Rail — rolling stock & vehicles
Rail — rolling stock & vehiclesFleet programme
British Rail Class 331 Civity Fleet (Northern)
Northern England, UK · 2017–2019 (construction and delivery) · £500m (2018 prices, for Class 195 and 331 fleet)
The judgement call
Account-gated at launch* Strategic investment to replace older, less accessible rolling stock (e.g., Pacers). * Utilization of CAF's standardized Civity platform for efficient production.
Key engineering challenges
* Addressing initial teething issues, including electromagnetic compatibility and traction software. * Rectifying cracking issues in certain components. * Integration with existing network infrastructure and signalling. * Meeting restrictive UK loading gauge requirements.
Project facts
- Client / owner
- Eversholt Rail Group (owner), Northern (operator)
- Lead contractor
- CAF (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles)
- Lead designers
- CAF
- Project type
- Vehicle/fleet programme
- Scale
- 43 units (31 x 3-car, 12 x 4-car)
- Disciplines
- Mechanical; Electrical; Systems
- Standards & frameworks
- RSSB; Network Rail standards; Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations (RVAR)
Sources: * British Rail Class 331 (Wikipedia) * Eversholt Rail Limited (eversholtrail.co.uk) * Rail Engineer (railengineer.co.uk) * Railcolornews.com * Grokipedia