#6165
British Rail Class 799
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail Engineering Limited· class of hydrogen-powered multiple unit train
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. HydroFLEX bi-mode unit 799201 running on the new test track at Long Marston 180626: Foulger Rail Photos· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 799 HydroFLEX is a prototype class of bi-mode multiple unit adapted from Class 319 electric multiple units (319001/382). The existing 25 kV AC and 750 V DC equipment has been retained with a hydrogen fuel cell added, currently taking up one of the carriages.
spec sheet
- built
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- number built
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- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- hydrogen
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail Engineering Limited, Porterbrook
- top speed
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- power
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From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q65043843, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 799 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.