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British Rail Class 374
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 2015· type of high speed train, built by Siemens and used by Eurostar
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Eurostar Class 374 on HS1 (cropped): Kabelleger / David Gubler· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Eurostar spécial Alpes-Paris suite COVID-19 le 16 mars 2020 en Savoie: Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 374, also referred to as the Eurostar e320, is a type of electric multiple unit passenger train used on Eurostar services through the Channel Tunnel to serve destinations beyond the core routes to Paris and Brussels. Passenger services began in November 2015. The trains, owned by Eurostar International Limited, are sixteen-coach versions of the Siemens Velaro.
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 11 years ago, in 2015.
- Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 8 minutes.
- 25.7 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- 2015
- in service from
- 2015
- status
- in service
- number built
- 17
- kind
- high-speed train
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Siemens Mobility
- operators
- Eurostar
- top speed
- 320 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- 16 cars per unit
- length
- 25.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q992877, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 374 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.