On Monday, 9 June 2025, I boarded the first Class 730/2 Alstom Aventra electric-multiple unit (EMU) train in service [1][2][3][4] on the 16:19 London Northwestern Railway service from London Euston to Northampton. The service was operated by units 730213 at the front and 730223 at the rear. It left Euston at 16:29, 10 minutes late. Along the way, it called at Watford Junction and Milton Keynes Central.
A few other train enthusiasts and a few additional staff members were also on board to ensure that things ran smoothly. Most passengers, however, were regular commuters catching the train home.
The Class 730/2 is in the same family of trains as the Elizabeth line trains. These new trains have 2+2 seating, open gangways, toilets and charging points for phones and laptops. Staff distributed a few free items to the first passengers on board the train. I took a video of the entire inaugural journey [5].
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On Monday, 9 June 2025, I boarded the first Class 730/2 Alstom Aventra electric-multiple unit (EMU) train in service [1][2][3][4] on the 16:19 London Northwestern Railway service from London Euston to Northampton. The service was operated by units 730213 at the front and 730223 at the rear. It left Euston at 16:29, 10 minutes late. Along the way, it called at Watford Junction and Milton Keynes Central.
A few other train enthusiasts and a few additional staff members were also on board to ensure that things ran smoothly. Most passengers, however, were regular commuters catching the train home.
The Class 730/2 is in the same family of trains as the Elizabeth line trains. These new trains have 2+2 seating, open gangways, toilets and charging points for phones and laptops. Staff distributed a few free items to the first passengers on board the train. I took a video of the entire inaugural journey [5].
[1] https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:L33507/2025-06-09/detailed#allox_id=0
[2] https://www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk/travel-information/whats-new/new-trains
[3] https://www.railmagazine.com/news/2025/06/09/new-london-northwestern-730-fleet-enters-service
[4] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx27jkz5gyvo
[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDsG8to0QIc
Aren’t the trains this is replacing still relatively new? What’s going to happen to them?
Looks exactly the same
Has to have that “See it Say it Sorted” 😉
Bleak looking train
No judging, just curiosity. Why British trains are so small compared e.g. to Hitachi’s ETR 1000 and AGV 575?
With a face like that, I wonder what this train’s nickname gunna be..
Looks cool
I like the accordion 🪗 on the front.
See it looks like the engine has a fton-facong door/connection point to attach another engine and carriages.
How would that work in practice? Would they open up access to the driving station/cockpit to passengers to walk through?
First on the train and already a legend, hope you snagged the best seat!
Seating appears to have half decent window alignment. A pleasant surprise.
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