British Rail Class 390

British Rail Class 390 Pendolino
An Avanti West Coast Class 390 unit on the West Coast Main Line
The refurbished standard-class interior of a Class 390 unit
In service	23 July 2002 – present
Manufacturer	Alstom Fiat Ferroviaria
Built at	Washwood Heath, Birmingham[1] Savigliano, Italy
Family name	Pendolino
Replaced	Class 86, 87, & 90 locomotives and Mk 2 & Mk 3 carriages
Constructed	2001–2004 2010–2012[2]
Refurbishment	2021–present
Number built	57 (22 × 390/0, 35 × 390/1)
Number in service	56
Number scrapped	1
Predecessor	Class 86 Class 87 Class 90
Formation	(See § Consist)
Fleet numbers	(See § Fleet details)
Capacity	390/0: 469 seats (99 first-class, 370 standard) 390/1 pre-refurb: 589 seats (145 first-class, 444 standard) 390/1 post-refurb: 607 seats (99 first-class, 508 standard)
Operator(s)	Current: Avanti West Coast Former: Virgin Trains
Depot(s)	Primary: Longsight (Manchester) Secondary: Edge Hill (Liverpool) Oxley (Wolverhampton) Polmadie (Glasgow) Wembley (London)
Line(s) served	West Coast Main Line Blackpool North Line
Specifications
Car body construction	Aluminium (friction stir welded)
Train length	390/0: 217.5 m (713 ft 7 in) 390/1: 265.3 m (870 ft 5 in)
Car length	DM cars: 25.1 m (82 ft 4 in) Others: 23.9 m (78 ft 5 in)
Width	2.73 m (8 ft 11 in)[3]
Height	3.56 m (11 ft 8 in)[3]
Doors	Single-leaf sliding plug
Wheelbase	Bogies: 2.70 m (8 ft 10 in)[4]
Maximum speed	125 mph (200 km/h)
Weight	390/0: 466 tonnes (459 long tons; 514 short tons) 390/1: 567 tonnes (558 long tons; 625 short tons)
Traction system	Alstom Onix 800 IGBT[5]
Traction motors	2 × Alstom 4 EJA 2852 per motor car (425 kW (570 hp) each)[4]
Power output	390/0: 5,100 kW (6,840 hp) 390/1: 5,950 kW (7,980 hp)
Electric system(s)	25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead
Current collection method	Pantograph
UIC classification	(See § Consist)
Bogies	Fiat-SIG[3]
Braking system(s)	Electro-pneumatic (disc) and rheostatic/regenerative[6]
Safety system(s)	AWS TASS[7] TPWS[8]
Coupling system	Dellner 12[6]
Multiple working	Not provided[3]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge

The British Class 390 "Pendolino" electric multiple unit is a tilting train built by Fiat Ferroviaria using Fiat tilt systems. Now running for Avanti West Coast, fifty-three 9-car units were built for Virgin Trains from 2001 to 2004. These trains were the last to be assembled at Alstom's Washwood Heath plant, in Birmingham, before it closed in 2005.

1. ↑ "Class 390 history". Railways Illustrated. No. October 2021. p. 7.
2. ↑ "Angel Trains and Alstom sign order for new Pendolino high speed tilting train sets and extra carriages to lengthen existing trains" (Press release). Angel Trains. 19 September 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011..
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} "Class 390 'Pendolino'". The Railway Centre. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} References: High-Speed Trains and Electric Multiple Units (EMUs) (PDF). Heidenheim: Voith Turbo. May 2008. pp. 18–19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
5. ↑ Ford, Roger (October 1998). "Tilting trains hold the key to Virgin's ambitious franchise". Railway Gazette. Sutton: DVV Media International. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "Class 390 - Virgin Trains West Coast". Angel Trains. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
7. ↑ Bickell, David (10 September 2013). "Train protection and driver aids". Rail Engineer. Coalville: Rail Media. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
8. ↑ Marsden, Colin J. (2011). Traction Recognition (Second ed.). Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing. p. 237. ISBN 9780711034945.