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The Class 185 is a diesel multiple-unit passenger train of the Desiro UK family built by Siemens in Germany for the British train operating company First TransPennine Express. A £260 million order for 51 three-car trains and associated maintenance depots was placed in 2003, and deliveries took place between 2006 and 2007. ==Background and history== In 2003 a consortium of FirstGroup and Keolis was awarded the new TransPennine Express franchise. As part of the franchise agreement the franchise holder was to introduce a new fleet of 100 mph trains.〔FIRST/KEOLIS TRANSPENNINE HOLDINGS LIMITED - FRANCHISE AGREEMENT (2003), ''section'' 2.1.b〕 The specifications in the franchise agreement required a train "similar in type to the Class 175/180 or Class 220", but with a 1/3-2/3 door arrangement, and top speed of 100 mph. Also specified was air conditioning, two toilets per vehicle with one suitable for reduced mobility passengers, gangways between individual carriages, luggage and bicycle storage space, passenger compartment CCTV, provision for wheelchair passengers, and first-class seating.〔 Additionally the train's acceleration was to be an improvement on the Class 158 and comparable to the Class 180. The agreement specified 168 carriages, with an initial option to reduce the carriage order by 18.〔 The franchise agreement also required the construction of two depots for the new rolling stock; the main depot was to be at Manchester, with a depot for stabling and maintenance at York. In addition, a depot at Cleethorpes was to be upgraded with refuelling and controlled emission toilet servicing facilities, and a train electric auxiliary supply.〔FIRST/KEOLIS TRANSPENNINE HOLDINGS LIMITED - FRANCHISE AGREEMENT (2003), ''section'' 2.1.e〕 The franchise agreement specified a performance aim of 37,500 miles per casualty, with entry into service between March 2006 (first unit) and November 2006 (entire fleet).〔FIRST/KEOLIS TRANSPENNINE HOLDINGS LIMITED - FRANCHISE AGREEMENT (2003), ''sections'' 2.3.d, 2.4.a〕 By August 2003 Siemens had been named as the preferred bidder for the trains. A contract valued at £260 million for supply and maintenance of 56 trains was signed in September 2003 between Siemens AG, operators First/Keolis Transpennine Ltd, and leasers HSBC Rail (UK) Limited.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= £260 million procurement contract First/Keolis Transpennine Ltd, FirstGroup plc, HSBC Rail (UK) Ltd, Keolis SA, Siemens AG )〕 The new train requirement had been reduced from 56 to 51 units by the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) by 2004. The trains were built at Siemens' plant in Uerdingen in Krefeld; the first unit began test trials at the Wildenrath test circuit in July 2005.〔 An official launch took place at Wildenrath in December 2005. Construction of the main depot, Ardwick rail depot, began March 2005; opening in 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 First TransPennine’s new maintenance depot opens )〕 Work was started on the new Leeman Road depot in York in December 2005. The depot was opened in May 2007. In 2006 TransPennineExpress acquired two static simulators for driver training from Corys TESS. The first units were delivered from Siemens in the old First livery, these were converted to the new First 'Dynamic lines' livery using vinyl wraps upon arrival in the United Kingdom. Later arrivals were delivered blank and given vinyls at Ardwick Depot, Manchester. All 51 trains were in service by January 2007. Initially the trains replaced two- and three-car British Rail Class 158 units.〔The Pennine Class 185 experience (2007), p.4-5〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「British Rail Class 185」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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