Arriving in Autumn 2018
Will operate between Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, York, Scarborough and Middlesbrough
13 sets of five-car carriages hauled by Class 68 locomotives
287 seats (providing an extra 106 seats compared to our existing trains) – 257 standard, 30 first class
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 13 five carriage Mark 5a coaches are being built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) and financed by Beacon Rail
The coaches will be pulled by Class 68 locomotives owned by Beacon Rail and leased from Direct Rail Services
Arriving in early 2019, these new trains will operate between Manchester Airport and Liverpool to Glasgow and Edinburgh via Preston
View Nova 2Arriving in Summer 2019, these new trains will operate between Liverpool, Newcastle, Manchester, Newcastle and Edinburgh routes
View Nova 1