page_title: British Rail Class 319
section_title: Livery details
hierarchical_section_title: British Rail Class 319 / Livery details
caption_attribution_description: English: British Rail Class 319 EMU in Network South East livery. Copied from Unisouth authored source and livery updated by myself.
context_page_description: The British Rail Class 319 is a dual-voltage electric multiple unit train capable of operating on 25 kV 50 Hz AC from overhead wires or 750 V DC from a third rail. They were built by British Rail Engineering Limited's Holgate Road carriage works for use on north-south cross-London services.
  Built in two batches in 1987–88 and 1990, the units were primarily used on the then-new Thameslink service operating from Bedford to Brighton and various other destinations south of London. The majority of the fleet remained in use on the Thameslink route after its reshaping and privatisation in 1997. Some of the fleet was also used by Connex South Central and latterly Southern on various other services operating out of London Victoria, including flagship expresses to Brighton.
  Since delivery of new Class 700 rolling stock for Thameslink services commenced in 2015, the Class 319 units have been redeployed for use in North West England on newly electrified lines but will be replaced in 2022 by surplus Class 323 units.
  Of the 86 Class 319s built, 34 remain in active service, nineteen with Northern Trains and fifteen with West Midlands Trains.
caption: Network SouthEast livery 1987 – 1996
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