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British Rail Class 333 electric multiple units built by Siemens and CAF are based on the Class 332 units operated by Heathrow Express. ==Description== Sixteen three-car units were introduced in 2000 by Northern Spirit and are now operated by Northern Rail. They replaced the Class 308 units on the Wharfedale and Airedale lines in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England (between Leeds, , Ilkley and Skipton).〔 They are based at the Neville Hill depot in Leeds and painted in the livery of West Yorkshire Metro, the local passenger transport executive. Due to increased passenger numbers, the units were lengthened to four cars, 333001 - 333008 in 2002 and 333009 - 333016 in 2003, funded by Metro and the Strategic Rail Authority. However, this funding ran out in 2007 and as a consequence of this the fourth cars could have been removed.〔http://www.wyita.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/F933B535-7652-4C23-AB9C-6D4C7C798679/0/RWG6DECEMBER2005ITEM7.pdf,〕 Had this happened the four-car Class 321s would have been removed from Doncaster services to Wharfedale and Airedale services. This means that the fourth cars are now funded by South Yorkshire PTE, despite rarely running in the South Yorkshire, to ensure that four-car units are available on Doncaster services. Despite changes to the franchise, until 2008 the units still carried the combined Northern Spirit and Metro livery of all-over red with a large N vinyl. From summer 2008 a new livery was introduced, combining the current operator (Northern) and Metro. 333 002 and 333 004 received the new livery by September 2008 but the finish of the vinyls was unsatisfactory. New vinyls were acquired and the whole fleet was reliveried by mid 2009. Along with the Class 321 and Class 322 units, these trains were fitted with free wi-fi facilities in 2015.〔http://www.northernrail.org/news/7588〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「British Rail Class 333」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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