Nova 2

Meet the Nova 2

• 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