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CAF tri-mode train

British Rail Class 897
Artist's impression of the Class 897
In service	2027 (planned)
Manufacturer	CAF
Built at	Spain Newport, Wales
Family name	Civity
Replaced	InterCity 225
Number under construction	10
Formation	10 cars per unit
Owners	Porterbrook
Operators	London North Eastern Railway
Depots	Neville Hill
Lines served	East Coast Main Line
Specifications
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

The British Rail Class 897 is a type of tri-mode electro-diesel multiple unit to be manufactured by CAF for London North Eastern Railway. Ten ten-car units will be built.

History

In 2013, the Department for Transport ordered 30 Class 801s to replace the same number of InterCity 225s on East Coast Main Line services. However after Virgin Trains East Coast was awarded the InterCity East Coast franchise in 2015 with a commitment to introduce extra services, some InterCity 225s were retained.

In October 2020, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) issued a tender for 10 electro-diesel multiple units to replace its remaining InterCity 225s. In November 2023, LNER placed an order with CAF for ten ten-carriage sets to be built on its Civity platform. The first two will be built in Spain, the other eight at Newport.

The trains will be able to run on 25 kV 50 Hz electrification, battery and diesel power. They will be maintained at Neville Hill TMD.

References

"IEP order to replace Mark 4s". Today's Railways UK. No. 141. September 2013. p. 8.
"Stagecoach/Virgin bid wins East Coast franchise". The Railway Magazine. No. 1366. January 2015. p. 6.
"VTEC's first HST in vinyl-based red enters traffic". Rail Magazine. No. 778. 8 July 2015. p. 30.
"VTEC and FirstGroup granted East Coast Main Line access". Railway Gazette International. 12 May 2016.
Ford, Roger (February 2021). "LNER Procurement
Welcome to the '80s". Informed Sources. Modern Railways. Vol. 78, no. 869. p. 26.
"LNER orders 10 tri-mode trains from CAF". International Railway Journal. 9 November 2023.
^ "LNER CAF fleet to be Class 897". Rail Express. No. 340. September 2024. p. 14.
"First Tri-Mode Long Distance Trains For The East Coast Main Line". London North Eastern Railway. Retrieved 13 August 2024.

v t e CAF Civity multiple units in the United Kingdom
Diesel	Class 195 Class 196 Class 197
Electric	Class 331 Class 397
Hybrid	Class 897

v t e Electric multiple units of Great Britain
AC units (300–399)	300 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 (I) 316 (II) 316 (III) 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 325 331 (I) 331 (II) 332 333 334 341 342 345 350 (I) 350 (II) 357 360 365 370 371 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 385 387 390 395 397
AC units DC units (700–899)	700 701 705 707 710 711 (I) 711 (II) 717 720 730 745 755 756 768 769 777 799 800 801 802 803 (I) 803 (II) 804 805 807 810 897
AC units (pre-TOPS)	AM1 AM2 AM3 AM4 AM5 AM6 AM7 AM8 AM9 AM10 AM11 LB&SCR CP LB&SCR CW LB&SCR SL MR Lancaster units
DC units (400–599)	401 402 403 404 405 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 427 430 431 432 438 442 444 445 446 447 450 455 456 457 458 460 465 466 471 480 482 (I) 482 (II) 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 499 (I) 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 510
DC units (original TOPS)	411 412 413 414 421 422 423 424 431 432 441 442 451 452 453 461 462 491 492
DC units (pre-TOPS)	LMS electric units LNER Tyneside units LNWR electric units LOR electric units LYR electric units Mersey Railway electric units MSJ&AR electric units NER electric units W&CR electric units
Battery units	BEMU 230
Hydrogen units	600 614
Southern Railway designations	2-BIL 2-EPB 2-HAL 2-HAP 2-NOL 2-PAN 2-PEP 2-SAP 2-SL 2-TIS 2-WIM 3-CEP 3-CIG 3-COP 3-SUB 3-TC 3-TIS 4-BEP 4-BIG 4-BUF 4-CAP 4-CEP 4-CIG 4-COM 4-COR 4-DD 4-DES 4-EPB 4-GRI 4-JOP 4-LAV 4-PEP 4-PER 4-REP 4-RES 4-SUB 4-TC 4-TEP 4-VEC 4-VEG 4-VEP 4-VIP 4-VOP 5-BEL 5-DES 5-TCB 5-VEC 5-WES 6-CIT 6-PAN 6-PUL 6-REP 7-TC 8-DIG 8-GAT 8-MIG 8-VAB GLV MLV TLV
Miscellaneous units	398 399 499 (II) 555 599
Families	1959 design 1972 design Mark 2-derived Mark 3-derived A-Train APT Aventra Citylink Civity D-Train Desiro Electrostar FLIRT Coradia Juniper METRO Networker TGV Tube Velaro
Notes	1: Renumbered as Class 332 2: Renumbered as Class 325 3: Renumbered as Class 701 4: Renumbered as Class 720/6 5: Bi- or tri-mode unit 6: Renumbered as Class 802/2 7: Renumbered as Class 810 8: Grouping of different rolling stock types built to loading gauge of London Underground deep tube lines
British electric multiple units List of locomotives List of diesel multiple units List of electric multiple units List of departmental multiple units Rolling stock of Network SouthEast

v t e Diesel and alternative fuel multiple units of Great Britain
Pre-TOPS	British United Traction Derby Lightweight Metro-Cammell Lightweight Railbus GWR railcars LMS railcars Pacerailer
First generation	100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131
Second generation	140 141 142 143 144 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 165 166 950
Post-privatisation	139 168 170 171 172 175 180 (II) 185 195 196 197
Diesel-electric	201 202 203 204 205 206 207 210 220 221 222 230 231 251 252 253 254 255
Alternative fuel	600 614
Bi-mode	755 756 768 769 799 800 802 805 810 897
First generation (original TOPS)	140 141 142 143 144 145 147 148 149 150 160 161 162 163 164 166 167 168 169 171 172 173 175 176 177 178 179 180 182 183 185 186 188 189 190
Diesel-electric (original TOPS)	201 /1 /2 /3 202 /1 /2 /3 203 211 /1 /2 /3 212 221 /1 /2 /3 222 /1 /2 223 /1 /2 /3 224 225 251 261
Southern Region designations	2H 3D 3H 3R 3T 4L 6B 6L 6S
Design families	Mark 3-derived A-Train Civity Coradia D-Train Desiro FLIRT HST Networker Pacer PPM Sprinter Turbostar Voyager
British railcars and diesel multiple units Diesel locomotives Electric locomotives Miscellaneous locomotives Diesel multiple units Electric multiple units Departmental multiple units Rolling stock of Network SouthEast

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