Class 730 Aventra
Bombardier's Aventra for West Midlands Trains: five-car trains for LNR's Euston routes and three-car trains for West Midlands Railway. The first in passenger service anywhere ran for LNR in November 2023.
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- Type
- Electric multiple unit
- Builder
- Bombardier Transportation (now Alstom), Derby
- In service
- since 2023
- Operators
- LNR
- Formation
- 5 cars (Class 730/2, LNR); 3 cars (Class 730/0, West Midlands Railway)
- Trains in fleet
- 84: 36 five-car and 48 three-car
- Fleets
- London Northwestern Railway: 36
- Top speed
- 110 mph (730/2); 90 mph (730/0)
- Power
- 25 kV AC overhead
- Profile
- main-line
- Seats per train
- 406
- Total capacity
- 730/2: 406 seats, all standard class (LNR); Rail Engineer gives 463. 730/0: 199 seats
- Status
- In service. Owned by Porterbrook since January 2026; LNR's 730/2s are maintained at Bletchley.
Sources
- West Midlands Trains finalises £680m deal for new trains with Bombardier and CAF, West Midlands Trains, 12 December 2017 (order from Bombardier, Derby)
- Class 730 fact sheet (archived), London Northwestern Railway, 2025 (730/2: 36 five-car units, 110 mph, 406 seats; 730/0: 48 three-car units, 199 seats)
- Authorisation letter: Alstom Aventra Class 730/0 and 730/2, Office of Rail and Road, 29 January 2024 (authorisation of 730201–730236)
- London Northwestern Railway welcomes Class 730 fleet into passenger service, London Northwestern Railway, 13 November 2023 (first passenger service, 13 November 2023)
- New London Northwestern Railway fleet to transform travel for millions of Euston passengers, London Northwestern Railway, 9 June 2025 (730/2 in service from 9 June 2025)
- West Midlands Trains' new rolling stock and depots, Rail Engineer, 19 August 2024 (order changes, delays, car length)
- Porterbrook acquires Corelink fleets, Porterbrook, 8 January 2026 (Porterbrook ownership)
unverified 730/2 seats: 406 (LNR) or 463 (Rail Engineer), car length: 24 m (Rail Engineer) or 23 m (Rail)