These units were originally to run on still-born services between Paris and the West Midlands, Northeast England and Scotland. Since 2000, part of them (4 out of 7) have been leased to GNER. They are diagrammed on the "White Rose" services London-Leeds.
This set is one of the two which have retained their original livery, but all Eurostar labels have however been removed.
As on TGV PSE sets, the bogie adjacent to the power car is also powered.
London King's Cross. 10th December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)