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{{Short description|Class of British electric multiple unit}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox train
| background = #{{Northern colour}};color:white
| name = British Rail Class 333
| image = Northern 333 002 at Ilkley.jpg
| caption = Class 333 at {{stnlnk|Ilkley}} in February 2020
| interiorimage = Class333ARNinterior.jpg
| imagesize = 300px
| interiorcaption = Interior of a refurbished unit
| manufacturer = [[Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles|CAF]]
| factory = [[Zaragoza]], [[Spain]]
| yearconstruction = 2000–2003
| owner = [[Angel Trains]]
| operator = {{ubl|Current:|[[Northern Trains]]|Former:|[[Arriva Rail North]]|[[Arriva Trains Northern]]|[[Northern Rail]]}}
| depots = {{ubl|[[Neville Hill TMD|Neville Hill]] ([[Leeds]])|[[Shipley TCC|Shipley]] (future)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Merriman visits Shipley depot site |department=News|magazine=[[Today's Railways UK]] |issue=267|date=May 2024|page=16}}</ref>}}
| refurbishment = 2018–2020
| replaced = {{brc|308}}
| formation = {{ubl|4 cars per unit:|{{abbr|DMSO|Driver's cab, Motor car, Standard class, Open saloon}}-{{abbr|PTSO|Pantograph, Trailer car, Standard class, Open saloon}}-{{abbr|TSO|Trailer car, Standard class, Open saloon}}-DMSO<ref name="AngelTrains" />}}
| fleetnumbers = 333001–333016
| numberbuilt = 16
| numberservice =
| stocktype =
| service = 12 January 2001{{snd}}present
| carlength = {{ubl|DMSO: {{convert|23.74|m|ftin|abbr=on}}|Trailers: {{convert|23.35|m|ftin|abbr=on}}}}
| lines = {{ubl|[[Airedale line|Airedale]]|[[Wharfedale line|Wharfedale]]<ref name= Siemens />}}
| carbody = [[Steel]]<ref name="AngelTrains" />
| width = {{convert|2.75|m|ftin}}<ref name="AngelTrainsNew">{{Cite web|title=Class 333|url=https://angeltrains.co.uk/fleet/class-333/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904232516/https://angeltrains.co.uk/fleet/class-333/|archive-date=4 September 2021|access-date=4 September 2021|website=[[Angel Trains]]}}</ref>
| height =
| weight = {{ubl|DMSO A: {{convert|50.6|t|abbr=on|lk=on}}|PTSO: {{convert|46|t|abbr=on|}}|TSO: {{convert|38.5|t|abbr=on|}}|DMSO B: {{convert|50|t|abbr=on|}}<ref name="AngelTrains" />}}
| capacity = {{ubl|When 3-car units: 260 seats<ref name="Siemens">{{Cite web |title=Electric Multiple Unit Class 333, UK |url=http://www.mobility.siemens.com/apps/references/index.cfm?z=1&do=app.detail&referenceID=645&lID=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402190317/http://www.mobility.siemens.com/apps/references/index.cfm?z=1&do=app.detail&referenceID=645&lID=1 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |website=[[Siemens Mobility]] |access-date=4 December 2022|page=14}}</ref>|As 4-car units: 360 seats<ref>{{cite web|title=Northern Franchise Agreement|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537465/northern-franchise-agreement.pdf|website=Gov.uk|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref>}}
| maxspeed = {{cvt|100|mph}}
| gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
| brakes = [[Regenerative braking|Regenerative]] [[Disc brake#Rail and aircraft|Disc]] ([[Westinghouse Air Brake Company|Westinghouse]])<ref name="AngelTrains" /><ref name="debut" /><ref name= CAFOLD />
| safety = {{ubl|[[Automatic warning system (railways)|AWS]]|[[Train Protection & Warning System|TPWS]]}}
| coupling = [[Dellner coupling|Dellner]] 10 ([[Scharfenberg coupler|Scharfenberg]])<ref name="AngelTrains" /><ref name="sd001">{{cite book |title=System Data for Mechanical and Electrical Coupling of Rail Vehicles in support of GM/RT2190 |date=22 June 2011 |id=SD001 |publisher=Rail Safety and Standards Board |publication-place =London |page=4 |url=http://www.rssb.co.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/rv_coupling_system_data/SD001.pdf |access-date=22 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401203135/http://www.rssb.co.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/rv_coupling_system_data/SD001.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2012 |url-status=dead|format=PDF}}</ref>
| multipleworking = Within class<ref name="AngelTrains" />
| electricsystem = {{25 kV 50 Hz}} [[Overhead line|overhead]]<ref name="AngelTrains" />
| collectionmethod = [[Pantograph (transportation)|Pantograph]] ([[Brecknell Willis]])<ref name="debut" />
| uicclass =
| traction = Siemens [[IGBT]]-C/I<ref name="debut" /><br>E500 D600/860 M5 rdq-1<ref>{{cite document |title=Northern Spirit Class 333 EMU Traction Converter Type E500 D600/860 M5 rdq-1: Inverter Output, Current and Voltage Transducers Diagram |date=20 January 2000 |publisher=Siemens AG}}</ref>
| traction motors = 4×Siemens 1TB2218-0JA03<ref>{{cite document |title= Class 333 Multiple Unit - Northern Spirit (Product Brochure) |date=2000 |publisher=Siemens AG}}</ref><br>350 kW asychronous motors (with ZF-Hurth gearboxes<ref name="AngelTrainsNew" />)
| poweroutput = {{convert|1400|kW|abbr=on}}<ref name="Siemens Mobility A">{{cite web
|title= Reference Brochure Trains
|url=http://www.mobility.siemens.com/en/data/pdf/ts_tr/02_reference_brochure_trains.pdf
|access-date=30 December 2021
|website=mobility.siemens.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006082417/http://www.mobility.siemens.com/en/data/pdf/ts_tr/02_reference_brochure_trains.pdf
|archive-date=6 October 2011 |url-status=dead|format=PDF}}</ref>
| acceleration = {{convert|0.9|m/s2|mph/s|abbr=on}}<ref name="Siemens Mobility A" />
}}

