Nova 1

Meet the Nova 1

• Will operate between Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Edinburgh 
  

• 342 seats (providing an extra 161 seats compared to our existing trains) – 318 standard, 24 first class
  

• Real time passenger information system in every coach
  

• Five toilets on-board, including a universal access toilet
  

• Storage for up to four bicycles 
  

• Electronic seat reservations system. Green (seat free), yellow (seat partially reserved) and red (seat fully reserved)
  

• Wi-Fi and media servers on-board with power sockets at every pair of seats
  

• Maintained by Hitachi in Doncaster and Edinburgh
  

• Our 19 five-carriage trains are being built by Hitachi and financed by Angel Trains
  

• These are bi-mode trains, meaning they can be operate using diesel or electric power