The last of the legacy British Rail Class 315 inherited by the Elizabeth line on the Shenfield to Liverpool Street line will be taken out of service next month. As a result, there will be a farewell tour of this less than loved but long-running train on Saturday 26th November – and tickets go on sale today.
The British Rail Class 315 trains were built in 1980/81 based on a 1971 design, and just 53 of the train were built. They were primarily used on the Greater Anglia routes, and when TfL Rail took over services between Liverpool Street and Shenfield, it inherited some of the trains.
They have been phased out as Elizabeth line trains were introduced, and the very last of them will be taken out of service shortly.
Old and new (c) ianVisits
The Branch Line Society will be running a charity tour on Saturday 26th November, and tickets will go on sale this evening (17th Oct) at 8:30pm from here.
Pricing details will be announced when tickets go on sale, and there will be morning and afternoon tours available.
All proceeds will be donated to the Railway Children charity.
There is also a Class 315 Preservation Society that will be involved in the day.
The trains will still be in passenger service, probably until early December, if you are unable to attend the ceremonial farewell tour.
I used them a lot, But am not sad to see them go, in spite of the fact that the seating arrangements in the class 710 are inferior.
But … they are still neither as old nor decrepit as the Bakerloo line UndergrounD trains (!)
I miss them, they are the og trains that used almost every livery in essex for 40 years
They may not have air con but at least the seats are comfortable unlike the boards you have to sit on in the Lizzie line trains.
Typo in article title.
They definitely still have that 80s vibe about them, especially the interior. Probably more comfortable though, if the new train’s seats are like Thameslinks’…