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British Rail Class 756
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stadler Rail· from 2024· Tri-mode Multiple Unit Train
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Ffynnon Taf - TfW 756105 trên i Caerdydd: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. TfW Rail 756117 at Aberdare 19 November 2024: Anamyd· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 756 FLIRT is a class of tri-mode multiple units built for Transport for Wales Rail by Swiss rolling stock manufacturer Stadler Rail. They are closely related to the Class 755 bi-mode units delivered by Stadler to Greater Anglia between 2018 and 2020, which can be powered either by overhead electric lines or on-board diesel generators. The Class 756 units also carry batteries as an additional source of traction power.
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 2 years ago, in 2024.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2024
- in service from
- 2024
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- bi-mode
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Stadler Rail
- operators
- Transport for Wales Rail, Transport for Wales
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- —
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q85749054, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 756 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.