The Class 387 is the final development of the Electrostar family having a higher top speed of 110mp/h. When the final carriages were built in November 2017 [1] it bought to an end eighteen years of continuous Electrostar production with a grand total of 2,805 carriages built of the Classes 357, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379 and 387 [2].
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| GWR 387 156 at Theale |
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| Number built: | 428 (107 4-car sets) |
| Built: | 2014-17 |
| Builder: | Bombardier Derby |
| Engine: | Bombardier MITRAC DR1000 traction system (750v DC third rail and 25kv AC OHLE) |
| Power: | 2, 250 hp (1, 900 kW) |
| Formation: | Driving Motor Composite Open (DMCO)+Motor Second Open (MSO)+Trailer Second Open (TSO)+DMCO |
The Class 387 is in service with Great Northern, Great Western Railway, Gatwick Express and Heathrow Express. They were also in service with Thameslink until being transferred to Great Northern after being replaced by Class 700s and also c2c for a time.
Extermally Class 387s look the same as the likes of the Class 377. Class 387/1s are in service with Great Northern, Heathrow Express and GWR. 387/2s with Gatwick Express and Great Northern and 387/3s with Great Northern.
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| GWR 387 164 at Aldermaston |
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| GWR 387 170 at Newbury |
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| Back in Thameslink days, 387 103 at Bedford |
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| Gatwick Express 387 223 passes Stafford on test |
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| GWR 387 133 at Ealing Broadway |
[1] Roger Ford, "Rolling stock factories over-capacity threat", Modern Railways (December 2017) p. 25
[2] "Last-ever Electrostar finished in Derby as 18 years of production come to an end" <http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/rail-news/last-ever-electrostar-finished-in-derby-as-18-years-of-production-come-to-an-end>