CAF Civity UK family of trains

In today's episode we'll be taking a look at the CAF Civity family of multiple units that includes the Class 195, 196, 197, 331 and Class 397.


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[Rail_Focus]

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[caramelldansen]

I have the Civity 195s to thank for displacing Sprinter units to be passed down to my local line, allowing my commute to upgrade from a Pacer to a Sprinter! Say what you will, I'm just happy those bloody Pacers are gone!

[aidanfell]

Not sure what it is with CAF units. Took the Caledonian Sleeper and that was making odd noises as well (Mk5 CAF coaches).

[joemercedeschannel]

The thing I really hate about the 195 and 331's is that they have ironing board seats which someone kept on telling me that they don't between the 195 and 331 comparison. Although the interior's are very good bright and very detailed.

[Chumpmonksvideos]

What about the Class 68 with mark 5 coaches? They borrow coaches from the Class 397, don’t they?

[kevinellis]

I'd agree about the seating and ride qualities (or lack of) of the 195s and 197s especially on non-main lines of poorer quality but concede they're better than 150/153/156s but I'm more than happy with the 158s and 170s we get in the East Midlands now, although more 3 car sets are needed.

[MrGreatplum]

Interesting video although I’ve never been on any of them! Perks of living in 3 rail land! I love the look of the 397 though!

[MrTrainGuy]

Don't Worry Caf Are Building More Trains For The UK They Are Building The New DLR Train's So TFL Will Be Getting Some CAF Train's Too 👍

[PJS_Everything]

In my opinion the 158 is on par with the 195/6/7 however 170 is slightly a downgrade as they're quite slow and lack table seats.

[jammiedodger]

Class 158 are great multiunits and should remain in service for another decades and should just get a couple upgrades over the next couple of years.

[SirKenchalot]

Does anyone survey how many wheelchair bound users actually ride these trains? It is a laudable goal to have very train accessible in this way but given that the cost is Bourne by customers or tax payers, is anyone calculating the value or is it just done to win votes and praise from the public who are getting gouged from all directions?

[Thomas_TdK]

Caf doesn’t make great trains. Cheap build, buggy software. Our sng trains in the Netherlands aren’t great either. CAF is clearly a metro/tram builder that started building trains

[JustClickApprove]

Only one of these are good (spoiler alert, it’s the 196)