Week Review ~ SouthEastern Overhaul ~ 30th May 2015
NEWS THIS WEEK, FROM ME (HARRY), FOR SOUTH EASTERN OVERHAULS PROGRAMME
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| STUART COX (C). Many thanks for permission. |
The fleet of 112 3 or 4-Car units run on Coastal Kent and East Sussex to London routes. They are being painted into the blue shades livery (dark blue, with light blue doors), identical to the 'Javelins' and are receiving an overhaul, too. This includes new seat covers, carpets and lighting. The work is being carried out and slightly funded by Bombardier, who will use 20,500 litres of paint, both internally and externally, over the entire project. 375301 was first to receive this treatment, which takes 5 weeks per unit.
SouthEastern said:
It will include a complete re-spray outside and a repaint internally. New carpets and lino will be laid, replacement windows put in place where needed, and all seats will be removed from carriages and given a deep dry-clean and new seat bases.
The job of refreshing so many trains is no small task and it will take three and a half years to complete all 112 of Southeastern’s 375 Class trains. The refresh work, which starts as the trains are 15 years old and half way through their 30 year life expectancy, involves around 3,500 hours per train using a team of 35 skilled fitters and technicians.
In total, it will take 20,500 litres of paint to complete the job of painting all 112 trains (9,600 litres internally and 10,900 litres externally). And 16,400 sq metres of carpet will be used – enough to re-carpet around 170 average-sized three-bedroom family homes.
In addition, 6,400 sq metres of lino will be put in and more than 26,000 seats on all of the trains will be taken out of their carriages for refurbishment. Toilets will also be refurbished, new table tops put in place and grab poles and table legs will be re-powdercoated.
