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Number built: | 285 (57 5-car sets) |
Built: | 2009-15 |
Builder: | Bombardier |
Engine: | 3 Bombardier traction motors per motor car (750c DC third rail or 25kV AC OLHE) |
Power: | 3, 200 hp (2, 400 kW) |
Formation: | 378/1: Driving Motor Open Standard (DMSO)+Motor Open Standard (MOS)+ Trailer Open Standard (TSO)+MOS+DMSO 378/2: DMSO+MOS+Pantograph Trailer Standard Open (PTSO)+MOS+DMSO |
The Class 378s operate on most lines in the London Overground network with the 378/1s being 750v DC third rail equipped and the 378/2s dual voltage with 25v AC overhead line electric collection as well [2]. Strengthening of the fleet to 5-car sets has now been completed [3] though overcrowding continues to be a problem on the Overground, and likely will continue until new EMUs begin to displace the 378s in a couple of years time from some routes allowing service frequencies to be increased.
378 144 at Peckham Rye |
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378 213 at Queen's Park |
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378 151 and 378 141 at Dalston Junction |
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378 223 at Imperial Wharf |
[1] John Glover, London's Overground (Ian Allan, 2012) p. 106
[2] Colin J. Marsden, DMU and EMU Recognition Guide (Ian Allan, 2013) p. 290
[3] Underground News No. 654 (June 2016) p. 348