Editing Thameslink (section)

=== Current fleet ===
==== Class 700 ====
[[File:700110 - London Blackfriars 3T13.JPG|thumb|Class 700 trains replaced all of the existing fleet in 2018]]
[[File:Thameslink Class 700.jpg|thumb|Interior of the new Thameslink Class 700 trains]]
Class 700 trains were delivered between 2015 and 2018, providing an additional 14,500 seats.{{clarify|date=February 2017|reason=Per day? Per week?}}<ref>{{cite news|date=9 April 2008|title=Thameslink gets 14,500 more seats|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7338401.stm|access-date=1 June 2008|quote=The deal, announced by Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly, will mean the current 720-carriage Thameslink fleet increasing by 380 carriages. A contract for the new carriages is expected to be awarded in summer 2009, with the first train in service by 2012.}}</ref> [[Siemens Mobility]] was named preferred bidder on 16 June 2011, with the ''[[Desiro City]]'' train family.<ref name="rgi20110616">{{cite news|date=16 June 2011|title=Siemens beats Bombardier to Thameslink train order|work=[[Railway Gazette International]]|location=London|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/siemens-beats-bombardier-to-thameslink-train-order.html|access-date=16 June 2011|archive-date=19 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110619043534/http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/siemens-beats-bombardier-to-thameslink-train-order.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The contract was signed in June 2013<ref>{{cite news|date=27 June 2013|title=Siemens Thameslink deal to create up to 2,000 new jobs|publisher=Department for Transport|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/siemens-thameslink-deal-to-create-up-to-2000-new-jobs}}</ref> for 1,140 carriages, with 55 twelve-car and 60 eight-car trains.  The depots are at [[Hornsey EMU depot and former steam locomotive shed|Hornsey]] and [[Three Bridges depot|Three Bridges]].<ref name="rgi20110616" /> The Three Bridges depot opened in October 2015 and the first trains entered service in spring 2016. All units are now in service, having replaced the [[British Rail Class 319|Class 319]] and [[British Rail Class 387|Class 387]] fleets.
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{| class="wikitable defaultcenter col1left col2left col9left"
|-
! rowspan="2" |Family
! rowspan="2" |Class
! rowspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |Type
! colspan="2" |Top speed
! rowspan="2" |Number
! rowspan="2" |Carriages
! rowspan="2" |Routes operated
! rowspan="2" |Built
|-
!mph
!km/h
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Siemens Desiro]]
| rowspan="3" |[[British Rail Class 700|700 ''Desiro City'']]
| rowspan="3" |[[File:Class 700 approaching Bedford.jpg|frameless|upright=0.7]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Electric multiple unit|EMU]]
| rowspan="3" |100
| rowspan="3" |161
|60
|8
| rowspan="2" |All Thameslink services
| rowspan="2" |2015{{ndash}}2018
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 55
| style="text-align:center" | 12
|-
| colspan="4" |{{scalable image|Thameslink_Class_700-0.png|5000px|frame=no}}{{scalable image|Thameslink_Class_700-1.png|5000px|frame=no}}
|}