Title: British Rail Class 175 - Wikipedia
Headings: British Rail Class 175
British Rail Class 175
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Contents
Description
Operations
Accidents and Incidents
Fleet details
Named units
References
Sources
External links

Content: The fleet of 27 sets was built between 1999 and 2001 by Alstom at Washwood Heath . Owned by Angel Trains, they were originally leased to First North Western, before being transferred to Wales & Borders, and then to Arriva Trains Wales and then Transport for Wales. Contents
1 Description
2 Operations
2.1 Accidents and Incidents
3 Fleet details
3.1 Named units
4 References
4.1 Sources
5 External links
Description
In July 1997, North Western Trains placed an order with Alstom for 27 sets. The original order was for eleven two-carriage units with a top speed of 100 mph, seven three-carriage units with a top speed of 100 mph and nine three-carriage units with a top speed of 125 mph. This was reconfigured to eleven two-carriage and sixteen three-carriage units all with a top speed of 100 mph. As they were constructed, the old locomotive sheds at Chester were replaced with a purpose-built facility in order to service the Class 175 units. Units were tested at low speed at the Severn Valley Railway before further testing and driver training at the Old Dalby Test Track from November 1999. The first unit entered service on 20 June 2000. The two-carriage units are numbered 175001–011, and the three-carriage units 175101–116. Carriages are labelled as coaches A–B–C, with two-car units having no coach B. Each train has provision for two disabled passengers in coach A, and storage for two bicycles in coach C.
Early reliability problems meant that some services were operated by old rolling stock at short notice.