Rolling stock › On order and planned
Class 897 Serenza
Ten tri-mode trains on CAF's Civity UK platform, to replace LNER's InterCity 225s. They will be the first new fleet introduced as part of Great British Railways, and carry its branding.
Drawing to come
- Type
- Tri-mode multiple unit (overhead electric, battery and diesel)
- Builder
- CAF, Newport (Wales)
- In service
- date not yet announced
- Operators
- LNER
- Formation
- 10 cars
- Trains in fleet
- 10 ordered
- Top speed
- 125 mph
- Power
- 25 kV AC overhead, batteries and diesel
- Profile
- main-line
- Seats per train
- 569
- Status
- On order. Financed and owned by Porterbrook.
Sources
- CAF selected by British operator London North Eastern Railway to supply first tri-mode UK intercity fleet, CAF, 11 September 2023 (order, tri-mode, Civity UK, assembly at Newport)
- Porterbrook to finance new LNER tri-mode fleet, Porterbrook, 9 November 2023 (Porterbrook ownership; order confirmed 9 November 2023)
- The next generation: LNER reveals exciting new details of upcoming East Coast trains, LNER, 2 February 2026 (name, 569 seats, GBR branding, replacing the InterCity 225s)