Nova 3

Meet the Nova 3

• 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