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British Rail Class 745
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stadler Rail· from 2020· electric multiple unit train
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what is it?
The British Rail Class 745 is a class of electric multiple unit passenger trains, built by Stadler as part of the FLIRT grouping. The class was built for Abellio Greater Anglia for use on its inter-city and Stansted Express services. They first entered service on 8 January 2020, after being constructed between 2018 and 2020 in Switzerland.
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 6 years ago, in 2020.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2020
- in service from
- 2020
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Stadler Rail
- operators
- Greater Anglia
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- power
- —
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q30644313, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 745 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.