The '''British Rail Class 333''' is a class of [[electric multiple unit]] (EMU) passenger train built by [[Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles|CAF]] between 2000 and 2003 for [[Arriva Trains Northern|Northern Spirit]] (later Arriva Trains Northern), with traction equipment supplied by [[Siemens Transportation Systems]]. All have passed to subsequent franchises and subsequent operators [[Northern Rail]], [[Arriva Rail North]] and [[Northern Trains]].

==History==
In March 1998, [[Angel Trains]] ordered 16 three-carriage sets from [[Siemens Transportation Systems]] for [[Arriva Trains Northern|Northern Spirit]] to replace the slam-door [[British Rail Class 308|Class 308s]] on the [[Airedale line|Airedale]] and [[Wharfedale line|Wharfedale]] lines from [[Leeds railway station|Leeds]] to [[Bradford Forster Square railway station|Bradford Forster Square]], [[Ilkley railway station|Ilkley]] and [[Skipton railway station|Skipton]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=West Yorkshire's new trains to be of Heathrow Express quality |magazine=[[The Railway Magazine]] |issue= 1165 |date= May 1998 |page=9 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=World Update |magazine=[[Railway Age]] |publication-date=September 1998|pages=31}}</ref> Construction of the trains was sub-contracted to [[Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles|CAF]] with Siemens Transportation Systems providing the traction equipment.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=HEx clones for Leeds triangle |magazine= [[Modern Railways]] |issue= 595 |date= April 1998 |page= 213 }}</ref>

The first was delivered to [[Neville Hill TMD]] in March 2000.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Arriva's Northern Spirit Class 333 EMU is delivered |magazine=Rail Magazine|issue=May 379 |date=22 March 2000 |page=7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=First Class 333 arrives |magazine=The Railway Magazine |issue=1189 |date=May 2000 |page=39 }}</ref> The first entered service on 12 January 2001.<ref name="TheRailwayMagazine1199">{{cite magazine |title= Class 333s in service at last |magazine= The Railway Magazine |issue= 1199 |date= March 2001 |page=11 }}</ref>

In April 2000, a further eight trailer carriages were ordered with funding from [[West Yorkshire Metro|West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive]] and inserted into the first eight sets in 2002.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Class 333 order strengthened |magazine=[[Rail Express]] |issue=47 |date=April 2000 |page=9 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=21 March 2002|title=£12m investment in new train carriages|newspaper=[[Telegraph & Argus]]|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8030502.12m-investment-in-new-train-carriages/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212090104/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8030502.12m-investment-in-new-train-carriages/|archive-date=12 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=All eight 333 trailers in traffic |magazine=Rail Magazine|issue=436 |date=29 May 2002 |page=58 }}</ref> Subsequently a further order was placed with funding from the [[Strategic Rail Authority]] to increase the remaining sets to four carriages.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=First 333 trailer arrives as SRA confirms eight more |magazine=[[Rail Magazine]] |issue=426 |date=9 January 2002 |page=54 }}</ref> These were delivered in 2003.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=New Class 333 trailers arrive |magazine=[[Rail Magazine]]|issue=464 |date=25 June 2003 |page=13 }}</ref>

However, the funding for the fourth carriages in the latter eight sets expired in 2007 and as a consequence of this they could have been removed.<ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212092938/https://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/1036329.overcrowding-fears-if-rail-carriages-on-loan-are-recalled/ |title=Overcrowding fears if rail carriages on loan are recalled |newspaper=Wharfedale Observer |date=23 November 2006 |archive-date=12 December 2020 |url=https://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/1036329.overcrowding-fears-if-rail-carriages-on-loan-are-recalled/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212090749/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/1361914.boost-for-ilkley-and-skipton-travellers/ |title=Boost for Ilkley and Skipton travellers |newspaper=Telegraph & Argus |date=28 April 2007 |archive-date=12 December 2020 |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/1361914.boost-for-ilkley-and-skipton-travellers/ }}</ref> Had this happened the four-car [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321s]] would have been removed from Leeds to [[Doncaster railway station|Doncaster]] services. As a result, the fourth cars were funded by the [[South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive]], despite not running in South Yorkshire, to ensure that four-car units are available on Doncaster services.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Hill|first1=Neville|title=0-60!|magazine=[[Rail Express]]|date=May 2015|issue=228|page=27|issn=1362-234X}}</ref>

