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==== 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>