British Rail Class 333

British Rail Class 333
British Rail Class 333
	Class 333 at Keighley in 2023
	Interior of a refurbished unit
Stock type	Electric multiple unit
In service	12 January 2001 – present
Manufacturer	CAF
Built at	Zaragoza, Spain
Replaced	Class 308
Constructed	2000–2003
Refurbished	2018–2020
Number built	16
Number in service	16
Successor	Class 382 (Planned)
Formation	4 cars per unit:; DMSO-PTSO-TSO-DMSO;
Fleet numbers	333001–333016
Capacity	When 3-car units: 260 seats; As 4-car units: 360 seats;
Owner	Angel Trains
Operators	Current:; Northern Trains; Former:; Arriva Rail North; Arriva Trains Northern; Northern Rail;
Depots	Neville Hill (Leeds); Shipley (future);
Lines served	Airedale; Wharfedale; Wakefield
Specifications
Car body construction	Steel
Train length	94.18 m (309 ft 0 in)
Car length	DMSO: 23.74 m (77 ft 11 in); Trailers: 23.35 m (76 ft 7 in);
Width	2.75 metres (9 ft 0 in)
Maximum speed	100 mph (160 km/h)
Weight	DMSO A: 50.6 t (49.8 long tons; 55.8 short tons); PTSO: 46 t (45 long tons; 51 short tons); TSO: 38.5 t (37.9 long tons; 42.4 short tons); DMSO B: 50 t (49 long tons; 55 short tons);
Traction system	Siemens E500 D600/860 M5 rdq-1 IGBT–C/I
Traction motors	8 × Siemens 1TB2218-0JA03 175 kW (235 hp) asychronous 3-phase AC
Power output	1,400 kW (1,900 hp)
Gearbox	ZF-Hurth
Acceleration	0.9 m/s2 (2.0 mph/s)
Electric system	25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead
Current collection	Pantograph (Brecknell Willis)
UIC classification	Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
Braking system	Regenerative Disc (Westinghouse)
Safety systems	AWS; TPWS;
Coupling system	Dellner 10 (Scharfenberg)
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 333 is a class of electric multiple unit (EMU) passenger train built by CAF between 2000 and 2003 for Northern Spirit (later Arriva Trains Northern), with traction equipment supplied by Siemens Transportation Systems. All have passed to subsequent franchises and subsequent operators Northern Rail, Arriva Rail North and Northern Trains.