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Class 399 Citylink
Seven Citylink tram-trains built in Valencia by Vossloh (Stadler from 2016) for Britain's tram-train pilot: three-section vehicles, 122 ft (37.2 m) long, that run on Supertram's street tracks and on Network Rail's line through Rotherham. They are equipped for both 750 V DC and 25 kV AC, and carry the same blue, red and orange as the Supertram cars.
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- Type
- Tram-train (overhead electric, 750 V DC and 25 kV AC)
- Builder
- Vossloh España (Stadler Rail Valencia from 2016), Albuixech, Valencia (Spain)
- Built
- 2015–2016
- In service
- since 2017
- Lines
- Sheffield Supertram
- Formation
- One articulated vehicle of three sections, 122 ft (37.2 m) long, on four bogies: a motor bogie under each cab section and a motor and a trailer bogie under the centre section, which has no doors
- Trains in fleet
- 7
- Top speed
- 60 mph (97 km/h) British Trams Online
- Power
- 750 V DC overhead (and equipped for 25 kV AC); six 145 kW motors · how it works
- Bogies
- Vossloh Citylink bogies, three powered and one trailer, under hinged covers (Class 399)
- Train length
- 122 ft (37.20 m)
- Car width
- 8 ft 8 in (2.65 m)
- Profile
- light rail
- Air-conditioned
- Yes
- Seats per train
- 88
- Total capacity
- 88 seated and 150 standing (Rail Engineer, 2013 and 2015); British Trams Online gives 96 seats and 140 standing
- Status
- In service: all seven, 399 201-207. Besides Supertram's own routes, 201-205 (with tram-train wheel profiles) run the Tram Train service from Cathedral over Network Rail track via Meadowhall South and Rotherham Central to Rotherham Parkgate, since 25 October 2018; 206 and 207 have tram wheel profiles and run on the tramway only (British Trams Online, 10 October 2026).
Sources
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- Next stop Rotherham: Sheffield's new tram-trains Rail Engineer, 15 August 2013seven Citylinks from Vossloh; dual voltage; 122 ft (37.2 m); 8 ft 8 in (2.65 m); four bogies; 88 seated, 150 standing; air conditioning; magnetic track brakes on every bogie
- Sheffield tram-train: Making square pegs fit Rail Engineer (Mungo Stacy), 23 December 2015first unveiled 10 December 2015; three motor bogies and one trailer; pneumatic suspension
- South Yorkshire Supertram fleet list British Trams Online, updated 10 October 2026numbers; delivery dates; 6 x 145 kW; 60 mph (97 km/h); wheel profiles; first passengers 14 September 2017; livery in October 2026
- Refurbishment including corrosion treatment to tram units: planned procurement notice 2025/S 000-081855 South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Find a Tender service), 11 December 2025seven vehicles bought from Stadler for the 2018 extension to Rotherham
- British Rail Class 399 Wikipedia, accessed 12 October 2026height, floor, wheels, Bo'+2'Bo'+Bo', the full service from 25 October 2018 (cross-check only)
- 'Supertram 399202.jpg' (photograph: 399 202 whole, from above, at Nunnery depot; CC BY-SA 4.0) Wikimedia Commons (Buttons0603), 17 June 2016positions of the doors, windows, joints and covers (indicative drawing)
- 'South Yorkshire Supertram - 201 - 23 May 2025.jpg' (photograph: 399 201 at Cathedral, near side-on; CC0) Wikimedia Commons (Aethonatic), 23 May 2025the cab section, the motor bogie, heights, livery and colours
- 'Class 399 Citylink Tram-Train.jpg' (photograph: 399 207 three-quarter on Donetsk Way; CC BY-SA 4.0) Wikimedia Commons (Samson Ng), 4 October 2017the pantograph's place and folding direction
- 'Sheffield Tram.jpg' (photograph: 399 202 whole, near side-on, in central Sheffield; CC BY 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (Tim Green), 8 July 2022the cab front's rake and depth, the bumper, the bogie covers and the openings over them; a check of the positions
- 'Supertram 399202 Donetsk.jpg' (photograph: 399 202 nearly head-on on Donetsk Way; CC BY-SA 4.0) Wikimedia Commons (Buttons0603), 21 April 2017the front head-on: flat across, the lamps, the windscreen's division and the destination display
- '399206 Parkgate.jpg' (photograph: 399 206 three-quarter at Rotherham Parkgate; CC BY-SA 4.0) Wikimedia Commons (Buttons0603), 13 April 2019the lamps, the orange side lamp, the cab section's bogie cover
- Lockdown Walks: Stagecoach Supertram 399 202 (photograph by Stuart Cooke, 29 April 2021) British Trams Online, July 2021the lower nose's bulge and the lamp pod at its top (shape only)
- 399 205 at Halfway, nearly side-on, the whole tram (photograph supplied by Kyle, 12 October 2026) GB Trains review material (design/reviews/2026-10-12/kyle-SYF2-4.webp); origin and licence not recorded, supplied 12 October 2026the bogie guards' places, hence the bogie centres
- Stadler Citylink for Utah Transit Authority (TRAX), side-on rendering, two liveries (supplied by Kyle, 12 October 2026) Stadler (rendering); GB Trains review material (design/reviews/2026-10-12/kyle-SYF2-1.webp), supplied 12 October 2026each guard centred over its bogie (a sister Citylink; shape only)
- The Highway Code: road works, level crossings and tramways (rules 288 to 307), rule 307 Department for Transport (GOV.UK), accessed 10 October 2026, p. rule 307the "In operation" drawing's contact wire: 19 ft 0 in (5.8 m), the normal height of tramway wires over a carriageway
- In Pictures: 399 205 failure causes Supertram delays (news item with photographs by Stuart Cooke) British Trams Online, 26 January 2019the cab coupler stowed behind the front and brought out only for a rescue: 399 205 coupled to Supertram 109 (set BC11, 20 October 2026; layout only)
- The Highway Code: road works, level crossings and tramways (rules 288 to 307), rule 307 Department for Transport (GOV.UK), accessed 10 October 2026, p. rule 307the contact wire in the In operation drawing: 19 ft 0 in (5.8 m) above rail, the normal height of tramway wires over a carriageway
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- Seats: 88 and 150 standing (Rail Engineer) or 96 and 140 standing (British Trams Online)
- Top speed: 60 mph (97 km/h; British Trams Online); 100 km/h (62 mph; Wikipedia, citing Stadler)
- Builder's name: ordered from Vossloh España in 2013; Stadler bought Vossloh's Valencia works before most were delivered (Rail Engineer, 2015: 'Vossloh, which is now owned by ... Stadler')
- The 25 kV AC equipment: fitted for a future electrified main line, not used (Rail Engineer, 2013)
- Height 12 ft 2 in (3.72 m), floor 1 ft 5 in (425 mm), 2 ft 4 in (720 mm) wheels: Wikipedia citing Stadler's sheet, not read
- The drawing: indicative, laid out from photographs (positions to about 0.1-0.3 m, re-based on the real nose with a 5.2% stretch of the end sections; heights estimated; the cab front's rake to about 2 degrees and its depth to about 0.1 m); Stadler's TTSYPTE0616e side view would settle it
- Colours: sampled from photographs of 399 201 (2025) and 202 (2016); the orange sweep matched by eye to the Supertram cars'
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