Class of electric multiple unit built by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF
British Rail Class 397 Civity
Class 397 at Wigan North Western in April 2019
Standard-class interior of a Class 397 unit
In service
30 November 2019 – present
Manufacturer
CAF
Built at
Beasain, Spain[1]
Family name
Civity
Replaced
Class 350/4
Constructed
2017–2019
Number built
12
Formation
5 cars per unit: DMFLW-PTS1-MSL-PTS2-DMSL
Fleet numbers
397001–397012
Capacity
286 seats (22 first-class, 264 standard)[2]
Owners
Eversholt Rail Group
Operators
Current: TransPennine Express
Former: First TransPennine Express
Depots
Longsight (Manchester)
Polmadie (Glasgow)[1]
Lines served
West Coast Main Line
Specifications
Train length
118 m (387 ft 2 in)[3]
Car length
DM vehicles: 24.03 m (78 ft 10 in)
Intermediate vehicles: 23.35 m (76 ft 7 in)
Doors
Single-leaf sliding plug (2 per side per car)
Maximum speed
125 mph (200 km/h)
Acceleration
0.92 m/s2 (3.0 ft/s2)
Electric system(s)
25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead
Current collector(s)
Pantograph
Braking system(s)
Electro-pneumatic (disc) and regenerative
Safety system(s)
AWS
TPWS
(plus provision for ETCS)[4]
Coupling system
Dellner
Multiple working
Within class, but not yet authorised[note 1]
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Notes/references
Sourced from [5] unless otherwise noted.
The British Rail Class 397 Civity[6] is a class of electric multiple unit built by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF for lease to TransPennine Express by Eversholt Rail Group.[7] A total of twelve five-car units were built to operate services on TransPennine North West services between Liverpool Lime Street/Manchester Airport and Edinburgh Waverley/Glasgow Central.[8][9]
TransPennine Express has branded all of their new fleet under the general name Nova, with the Class 397 units branded as Nova 2.[7] The first unit entered service on 30 November 2019.[10]
^ abClinnick, Richard (6 September 2017). "First Picture: TransPennine Express Class 397 takes shape in Spain". Rail Magazine. Peterborough: Bauer Consumer Media. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^Vosman, Quintus (4 July 2018). "CAF Civity EMU for TransPennine Express on test at Velim". International Railway Journal. Falmouth: Simmons-Boardman Publishing. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^"Civity Regional Train for TransPennine Express". Beasain: Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^ abProsser, Ian (19 July 2019). "The Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011, as amended – Authorisation of CAF Class 397 electric multiple units fitted with AWS and TPWS, GSM-R voice only, maximum speed of 125 mph, vehicle numbers 397001 to 397012" (PDF). Letter to Paul Simmons (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles). London: Office of Rail and Road. UK/51/2019/0007. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^"Class 397". London: Eversholt Rail Group. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^Haigh, Philip (20 July 2016). "Is it time for the railway to standardise on fewer types of trains, to cut costs?". Rail Magazine. No. 805. Peterborough: Bauer Consumer Media.
^ ab"Our northern stars". Together. No. 3. London: First TransPennine Express. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 3 January 2020 – via Issuu.
^"More New Trains for the North and Scotland". London: First TransPennine Express. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
^"TransPennine Express Class 397 fleet taking shape". Rail UK. Coalville: Rail Media Group. 6 September 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^"Nova 2 enters service at last". Rail Business UK. Sutton: DVV Media International. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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