British Rail Class 333

British Rail Class 333
British Rail Class 333
	Class 333 at Ilkley in February 2020
	Interior of a refurbished unit
In service	12 January 2001 – present
Manufacturer	CAF
Built at	Zaragoza, Spain
Replaced	Class 308
Constructed	2000–2003
Refurbished	2018–2020
Number built	16
Formation	4 cars per unit:; DMSO-PTSO-TSO-DMSO;
Fleet numbers	333001–333016
Capacity	When 3-car units: 260 seats; As 4-car units: 360 seats;
Owners	Angel Trains
Operators	Current:; Northern Trains; Former:; Arriva Rail North; Arriva Trains Northern; Northern Rail;
Depots	Neville Hill (Leeds); Shipley (future);
Lines served	Airedale; Wharfedale;
Specifications
Car body construction	Steel
Car length	DMSO: 23.74 m (77 ft 11 in); Trailers: 23.35 m (76 ft 7 in);
Width	2.75 metres (9 ft 0 in)
Maximum speed	100 mph (160 km/h)
Weight	DMSO A: 50.6 t (49.8 long tons; 55.8 short tons); PTSO: 46 t (45 long tons; 51 short tons); TSO: 38.5 t (37.9 long tons; 42.4 short tons); DMSO B: 50 t (49 long tons; 55 short tons);
Traction system	Siemens IGBT-C/I; E500 D600/860 M5 rdq-1
Traction motors	4×Siemens 1TB2218-0JA03; 350 kW asychronous motors (with ZF-Hurth gearboxes)
Power output	1,400 kW (1,900 hp)
Acceleration	0.9 m/s2 (2.0 mph/s)
Electric system(s)	25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead
Current collector(s)	Pantograph (Brecknell Willis)
Braking system(s)	Regenerative Disc (Westinghouse)
Safety system(s)	AWS; TPWS;
Coupling system	Dellner 10 (Scharfenberg)
Multiple working	Within class
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

The British Rail Class 333 is a class of electric multiple unit (EMU) passenger train built by CAF between 2000 and 2003 for Northern Spirit (later Arriva Trains Northern), with traction equipment supplied by Siemens Transportation Systems. All have passed to subsequent franchises and subsequent operators Northern Rail, Arriva Rail North and Northern Trains.

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