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British Rail Class 231
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stadler Rail· from 2023· Diesel-electric multiple-unit passenger train
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what is it?
The British Rail Class 231 is a class of eleven diesel-electric multiple units of the FLIRT family, which were built for Transport for Wales by Swiss rolling stock manufacturer Stadler Rail. The first units entered service on 18 January 2023. The entire class is due to be converted into bi-mode multiple units.
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 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2023
- in service from
- 2023
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Stadler Rail
- operators
- KeolisAmey Wales, Transport for Wales Rail
- top speed
- 145 km/h
- power
- —
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q85749050, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 231 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.