Class 350

Where you can drive it

Comes with

• West Coast Main Line: Birmingham - Crewe
• West Coast Main Line: London Euston - Milton Keynes
• West Coast Main Line Trent Valley: Milton Keynes - Crewe

With another DLC

Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.

• Birmingham Cross-City Line: Lichfield - Bromsgrove & Redditch: with West Coast Main Line: London Euston - Milton Keynes
• Great Western Express: with West Coast Main Line: London Euston - Milton Keynes
• Manchester Airport Commuter: Manchester - Alderley Edge: with West Coast Main Line: London Euston - Milton Keynes

In the game

Names in Dovetail's lists: Class 350, Class 350-2, Class 350-3, Class 350/1, Class 350/4.

In these DLCs: West Coast Main Line: Birmingham - Crewe, West Coast Main Line: London Euston - Milton Keynes, West Coast Main Line Trent Valley: Milton Keynes - Crewe.

From Dovetail's store page

• 350/1 & 350/2 in ex-London Midland livery
• 350/2 interim Northwestern livery
• 350235 in British Transport Police livery
• 350/3 in Northwestern livery

The real thing

The Desiro, an electric multiple unit built by Siemens between 2004 and 2014. Fifty work for West Midlands Trains, and the rest are stored and due to go to Northern Trains.

• Built by: Siemens Mobility (Wikipedia)
• Built: 2004–2005 (350/1), 2008–2009 (350/2), 2013–2014 (350/3 and /4) (Wikipedia)
• Number built: 87 (Wikipedia)
• Operators: Current: West Midlands Trains, Future: Northern Trains (Wikipedia)
• Top speed: 110 mph (177 km/h) (Wikipedia)
• Power: 250 kW (335 hp) per motor, 2000 kW (2,682 hp) total (Wikipedia)
• Formation: 4 cars per unit (Wikipedia)
• Safety systems: AWS, TPWS (Wikipedia)

Photo: Alex Noble, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the English Wikipedia article British Rail Class 350 and Wikidata.