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=== Fleet at end of franchise === By the final months of the franchise, Central Trains had a significantly more modern fleet.<ref name="Junction2007" /> It was also supplementing its fleet with [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]] and new [[British Rail Class 350|Class 350]] electric trains shared with sister company [[Silverlink]]. {| class="wikitable" |----- bgcolor=#f9f9f9 ! rowspan="2" |Class ! rowspan="2" |Image ! rowspan="2" |Type ! colspan="2" |Top speed ! rowspan="2" |Number ! rowspan="2" |Usual routes operated ! rowspan="2" |Built |----- bgcolor=#f9f9f9 !mph !km/h |- |[[British Rail Class 150|150 ''Sprinter'']] |[[File:150014 Birmingham MS 2007.jpg|100px]] | rowspan="5" |[[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]] | rowspan="3" |75 | rowspan="3" |120 |18× 2 car 18× 3 car |Non-electric services for Network West Midlands, plus some services to Worcester, Malvern and Hereford. |1984–1987 |- |[[British Rail Class 153|153 ''Super Sprinter'']] |[[File:HPIM0808.JPG|100px]] |16 |Lincolnshire rural services, Coventry–Nuneaton and Stourbridge branch line. |1987–1988 |- |[[British Rail Class 156|156 ''Super Sprinter'']] |[[File:156403 at Birmingham New Street 01.jpg|100px]] |10 |Middle-distance services, mainly in the East Midlands. |1987–1989 |- |[[British Rail Class 158|158 ''Express Sprinter'']] |[[File:158788 at Cambridge.jpg|100px]] |90 |145 |13× 2 car 8× 3 car |Middle-distance services and some Citylink duties. |1989–1992 |- |[[British Rail Class 170|170 ''Turbostar'']] |[[File:Cambridge-170507-02.jpg|100px]] | rowspan="2" |100 | rowspan="2" |160 |31× 2 car 22× 3 car |Citylink services and general use across the franchise area. |1999–2002 |- |[[British Rail Class 321|321]] |[[File:321411 B Watford Junction.JPG|100px]] | rowspan="4" |[[Electric multiple unit|EMU]] |37 (Shared with [[Silverlink]]) |Birmingham – Northampton |1990–1991 |- |[[British Rail Class 323|323]] |[[File:Aston railway station - 2007-09-25.jpg|100px]] |90 |145 |26 |[[Cross City Line]] |1992–1995 |- | rowspan="2" |[[British Rail Class 350|350/1 Desiro]] | rowspan="2" |[[File:350121 at Birmingham New Street 01.jpg|100px]] |100 |160 |30 (Shared with [[Silverlink]]) |Electrified Citylink services from Birmingham |2004–2005 |- | colspan="5" |[[File:CT SL Class 350-1 w-pantograph.png|851x851px]] |}
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