Editing Thameslink (section)

=== Past fleet ===

==== Class 319 ====
[[File:319004 Thameslink train at St Albans.jpg|thumb|86 Class 319s worked the Thameslink route from 1987 to 2017]]
Rolling stock used on Thameslink included the 86 [[British Rail Class 319|Class 319]] trains built between 1987–1988 and 1990. These are [[Railway electrification in Great Britain|electrically powered]] dual-voltage four-car units rated to carry 289, 308 or 319 passengers. Four Class 319 trains had been transferred from [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]] in December 2008 and the last four followed in March 2009, from which point they were all on Thameslink. The last was withdrawn in August 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/rail-news/thameslink-replaces-last-of-30-year-old-class-319-fleet |title=Thameslink replaces last of 30 year old Class 319 fleet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915204248/http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/rail-news/thameslink-replaces-last-of-30-year-old-class-319-fleet |archive-date=15 September 2017 |publisher=Rail Technology Magazine |date=1 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==== Class 377 ====
First Capital Connect acquired 23 four-coach [[British Rail Class 377|Class 377]] sets during 2009 on sublease from [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]], for the Thameslink route for additional capacity and to allow some of the Class 319 trains to be released for the [[Catford Loop Line|Catford Loop]] service to Sevenoaks, now jointly operated with [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]] under [[Thameslink Programme#Summary of project phases|Key Output 0]] of the Thameslink Programme.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thameslinkprogramme.co.uk/index.php/faqs/faqs_categories/public_index#question_29 |title= Do we really have to wait until 2012 and 2015 for some relief to the overcrowding? |date= 20 October 2008 |publisher= [[First Capital Connect]] |access-date= 28 October 2008 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081109090627/http://thameslinkprogramme.co.uk/faqs/faqs_categories/public_index#question_29 |archive-date= 9 November 2008 |df= dmy-all}}</ref>

==== Class 317 ====
[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317]] units built in the early 1980s were still in use when services into Moorgate ceased in March 2009: the last timetabled service ran from Farringdon to Bedford on 9 October 2009.

==== Class 387 ====
Due to delays in the new [[British Rail Class 700|Class 700]] fleet, the DfT and Southern ordered 116 electric dual-voltage {{convert|110|mph|kph|adj=on}} carriages (29 trains) with the option for another 140 carriages (35 trains).<ref name="DfT">{{cite web |publisher =Department for Transport |url= https://www.gov.uk/government/news/department-for-transports-boost-to-train-builders |title= Boost to train builders |date=21 December 2012 |access-date=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="Southern">{{cite press release |url=http://www.southernrailway.com/southern/news/procurement-of-new-rolling-stock/ |title=Procurement of New Rolling Stock |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329061413/http://www.southernrailway.com/southern/news/procurement-of-new-rolling-stock/ |archive-date=29 March 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The tender for the new {{BRC|387}} trains was won by Bombardier and the first set entered service in December 2014, with all in service by May 2015. By 2018, all units were replaced by the new Class 700 fleet with the Class 387 fleet moving over to the [[Great Northern Route|Great Northern]] brand.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Trio of GTR Class 387/1s readied for move to Great Northern duties |date= 16 July 2016 |magazine=[[Rail Magazine]]|issue= 805 |page= 33}}</ref>