#5619· British Rail type 379
British Rail Class 379
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2011· class of British electric multiple unit
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 379010 & 379028, Finsbury Park, May 29th 2025: Southsea_Matt· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. King's Lynn station Norfolk class 379 and 387 Trains: Norfolks disused railways· CC BY 4.0
- 3. King's Lynn station Norfolk class 379 and 387: Norfolks disused railways· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 379 Electrostar is an electric multiple unit (EMU) passenger train which was designed and built by Bombardier Transportation. The trains are part of the company's extensive Electrostar family. In 2007, new trains were proposed to increase capacity on the West Anglia Main Line (WAML), as well as enable the withdrawal of ageing units such as the Class 317 EMUs.
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 15 years ago, in 2011.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2011
- in service from
- 2011
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Bombardier
- operators
- Greater Anglia, National Express East Anglia
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- power
- —
- Dutch name
- British Rail type 379
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970780, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 379 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.