![]() They connect communities comfortably and sustainably with opportunities for employment, education and leisure. Jenny Gilruth, Minister for Transport said: “The Scottish Government’s substantial investment in this zero emission fleet of trains is part of our rolling programme of electrification of Scotland’s Railway. The commuter fleet was built at Hitachi Rail’s UK factory in County Durham and was part of £1.3 billion investment in new trains and infrastructure funded by the Scottish Government and Network Rail. This milestone in passenger service is also a celebration of collaboration between ScotRail, Transport Scotland, Network Rail and Hitachi Rail – ‘Team Scotland’. This is equivalent of saving the CO2 emissions from over 14,600 return flights between London and Tokyo, or the construction of over 800 homes. It has reduced CO2 emissions by 72%, a carbon saving of 41,432 tonnes CO2e. The fleet of 70 trains has racked up 26,557,229 zero-emission miles, which is the equivalent of travelling from Earth to Venus.īeing 100% electric, the Class 385 is already playing a major role in decarbonising Scotland’s railways by 2035. ![]() In total, the British built train has carried approximately 34.3 million passengers to their destinations. Over the past year, the fleet has an average of 52,212 MTIN (meaning Miles per Technical Incident), which is over three times higher than the industry average. It has remained in the top three for UK train availability ever since. Upon its introduction, ScotRail’s Express train became Scotland’s fastest train and was the UK’s most reliable new fleet for 12 months. Orders for magazines printed outside of the UK may take an additional 2-3 weeks.ScotRail and Hitachi Rail today celebrated four years of Class 385 passenger service, which has delivered record reliability and shorter journey times for passengers on Scotland’s Central Belt.
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