British Rail Class 385

British Rail Class 385
385001 during pre-introduction test period
In service	Due to enter service in December 2017
Manufacturer	Hitachi Rail
Built at	Kasado Works, Japan Newton Aycliffe, UK
Family name	A-Train
Replaced	Class 156 Class 158 Class 170 Class 314
Constructed	2015-
Number under construction	70 units to be built 10 unit optional follow up order after 2020
Formation	46 x 3-carriage 24 x 4-carriage
Capacity	385/1 = 251 seats (20 first class, 231 standard)
Operator(s)	Abellio ScotRail
Line(s) served	Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line Stirling / Alloa / Dunblane Lines Shotts Line Carstairs Line North Berwick Line Cathcart Circle Lines
Specifications
Car length	23 m (75 ft)
Maximum speed	160 km/h (100 mph)
Electric system(s)	25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead
Current collection method	Pantograph
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Notes
Sources : Rolling Stock overview Except where noted

The Class 385 is an electric multiple unit being built by Hitachi Rail for Abellio ScotRail. A total of 70 units are planned to be built, divided into 46 three-car and 24 four-car sets. The new trains are being procured to operate services on newly electrified lines in the Central Belt on a mixture of both suburban and inter-urban routes.

In October 2014, immediately after being awarded the ScotRail franchise, Abellio, a subsidiary of the Dutch national rail operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen, announced that it had concluded an agreement with the Japanese manufacturer Hitachi Rail to procure 234 new EMU carriages from its AT-200 product series for use on routes in Scotland that were being electrified. These new trains, which will be formed into a mix of three and four-car units, are intended to operate along the main Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line from September 2017, and across Central Scotland. The electrification programme, and purchase of new EMUs to operate services, will allow a subsequent cascade of the diesel multiple units currently used elsewhere on the network.

The order for the new EMUs was the first operator-based purchase of a Hitachi product for use in the UK following the IEP procurement, and its subsequent construction of its new Hitachi Newton Aycliffe facility at Newton Aycliffe, England. The bulk of the new fleet will be constructed there, with the first seven units being built at Hitachi's Kasado Works factory in Kudamatsu, Japan. Construction of the first units began in November 2015, the first units were delivered in December 2016 and service entry is scheduled for September 2017.