British Rail Class 332

British Rail Class 332

Infobox EMU
name = British Rail Class 332



imagesize = 300px
caption = Class 332 at Paddington
background = #001c58
Manufacturer = Siemens AG and CAF
Operator = Heathrow Express
Formation = 4-5 cars per trainset
Built = 14 trainsets
InService = 1998 - Current
Weight = 188.4 t (4 cars)
233.6 t (5 cars)
Capacity = 175 seats (4 cars)
239 seats (5 cars)
MaxSpeed = 105 mph (169 km/h)
Gauge = 1,435 mm
Brakes = Regenerative air brake
Voltage = 25 kV AC Overhead
Power = 1.4 MW
SafetySystem = ATP
The British Rail Class 332 (originally Class 331) is the type of electric multiple unit train used on the Heathrow Express between London Paddington station and Heathrow Airport. The fleet was built in 1998 by Siemens and CAF at the latter’s factory in Zaragoza, Spain. There are 14 four/five carriage units.

The units are equipped with Automatic Train Protection (ATP), one of the few in the UK to do so. This is largely as a consequence of the Paddington-Heathrow route operating (for the most part) on the Great Western Main Line, which had been equipped with ATP in the early 1990s as part of an experimental trial of the system by British Rail.

ee also

*British Rail Class 333 - similar units used by Northern Rail in Yorkshire.


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