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Class 195 Civity
CAF's Civity diesel train for Northern, with 24-metre aluminium cars, open gangways and doors at the thirds. Ordered with the electric Class 331 to replace the Pacers, it entered service in July 2019 and works across the North West, Yorkshire, Cumbria and Derbyshire.
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- Type
- Diesel multiple unit
- Builder
- CAF (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles): bodies at Zaragoza and assembly at Irun, Spain
- Built
- 2017–2020
- In service
- since 2019
- Operators
- Northern
- Formation
- 2 or 3 cars: 25 two-car units (DMSL-DMS) and 33 three-car (DMSL-MS-DMS)
- Trains in fleet
- 58
- Fleets
- Northern: 58
- Top speed
- 100 mph
- Power
- Diesel: an MTU power pack of 390 kW, with a ZF six-speed automatic gearbox, under every car
- Car height
- 3.85 m
- Car width
- 2.712 m
- Profile
- main-line
- Air-conditioned
- Yes
- Total capacity
- 2-car: 108 seats and 15 tip-up; 3-car: 184 seats and 19 tip-up (Eversholt Rail). Northern's 2022 contract gives 124 and 204 seats, with 97 and 142 standing
- Status
- In service with Northern: 58 units (25 two-car and 33 three-car), maintained at Newton Heath with support from CAF.
Car types
| Code | Car | Length | Doors per side |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMSL | Driving motor standard with lavatory (DMSL) | 24.026 m | 2 double |
| MS | Motor standard (MS) | 23.35 m | 2 double |
| DMS | Driving motor standard (DMS) | 24.026 m | 2 double |
Sources
- The Class 195 Diesel Multiple Unit (specification sheet), Arriva Rail North, 24 January 2018 (formation (DMSL-DMS, DMSL-MS-DMS), car lengths 24.026 m and 23.350 m, width 2.712 m, height 3.850 m, 100 mph, double-leaf sliding plug doors, one PRM toilet, MTU 390 kW power pack and ZF six-speed transmission, Dellner couplers)
- Class 195, Eversholt Rail, accessed 7 October 2026 (25 two-car and 33 three-car units, 149 vehicles; CAF Civity; seats; 24.03 m and 23.35 m; 100 mph; air conditioning; entry into service 2019-2020; maintained by Northern at Newton Heath)
- Northern's trains from Spain (David Shirres), Rail Engineer, 3 April 2018 (£490 million order with the 331s, financed by Eversholt; bodies at Zaragoza, assembly at Irun, bogies at Beasain; 24 m cars, doors at the thirds; MTU 390 kW engines; 100 mph; Newton Heath)
- Northern unveils new £500 million diesel and electric trains, RAIL (Richard Clinnick), 26 June 2019 (republished 9 September 2019) (launched 26 June 2019; seven 195s due in passenger service from 1 July 2019; first routes)
- Transformation of Northern continues with the introduction of its 100th brand new train, Northern (press release), 10 December 2020 (100th new train, a Class 195, 9 December 2020)
- DfT OLR Holdings Limited and Northern Trains Limited 2022: services contract (public register copy, version 1.1x), Department for Transport, 24 February 2022, pp. 145-146 (Appendix 1 to Schedule 1.6, Table 1) (25 two-car (124 seats, 97 standing) and 33 three-car (204 seats, 142 standing))
- British Rail Class 195, Wikipedia, accessed 7 October 2026 (built 2017-2020 (cross-check))
unverified built 2017–2020: Wikipedia; Rail Engineer found one two-car and six three-car units complete at Irun in January 2018, and Northern's 100th new train entered service in December 2020, seats: Eversholt's 108 + 15 and 184 + 19 tip-up match Rail Engineer's 123 and 203 (2018); Northern's 2022 contract gives 124 and 204, where they were built: Rail Engineer (2018) names Zaragoza for the bodies and Irun for assembly; Eversholt names Irun and CAF's Newport factory in Wales, door layout: Rail Engineer gives double-leaf plug doors at the one-third and two-thirds positions; the exact positions aren't published