The Class 717’s have finally entered service on National Rail’s Great Northern routes serving the Moorgate branch.
Extract from Govia
For the first time in 40 years, passengers are riding on new trains in the tunnels to London Moorgate, as Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) begins to replace mainland Britain’s oldest electric rail fleet.
In a £240 million investment, 150 new carriages are being introduced between now and late summer, to replace trains that first entered service in 1976.