British Rail Class 701: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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==Features==

The Class 701 features regenerative braking<s>,</s> better acceleration + braking, wide gangways between coaches, wide doors for ease and efficiency of boarding and alighting, 2+2 seating arrangement throughout<s>,</s> more standing space, Wi-Fi, at-seat USB charging points/3 pin plug sockets, real-time LED passenger information screens, air conditioning, and bicycle spaces (three for each five coaches). <ref>{{Cite web |title=South Western Railway Arterio Fact Sheet |url=https://x.com/SW_Help/status/1744736151813190063 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=SWR X Account (formerly Twitter)}}</ref>

The trains also have Universal Accessible Toilets (UATs) - one toilet in each five coaches, and for the first time in Britain, they are ''bioreactor'' Controlled Emission Toilets (CETs), rather than the "conventional" CETs of other British trains. By releasing onboard-treated wastewater, the waste tanks last longer before being emptied.

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Each five-car train has 274 seats with room for 361 standing passengers, while a ten-car set will seat 556 passengers with space for 746 standing.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Briginshaw |first1=David |title=South Western Railway receives first class 701 Bombardier Aventra EMU |url=https://www.railjournal.com/fleet/south-western-railway-receives-first-class-701-bombardier-aventra-emu/ |access-date=14 July 2020 |work=International Railway Journal |publisher=Simmons-Boardman Publishing |place=Falmouth |date=11 June 2020}}</ref> The trains also feature external door cameras, and monitors within the cab, to allow for [[driver-controlled operation]] (where the driver is responsible for the opening and closing of passenger doors).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Holden |first1=Michael |last2=Thompson |first2=Doug |last3=Glasscock |first3=Jan |title=South Western Railway Performance Review |date=August 2018 |publisher=Coledale Consulting |location=Woking |url=https://www.southwesternrailway.com/other/about-us/~/media/E572A0E95269447086167D8DEA10665E.ashx |access-date=29 June 2021 |format=PDF}}</ref>