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British Rail Class 345
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2017· electric multiple unit in use by TfL Rail and the Elizabeth line
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Elizabeth Line Class 345 at Reading (cropped): DavidTDC3377· CC BY 4.0
- 2. 345001 ABW: Alex6nt· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Class 345 Aventra EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 345 Aventra is a fleet of electric multiple unit passenger trains built by Bombardier Transportation (now Alstom) for use on London's Elizabeth line. Part of Bombardier's Aventra family of trains, the contract for their delivery was awarded as part of the Crossrail project in February 2014. A total of 70 nine-car units – each able to carry 1,500 passengers – were constructed in Derby between 2015 and 2019, at a cost of over £1 billion.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 9 years ago, in 2017.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 205 m long: about 45 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 1,500: 30 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2017
- in service from
- 2017
- status
- in service
- number built
- 70
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Alstom, Bombardier
- operators
- GTS Rail Operations, MTR Corporation Limited, TfL Rail, MTR Elizabeth line
- top speed
- 145 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- 9 cars per unit, (See Fleet details)
- length
- 205 m
- capacity
- 1,500 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q4970771, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 345 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.