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British Rail Class 720
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2020· British EMU from the Bombardier Aventra family
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Vehicles of the United Kingdom 278 (edited): Steven's Transport Photos (with cropping, alignment, and exposure adjustments by XAM2175 )· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Class 720 Aventra EMU - Greater Anglia 720117: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Clacton-on-Sea - Greater Anglia 720559 (720574): Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 720 Aventra is a class of electric multiple unit (EMU) passenger train designed and produced by the rolling stock manufacturer Bombardier Transportation and its acquirer Alstom. The Class 720 is operated by both Greater Anglia and c2c. 145 Class 720 units were ordered in the five car configuration only; these are to be operated across multiple suburban lines leading out of both London Liverpool Street (Greater Anglia and c2c) and London Fenchurch Street (c2c).
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 6 years ago, in 2020.
- 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
- 2020
- in service from
- 2020
- status
- in service
- number built
- 145
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Alstom
- operators
- c2c, Greater Anglia
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- 5 cars per unit:, DMS, Driver's cab, Motor cab, Standard class (open saloon)-PMSL, Pantograph, Motor car, Standard clas…
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q30633878, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 720 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.