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British Rail Mark 5A
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 2023· Class of British railway coach
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TransPennine Exress Mark 5a first test at Crewe: Samslipknot· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Chiltern Railways Mark 5A DVT at London Marylebone (2026) (1): Fortek67· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Mark 5A is a type of railway vehicle in use in the UK. 52 standard carriages and 14 driving trailers were built by Spanish manufacturer CAF, and were operated by TransPennine Express until 2024, where they are now in service on Chiltern Railways. They first entered service on 24 August 2019, with the last set being withdrawn by TransPennine Express with the timetable change occurring on 10 December 2023. Chiltern Railways first introduced them in January 2026.
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 3 years ago, in 2023.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.2 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 291: 6 full city buses (~50 seats each).
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2023
- in service from
- 2023
- status
- in service
- number built
- 66
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
- operators
- Chiltern Railways, TransPennine Express
- top speed
- 201 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 22.2 m
- weight
- 43 t
- capacity
- 291 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q65090268, Wikipedia: British Rail Mark 5A (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.