British Rail Class 357

The British Rail Class 357's are EMU trains built by Adtranz. These trains were created in multiple batches from 1999-2002. They are the first of all of the Electrostar train family, which includes class 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, and the 387. Even though they have the same shell as the Turbostar DMU, which is the most common DMU family.
== Accidents ==
On November 5th 2006, serial No. 357043 crashed into a Ford Escort that had ran off of the road. Luckily, the driver and the passengers had managed to escape. Despite police flagging down the train, it was unable to stop quickly enough and ended up dragging the car 100 yards. The front left side of the train was damaged, but nobody ended up getting injured.
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