British Rail Class 332
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| British Rail Class 332 | |
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 Class 332 at Paddington |
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| In service | 1998 - Current |
| Manufacturer | Siemens AG and CAF |
| Number built | 14 trainsets |
| Formation | 4-5 cars per trainset |
| Capacity | 175 seats (4 cars) 239 seats (5 cars) |
| Operator | Heathrow Express |
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| Maximum speed | 105 mph (169 km/h) |
| Weight | 188.4 t (4 cars) 233.6 t (5 cars) |
| Power output | 1.4 MW |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm |
| Voltage | 25 kV AC Overhead |
| Braking system | Regenerative air brake |
| Safety systems | ATP |
The British Rail Class 332 (originally Class 331) is the type of electric multiple unit train used on the Heathrow Express between London Paddington station and Heathrow Airport. The fleet was built in 1998 by Siemens and CAF at the latter’s factory in Zaragoza, Spain. There are 14 four/five carriage units.
The units are equipped with Automatic Train Protection (ATP), one of the few in the UK to do so. This is largely as a consequence of the Paddington-Heathrow route operating (for the most part) on the Great Western Main Line, which had been equipped with ATP in the early 1990s as part of an experimental trial of the system by British Rail.
[edit] See also
- British Rail Class 333 - similar units used by Northern Rail in Yorkshire.
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