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British Rail Class 379

Index British Rail Class 379

The Class 379 Electrostar is a British electric multiple unit train type ordered in April 2009 for Stansted Express services operated by National Express East Anglia (NXEA) and later Greater Anglia. [1]

24 relations: Aventra, Battery electric multiple unit, Bombardier Transportation, British Rail Class 317, British Rail Class 720, British Rail Class 745, Derby Litchurch Lane Works, Electric multiple unit, Electrostar, Greater Anglia (train operating company), Hertford East railway station, Insulated-gate bipolar transistor, Liverpool Street station, Mayflower line, National Express East Anglia, Network Rail, Overhead line, Pantograph (transport), Railway Gazette International, Stadler FLIRT, Stansted Express, Today's Railways, Variable-frequency drive, West Anglia Main Line.

Aventra

The Aventra is a British family of electric multiple unit (EMU) passenger trains designed by Bombardier Transportation, as a successor to the Electrostar.

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Battery electric multiple unit

A battery electric multiple unit, battery electric railcar or accumulator railcar is an electrically driven multiple unit or railcar whose energy is derived from rechargeable batteries that drive its traction motors.

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Bombardier Transportation

Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Canadian firm Bombardier Inc. Bombardier Transportation is one of the world's largest companies in the rail vehicle and equipment manufacturing and servicing industry.

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British Rail Class 317

The British Rail Class 317 alternating current electric multiple units (EMUs) were built by British Rail Engineering Limited's Holgate Road carriage works in two batches, from 1981–82 and 1985-87.

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British Rail Class 720

The British Rail Class 720 is a class of electric multiple units to be built by Bombardier for Greater Anglia.

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British Rail Class 745

The British Rail Class 745 is a class of electric multiple unit being built by Stadler Rail for Greater Anglia.

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Derby Litchurch Lane Works

Derby Litchurch Lane Works (formerly Derby Carriage and Wagon Works) was built by the Midland Railway in Derby, England, in the 19th century.

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Electric multiple unit

An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power.

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Electrostar

Electrostar is the name given to a series of related electric multiple-unit (EMU) passenger trains manufactured by Bombardier Transportation (formerly ADtranz) at their Derby Litchurch Lane Works in England.

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Greater Anglia (train operating company)

Greater Anglia (legal name Abellio East Anglia Limited) is a train operating company in Great Britain owned as a joint venture by Abellio, the international arm of the state-owned Dutch national rail operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen, and the Japanese company Mitsui.

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Hertford East railway station

Hertford East railway station is the northern terminus of the Hertford East branch line off the West Anglia Main Line in the east of England, and is located in the town of Hertford in Hertfordshire.

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Insulated-gate bipolar transistor

An insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) is a three-terminal power semiconductor device primarily used as an electronic switch which, as it was developed, came to combine high efficiency and fast switching.

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Liverpool Street station

Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate.

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Mayflower line

The Mayflower line is a railway branch line in the east of England that links, on the Great Eastern Main Line, to.

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National Express East Anglia

National Express East Anglia (NXEA) was a train operating company in England owned by National Express, that operated the Greater Anglia franchise from April 2004 until February 2012.

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Network Rail

Network Rail is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the rail network in England, Scotland and Wales.

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Overhead line

An overhead line or overhead wire is used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains.

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Pantograph (transport)

A pantograph (or "pan") is an apparatus mounted on the roof of an electric train, tram or electric bus to collect power through contact with an overhead line.

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Railway Gazette International

Railway Gazette International is a monthly business journal covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide.

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Stadler FLIRT

Stadler FLIRT (Fast Light Innovative Regional Train; 1) is a diesel or electric multiple unit railcar made by Stadler Rail of Switzerland.

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Stansted Express

The Stansted Express is a direct train service linking London Liverpool Street to London Stansted Airport.

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Today's Railways

Today's Railways UK (TRUK) and Today's Railways Europe (TREU) are railway magazines aimed at the enthusiast and semi-professional market and concentrating on current and heritage events in, respectively, the United Kingdom and mainland Europe.

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Variable-frequency drive

A variable-frequency drive (VFD; also termed adjustable-frequency drive, “variable-voltage/variable-frequency (VVVF) drive”, variable speed drive, AC drive, micro drive or inverter drive) is a type of adjustable-speed drive used in electro-mechanical drive systems to control AC motor speed and torque by varying motor input frequency and voltage.

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West Anglia Main Line

The West Anglia Main Line is one of the two main lines from, the other being the Great Eastern Main Line to Ipswich and Norwich.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_379

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