British Rail Class 395

British Rail Class 395 ( Javelin ) is a high-speed train commissioned by the British Railways in Japan . The construction of trains was conducted in 2007 - 2009 at Hitachi facilities using Shinkansen technology. In total, 29 such trains were built to service intercity transportation on the southeast High Speed ​​1 line , connecting London, settlements in Kent and the Eurotunnel . Based on them, by 2009 the first domestic high-speed communication was created in England, allowing you to travel at speeds of more than 200 km / h. Both parts of the railway line are managed by Southister .

Class 395
Production
Years of construction	2007-2009
Country of construction	Japan
Plant	Casoda
Manufacturer	Hitachi
Compositions built	29th
Wagons built	174
Technical details
Type of current and voltage in the contact network	and
The number of cars in the composition	6 (with the possibility of working on CME, an increase of up to 12 is possible)
Composition	DPT1 + 4 * MS + DPT2
Passenger capacity	340
Car length	20 m
Width	2.81 m
Height	3.8 m
Track width	1435 mm
Wagon material	aluminum alloys
Construction speed	225 km / h
Maximum service speed	225 km / h (high speed lines), 160 km / h (regular lines)
Startup acceleration	0.7 m / s 2
Acceleration when braking	0.9 m / s 2
Exploitation
Country of operation	United Kingdom
Operator	Southtern
Road	High Speed ​​1
Serviced Lines	Maidstone - St Pancras ; Saint Pancras - Ramsgate
In operation	since 2009

A train shuttle called Olympic Javelin ^[1] was launched on the basis of trains of class 395 during the 2012 Summer Olympics , and since then it has been assigned the unofficial name of Javelin.