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Class 895
HS2's trains: 54 high-speed electric trains ordered from Hitachi and Alstom, to be built at Derby, Crewe and Newton Aycliffe, to run on HS2 and on existing lines beyond it. They are expected with HS2's first services.
Class 895, one train around 656 ft (200 m; Department for Transport, 2021); not drawn yet
Class 895, two coupled 1,312 ft (400 m), the length HS2's platforms are built for
Class 390 Pendolino about 870 ft (265 m) as drawn
Class 374 (Eurostar e320) about 1,309 ft (399 m) as drawn
One scale, 2 px a metre. Not drawn yet: the cars, doors and front haven't been published, so only its length is shown. HS2, the line →
- Type
- High-speed electric multiple unit
- Builder
- Hitachi Rail and Alstom (a joint venture): Derby, Crewe and Newton Aycliffe
- In service
- with HS2's first services, May 2036 to October 2039
- Formation
- 8 cars, around 656 ft (200 m); two can run coupled, 1,312 ft (400 m)
- Trains in fleet
- 54 ordered, December 2021; the contract is under review
- Top speed
- Built for 224 mph (360 km/h); to run at up to 199 mph (320 km/h)
- Power
- 25 kV AC overhead · how it works
- Profile
- main-line
- Total capacity
- Up to 1,100 seats in two coupled trains
- Status
- On order; production is due to start around 2027. The contract is under review: the trains were ordered to run on to Manchester and beyond on HS2's northern legs, since cancelled, and Manchester Piccadilly can't take two coupled. One option is fewer, longer trains. The Department for Transport says nothing has changed yet (April 2026).
unverified Some of these figures haven’t yet been checked against an official source or a published history. What’s in doubt ↓
Sources
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- Government awards HS2 rolling stock contract Department for Transport, 9 December 2021the order: 54 trains, builders and works, about £2 billion, around 656 ft (200 m) a train and 1,312 ft (400 m) coupled, up to 1,100 seats, the design top speed, the first train around 2027
- Change of HS2 railway specification and scope (HS2 Ltd's chief executive to the Transport Secretary) HS2 Ltd (published by the Department for Transport), 18 May 2026the top speed in service, cut in May 2026
- HS2 6-monthly report to Parliament: May 2026 (written statement) Department for Transport, 19 May 2026the first services, May 2036 to October 2039
- DfTO director concerned about length of £2bn HS2 trains New Civil Engineer, 21 April 20268 cars a train (54 eight-coach trains ordered in 2021); the contract under review; Manchester Piccadilly; 1,312 ft (400 m) platforms on HS2
- British Rail Class 895 Wikipedia, read 12 October 20268 cars; 25 kV AC (cross-checks)
- Our trains HS2 Ltd, read 12 October 2026HS2 Ltd's 2021 concept visualisation, the only published image of the outside
- Construction (building the railway) HS2 Ltd, updated 19 August 2026HS2 Ltd's own count of 52 trains
unverified
- Not drawn: nothing published gives the cars' lengths, the doors, the cab's side profile or the height. HS2 Ltd's only image of the outside is a 2021 concept visualisation. It is to be drawn when a side view, a dimensioned drawing or the first bodyshells are published (set HS2, Kyle, 13 October 2026)
- HS2 Ltd's construction page (August 2026) says 52 trains; the 2021 order was for 54
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