Arriving in 2019
Will operate between Manchester Airport and Liverpool to Glasgow and Edinburgh via Preston
12 five-carriage electric trains
286 seats (providing an extra 105 seats compared to our existing trains) – 264 standard, 22 first class
60 per cent of seats arranged in a bay around a table. All standard class seats will align perfectly with the windows
Real time passenger information system in every coach
Four toilets on-board, three standard and one 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 Alstom in Manchester
Our 12 five carriage electric trains are being built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) and financed by Eversholt Rail
Arriving in Spring 2019, these new trains will operate between Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, York, Scarborough and Middlesbrough
View Nova 3Arriving in 2019, these new trains will operate between Liverpool, Newcastle, Manchester, Newcastle and Edinburgh routes
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