Class 373 (Eurostar e300)
The original Eurostar trains of 1994, built by GEC-Alsthom from the French TGV. Eight sets are still in service.
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- Type
- High-speed electric multiple unit
- Builder
- GEC-Alsthom
- In service
- since 1994
- Operators
- Eurostar
- Formation
- 20 cars, 394 m
- Trains in fleet
- 8
- Fleets
- Eurostar: 8
- Top speed
- 300 km/h (186 mph)
- Train length
- 394.00 m
- Profile
- main-line
- Seats per train
- 750
- Status
- In service: 8 sets, to be withdrawn as the Celestia trains arrive. Four decommissioned half-sets are kept for spares.
Sources
- Eurostar to invest in up to 50 new trains, Eurostar, 16 May 2024 (8 e300s)
- Decision letter on Temple Mills International access, Office of Rail and Road, 30 October 2025 (8 twenty-car sets, 394 m; to be withdrawn)
- New marketing campaign and new fleet, Eurostar, 9 May 2016 (750 seats, 300 km/h, 1994)
- Temple Mills depot: independent capacity assessment, IPEX for the Office of Rail and Road, 2025 (half-sets kept for spares)
unverified derived from the TGV (general description), sets in service: 8 (Eurostar, ORR, IPEX) against 11 (Wikipedia)