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Class 180, no. 180114 at Cheltenham Spa on 31st March 2004. These units currently form the majority of Cheltenham to London Paddington services.

1 Description

The British Rail Class 180 "Adelante" is a type of diesel multiple unit, built by Alstom at Washwood Heath in Birmingham. The units are express trains built for First Great Western to supplement their High Speed Train fleet.

Fourteen of these 5-car units were built, numbered 180101-114. Individual carriages are numbered:

• 50901-914 - Driving Motor
• 54901-914 - Intermediate Motor
• 55901-914 - Intermediate Motor
• 56901-914 - Intermediate Motor
• 59901-914 - Driving Motor

2 Current operations

The Adelante fleet is deployed on a wide variety of First Great Western services. These include:

• London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads via Bath Spa
• London Paddington to Cardiff Central
• London Paddington to Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa, extended to Worcester and Hereford at weekends.

It is planned to replace Adelantes on most of the above services, using High Speed Trains displaced from Midland MainlineThis article is about the Train Operating Company Midland Mainline. For the railway line see Midland Main Line''. Midland Mainline (MML) is a British train operating company, created after the privatisation of British Rail. It runs trunk services from Lon. The Adelantes would then be transferred to First Great Western LinkThames Trains was a British railway company franchised (from September 1996 following rail privatization until 31 March 2004) to run regional and suburban trains from London Paddington station to destinations in the home counties west of London (also to W services from London Paddington to Oxford, Worcester and Hereford. The displaced Class 166 Turbos could then be used to strengthen London to Oxford services.

3 External link

• Adelante factsheet from First Great Western