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Alstom Coradia Juniper

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Alstom· from 2000· Series of British electric trains manufactured by Alstom

🚃 carriage / wagon electric ✓ in service

4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. 460007 at London Victoria: Phil Scott ( Our Phellap )· CC BY-SA 3.0
2. British Rail Class 458: S5A-0043· CC BY 4.0
3. British Rail Class 334: Cal Smith· CC0
4. British Rail Class 460: Sunil060902· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Alstom Coradia Juniper series is a family of electric multiple unit trains built by Alstom Transport Birmingham for use on the railway network in Great Britain. The family is related to the Coradia 1000 series of diesel multiple units. There are currently two types in service with various TOCs, with a total of 71 units in service (31 class 458s and 40 class 334s).

who runs it

South Western Railway ScotRail Trains (2022-)South Western Railway

base stats

built 78made in total

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 26 years ago, in 2000.
Still in service after 26 years.

carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.

spec sheet

built: 2000
in service from: 2000
status: in service
number built: 78
kind: carriage / wagon
traction: electric
origin: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders: Alstom
operators: South Western Railway, ScotRail Trains (2022-)
top speed: —
power: —
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system: overhead lines (British Rail Class 334, Class 334), (British Rail Class 458, Class 458/British Rail Class 460, 460)

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

family

Sources: Wikidata Q4735850, Wikipedia: Alstom Coradia Juniper (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.