British Rail Class 332
| British Rail Class 332 | |
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Class 332 at London Paddington in 2007 | |
Interior of a refurbished standard class carriage | |
| In service | 19 January 1998 – 28 December 2020 |
| Manufacturer | CAF |
| Built at | Zaragoza, Spain |
| Constructed |
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| Refurbished | 2012–2013 |
| Scrapped | 2020–2021 |
| Number built | 14 |
| Number preserved |
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| Number scrapped | 13 |
| Successor | Class 387 |
| Formation |
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| Fleet numbers | 332001–332014 |
| Capacity |
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| Owner | Heathrow Airport Holdings |
| Operator | Heathrow Express |
| Depot | Old Oak Common (London) |
| Specifications | |
| Car body construction | Steel |
| Train length |
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| Car length |
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| Width | 2.73 m (8 ft 11 in) |
| Height | 3.774 m (12 ft 4.6 in) |
| Maximum speed | 109 mph (176 km/h) |
| Weight |
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| Traction system | Siemens E500 D600/860 M5 rdq-1 IGBT–C/I |
| Traction motors | 8 × Siemens 1TB2215-0JA03 175 kW (235 hp) asychronous 3-phase AC |
| Power output | 1,400 kW (1,900 hp) |
| Gearbox | ZF-Hurth |
| Acceleration | 1 m/s2 (2.2 mph/s) |
| Electric system | 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead |
| Current collection | Pantograph |
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| Safety systems | |
| Coupling system | Scharfenberg Type 10 |
| Multiple working | Within class |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Notes/references | |
| Sourced from except where noted | |
The British Rail Class 332 electric multiple unit passenger trains were built between 1997 and 1998 by CAF, with traction equipment supplied by Siemens Transportation Systems. Fourteen units were built for dedicated use on Heathrow Express services between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport. The last unit was withdrawn from service in 2020 and all 14 units were scrapped by the following year.