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British Rail Class 399
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stadler Rail Valencia· from 2017· Class of tram-train vehicles used on Sheffield Supertram and Network Rail
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Supertram 399202: Buttons0603· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 399206 Parkgate: Buttons0603· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Class 399 at Cathedral tram stop: Hammersfan· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 399 Citylink is a type of rail vehicle built by Vossloh on its Citylink platform for operation by South Yorkshire Supertram. Primarily a low-floor tram, it is also capable of being used on the National Rail network; the Class 399 is the first such tram-train to see operational use in the United Kingdom. In 2013, an order was placed with Vossloh for the construction of a batch of seven tram-trains for Supertram.
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 9 years ago, in 2017.
- 870 kW is about 10 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 37.2 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 140: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 2017
- in service from
- 2017
- status
- in service
- number built
- 7
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Stadler Rail Valencia
- operators
- Supertram
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 870 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- and overhead line
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′+2′Bo′+Bo′
- length
- 37.2 m
- weight
- 66 t
- capacity
- 140 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q19654753, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 399 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.