In 2008, all were repainted into a new livery by [[Wabtec]] at [[Doncaster Works]] that incorporated West Yorkshire Metro branding.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=EMU to be Reliveried |magazine=[[Rail Magazine]]|issue=597 |date=30 July 2008 |page=67 }}</ref>

When Arriva Rail North was awarded the Northern franchise in December 2015 plans were announced for the replacement of Class 333 units with a new fleet of 3-car trains,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Northern's electrics |magazine= [[Rail Magazine]] |issue= 790 |date=23 December 2015 |page=9}}</ref> though ultimately this did not occur.

Between December 2018 and April 2020, all were refurbished by Chrysalis Rail, [[Holbeck]] and repainted into [[Arriva Rail North]] and later [[Northern Trains]] livery.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=First refurbished Northern 333 in service |magazine=[[Today's Railways UK]] |issue=208 |date=April 2019 |page=67 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Refreshed Northern Class 333 |magazine=[[Railways Illustrated]] |date=May 2019 |page=14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Final refurbished 333 released |magazine=[[Rail Express]] |issue=289 |date=June 2020 |page=27 }}</ref>

In 2022, the 333s started receiving digital upgrades, and these upgrades include added USB power plugs and Digital display screens among other upgrades.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Northern moves forward with Class 333 upgrade programme – RailAdvent |url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/06/northern-moves-forward-with-class-333-upgrade-programme.html/amp |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=RailAdvent}}</ref>

==Performance==
The units are capable of {{cvt|100|mph}},<ref name="AngelTrains">{{Cite web|title=Class 333 - Northern Rail (by Arriva) |url=https://www.angeltrains.co.uk/Products-Services/Regional-Passenger-Trains/16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085938/https://www.angeltrains.co.uk/Products-Services/Regional-Passenger-Trains/16|archive-date=27 March 2019|access-date=3 August 2018|website=www.angeltrains.co.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="CAFOLD">{{Cite web|title=NORTHERN SPIRIT|url=http://www.caf.es/ingles/productos/proyecto.php?cod=3&id=447&sec=desc|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702172955/http://www.caf.es/ingles/productos/proyecto.php?cod=3&id=447&sec=desc|archive-date=2 July 2012|access-date=2 June 2021|website=[[Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles|CAF]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SUBURBAN TRAIN NORTHERN SPIRIT|url=https://www.caf.net/en/productos-servicios/proyectos/proyecto-detalle.php?p=145|url-status=live|access-date=13 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601022326/https://www.caf.net/en/productos-servicios/proyectos/proyecto-detalle.php?p=145|archive-date=1 June 2021|website=[[Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles|CAF]]}}</ref> but the maximum speed on their routes is {{cvt|90|mph}}. They have standard class only 2+3 high-density seating, and each set has one toilet.<ref name="debut">{{cite magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101330/https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/class-333-makes-its-debut.html |title=Class 333 makes its debut |magazine=[[Railway Gazette International]] |date=1 May 2000 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/class-333-makes-its-debut.html }}</ref>

==Fleet details==
{|class="wikitable"
!Class
!Operator
!No. built
!|Year built
!Cars per unit
!Unit nos.
|-
|'''Class 333'''
|[[Northern Trains]]
|align=center|16
|align=center|2000–2003
|align=center|4
|333001–333016
|}

==Named units==
Two units have previously carried names:
*333007 ''[[List of mayors of Bradford|Alderman J Arthur Godwin, First Lord Mayor of Bradford 1907]]'' (De-named)<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rapson|first=David|title=NAME GAME |department=Power Scene|magazine=[[Rail Express]] |issue=April 2020 |page=83 }}</ref>
*333011 ''[[Ilkley Roman Fort|Olicana, Ilkley's Roman Fort]]'' (De-named)<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rapson|first=David|title=NAME GAME|department=Power Scene |magazine=[[Rail Express]] |issue=July 2019 |page=91 }}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Class 333 no 333011 ITW.jpg|Class 333 in the original [[Arriva Trains Northern|Northern Spirit]] livery
File:333010 Leeds TSO Interior.JPG|The original interior of a Class 333
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[British Rail Class 332]], similar units operated by [[Heathrow Express]] until 28 December 2020
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==References==
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{{British Rail EMU|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:British Rail electric multiple units|333]]
[[Category:CAF multiple units]]
[[Category:Train-related introductions in 2001]]
[[Category:25 kV AC multiple units]]

British Rail Class 333 - Revision history

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