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The Coradia 1000 is a type of Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) operating in Great Britain and which is part of the Alstom Coradia family of diesel and electric multiple units. There are two types that were built, the Class 175 and Class 180.

As of 2023, only the Class 180 DMUs are in service and are operated by the train operating company Grand Central.

Design

Both of the Coradia 1000 models utilise a diesel-hydraulic powertrain, with transmissions being supplied by German manufacturer Voith. The diesel engines were supplied by American manufacturer Cummins.

When both classes were new, they featured hydrodynamic retarders as part of their braking equipment. However, due to the unreliability of this equipment on both the Class 175 and Class 180, they were bypassed with the DMUs now just using their normal air brakes.

The Class 175 and Class 180 are capable of working in a multiple unit arrangement with each other, however they cannot work with other classes.

Operators

Class 175

Future

• Great Western Railway

Former

• Arriva Trains Wales
• First North Western
• First TransPennine Express
• KeolisAmey Wales
• Transport for Wales Rail
• Wales and Borders

Class 180

Current

• Grand Central

Former

• Arriva Rail North
• East Midlands Railway
• First Great Western
• Hull Trains
• Northern Rail

Gallery

• Grand Central 180107 approaching London King's Cross in August 2012

References

1. Marsden 2011, pp. 154–155
2. ^ "CLASS 180". The Railway Centre. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
3. ^ "Class 175 - Arriva Trains Wales". Angel Trains. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
4. "Great Western Railway's acquisition of '175s' confirmed with 2025 introduction planned". News. Rail Magazine. 4 November 2024.
5. ^ "The Alstom Class 175 DMUs". Today's Railways UK. No. 184. April 2017. pp. 40–47.
6. ^ "Wales & Borders to be responsible for Class 175 fleet". Entrain. No. 19. July 2003. p. 44.
7. "TFW ends its use of Alstom Class 175s". Rail Magazine. No. 995. 1 November 2023. p. 23.
8. ^ "Grand Central to replace HSTs with cascaded Class 180s". Rail. No. 842. 20 December 2017. p. 29.
9. "Northern uses Grand Central '180' to ease capacity issues". Rail. No. 805. 20 July 2016. p. 18.
10. "EMR stands down '180s' and '156s'". Rail Magazine. No. 984. 31 May 2023. p. 23.
11. "EMR receives its first class 180s". Rail Magazine. No. 897. Peterborough: Bauer Media. 29 January 2020. p. 33. ISSN 0953-4563.
12. Miles, Tony (July 2010). "East Coast Class 180s to be retained by Northern?". Modern Railways. London: Ian Allan. p. 46.

Sources

• Marsden, Colin J. (2011). Traction Recognition (2nd ed.). Ian Allan. ISBN 9780711034945. OCLC 751525080.

External links

• Media related to British Rail Class 175 at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to British Rail Class 180 at Wikimedia Commons

• Alstom Coradia