2026London Northwestern Railway publicly owned, managed by DfT Operator, from 1 February 2026
- Class 350 photographs ('350 (2) Northants Loop, Apr19.jpg', '350123 departing Crewe 2022.jpg', '350120 Class 350 Northampton Station 25-10-2025.jpg') Wikimedia Commons (G-13114, CC BY-SA 4.0; Vanmanyo, CC BY-SA 4.0; BWard 1997, CC BY 4.0), 2019-2025two double-leaf doorways a side on every car: all four car types, both sides (the Top 25 review's whole-car overlays, set T9, 27 October 2026)
- 444016, Portsmouth & Southsea, April 6th 2026.jpg (photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0) Wikimedia Commons (Southsea_Matt), 6 April 2026the plough under the ribbed block and the dark space under the front gangway (set BC3PL, 27 October 2026)
- 350103 at Birmingham New Street - DSC09059.JPG (photograph, CC BY-SA 3.0) Wikimedia Commons (Rept0n1x), 18 August 2010the plough under the ribbed block and the dark space under the front gangway (set BC3PL, 27 October 2026); the transom across the cab door's window (set T13, Kyle, 29 October 2026); the cab door's window foot, about 6 ft 4 in to 6 ft 8 in (1,930-2,030 mm), and its transom (set T13F, Kyle, 29 October 2026); the cab door's window square-cornered (set T13G, Kyle, 29 October 2026)
- British Rail Class 350 Wikipedia, read 13 October 2026the livery, its unit and its dates
- London Midland Wikipedia, read 13 October 2026the livery's name, who ran it and its years (no colours taken)
- West Midlands Railway Wikipedia, read 13 October 2026the livery's name, who ran it and its years (no colours taken)
- A Guide to Overhead Electrification (132787-ALB-GUN-EOH-000001, rev 10) Network Rail (prepared by Alan Baxter), February 2015, p. 39the contact wire in the In operation drawing: 15 ft 5 in (4.7 m) above rail, Network Rail's normal height
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- 350/4s from TransPennine Express to LNR in 2019–20 (Wikipedia)
- The drawing is indicative: no dimensioned drawing of a Class 350 has been published, so its doors, windows, heights and livery are estimated from photographs, from the related Class 360 and from RAIB's front view of a 350/2; only the car length, width and bogies are published
- The PTSO's roof well and pantograph: read from one photograph (350123, raised) to about 0.3 m; the well's depth is the Class 360's and the folded length (9 ft 2 in (2.8 m)) an estimate, as no photograph of a 350's pantograph folded side on was found
- The roof's height: the crown (12 ft 5 in (3.79 m)) is the Class 360's, the same Desiro UK body; a near side-on photograph of a 350 reads 12 ft 6 in to 12 ft 7 in (3.81-3.83 m) to about 50 mm, and no printed height of a Class 350 has been found
- The underframe: read off three photographs (two for the TCO and PTSO), rectified on the drawing's own doors; positions to about 100 mm on the DMCO and 200 mm on the trailers, heights to about 50 mm; the cases' depth behind the bodyside (1 ft 6 in (450 mm)) is fitted, not measured; the second DMCO is drawn mirrored, not from its own side
- When the last 350/2s left LNR: December 2025 (final turns on 18-19 December) is found only on an enthusiast's log; Rail's report of 10 November 2025 gives no end date
- The years of the former liveries come from Wikipedia's class article and the other sources listed, and haven't been checked against a second source.
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