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Train families
Trains of a shared design, grouped: each family's classes side by side at one scale, with what they share and how they differ. A family has a page when three or more of its classes run in Great Britain and its members have been checked against a source.
Aventra 5 classesA family of electric trains built at Derby by Bombardier Transportation (now Alstom), from the Class 345 of the Elizabeth line to the Class 730 of London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway.345, 710, 720, 701, 730Civity 5 classesCAF's Civity UK: diesel and electric trains made by CAF for Britain, the Class 195 and 331 for Northern, the 196 for West Midlands Railway, the 197 for Transport for Wales and the 397 for TransPennine Express.195, 196, 197, 331, 397Class 22x 3 classesBombardier's Class 22x diesel trains: the Voyager (Class 220), the tilting Super Voyager (221) and the Meridian (222).220, 221, 222Class 800 series 7 classesHitachi's Class 800 series: intercity trains that run on electric power under the wires and, in the bi-mode classes, on their own diesel engines beyond them, from the 800 of the Intercity Express Programme to the Class 810 of East Midlands Railway.800, 801, 802, 803, 805, 807, 810Desiro City 3 classesSiemens' Desiro City: electric trains of one platform, built by Siemens Mobility for Thameslink (the Class 700), Great Northern (the 717) and, now, Southeastern (the 707).700, 717, 707Desiro UK 6 classesSiemens' Desiro for Britain: the electric Class 350, 360, 380, 444 and 450 and the diesel Class 185.185, 350, 360, 380, 444, 450Electrostar 6 classesA family of electric trains made by Adtranz and then Bombardier (now Alstom), from the Class 357 of c2c to the Class 387 of Great Western Railway.357, 375, 376, 377, 379, 387FLIRT 4 classesStadler's FLIRT: electric, diesel, bi-mode and tri-mode trains, the Class 745 and 755 for Greater Anglia and the 231 and 756 for Transport for Wales.231, 745, 755, 756Movia (Underground) 3 classesBombardier's Movia (now Alstom) Underground trains: the 2009 Stock of the Victoria line and the S7 and S8 Stock of the sub-surface lines.2009, S7, S8Networker 4 classesBritish Rail's Networker family: the diesel Networker Turbos (Class 165 and 166) and the electric Networkers (465 and 466).165, 166, 465, 466Sprinter 6 classesBritish Rail's Sprinter family of diesel trains from the 1980s: the Class 150 Sprinter, the 153, 155 and 156 Super Sprinters, the 158 Express Sprinter and its 159 derivative.150, 153, 155, 156, 158, 159Turbostar 4 classesA family of diesel trains made by Adtranz and then Bombardier (now Alstom): the Class 168 for Chiltern, the 170 for CrossCountry, ScotRail and others, the 171 for Southern and the 172 for West Midlands Railway.168, 170, 171, 172