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British Rail Class 755
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stadler Rail· from 2019· Electro-diesel (Bi-mode) Multiple Unit Train.
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 755406 at Ipswich: Vanmanyo· CC BY 4.0
- 2. 2 Class 755s at Norwich Station: Therofr· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 755 is a class of bi-mode multiple unit passenger train built by Stadler Rail for Greater Anglia. Part of the FLIRT (Fast Light Innovative Regional Train) modular train grouping, the trains first entered service on 29 July 2019, and are used on regional and local services throughout East Anglia as well as for inter-city services between Norwich and London Liverpool Street.
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 7 years ago, in 2019.
- 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
- 2019
- in service from
- 2019
- status
- in service
- number built
- 38
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- bi-mode
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Stadler Rail
- operators
- Greater Anglia
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- power
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From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q30642124, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 755 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.