Class 185

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The three car "Pennine" Class 185s work the vast majority of First TransPennine Express's services in the north of england. From December 2007 these units started to operate between Manchester Airport and Glasgow/Edinburgh.

The first visit of a Class 185 in Scotland was when Siemens took a set to Stirling for a conference on the 7th February 2007.

It operated as the:

  • 6X79 1448 Mossend Yard to Stirling 185138 had arrived at Mossend just after 03:00 behind 67006. The Royal locomotive changed ends so it would be leading on the return run and this meant 67030 led for the run up to Stirling, arriving just after 15:40 into Platform 10.
  • The return run 6X80 20:20 Stirling to the South now saw 67006 leading the train with 67030 tailing on the rear. It left Stirling 8 mins down at 20:28.

The Class 185s worked a number of training runs to Scotland in the weeks leading up to the start of First TransPennine Express's Manchester services, initially to Glasgow and then to Edinburgh.


185128 on trial runs at Motherwell Photo:Alistair Blackwood



185128 sits in platform 14 at Edinburgh after a trial run Photo:Bruce Kitchener



The coaches are labelled

A + D (First & Standard Class + Disabled toilet)
B + E (All Standard Class + normal toilet)
C + F (All Standard Class)

NumberAMBDepotLiveryComments
185101541015310151101AKTP
185102541025310251102AKTP
185103541035210351103AKTP
185104541045310451104AKTP
185105541055310551105AKTP
185106541065310651106AKTP
185107541075310751107AKTP
185108541085310851108AKTP
185109541095310951109AKTP
185110541105311051110AKTP
185111541115311151111AKTP
185112544125311251112AKTP
185113541135311351113AKTP
185114541145311451114AKTP
185115541155311551114AKTP
185116541165311651116AKTP
185117541175311751117AKTP
185118541185311851118AKTP
185119541195311951119AKTP
185120541205312051120AKTP
185121541215312151121AKTP
185122541225312251122AKTP
185123541235212351123AKTP
185124541245312451124AKTP
185125541255312551125AKTP
185126541265312651102AKTP
185127541275312751127AKTP
185128541285312851128AKTP
185129541295312951129AKTP
185130541305313051130AKTP
185131541315313151131AKTP
185132544325313251132AKTP
185133541335313351133AKTP
185134541345313451134AKTP
185135541355313551135AKTP
185136541365313651136AKTP
185137541375313751137AKTP
185138541385313851338AKTP
185139541395313951139AKTP
185140541405314051140AKTP
185141541415314151141AKTP
185142541425314251142AKTP
185143541435314351143AKTP
185144541445314451144AKTP
185145541455314551145AKTP
185146541465314651146AKTP
185147541475314751147AKTP
185148541485314851148AKTP
185149541495314951149AKTP
185150541505315051150AKTP
185151541515315151151AKTP


TP = Trans Pennine
Created by SC318250 and last modified by jamieintercity at 11:31, 21 of September 2017.