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British Rail Class 333
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 2001· Electric multiple units used in Yorkshire
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 333006 at Keighley 270623 (53006220766): Foulger Rail Photos from Basingstoke, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Class 333 no 333011 ITW: David Ingham from Bury, Lancashire, England· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
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.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 25 years ago, in 2001.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 94.2 m long: about 21 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 25 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2001
- in service from
- 2001
- status
- in service
- number built
- 16
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, Siemens Mobility
- operators
- Northern Trains, Arriva Rail North, Arriva Trains Northern, Northern Rail
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- 4 cars per unit:, DMSO, Driver's cab, Motor car, Standard class, Open saloon-PTSO, Pantograph, Trailer car, Standard cl…
- length
- 94.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q849819, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 333 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.