Class 720 Aventra
Bombardier's Aventra in five-car form, built at Derby for Greater Anglia's commuter routes.
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- Type
- Electric multiple unit
- Builder
- Bombardier Transportation (now Alstom), Derby
- In service
- since 2020
- Operators
- Greater Anglia
- Formation
- 5 cars (DTLW-M3-M2-PML-DM)
- Trains in fleet
- 133
- Fleets
- Greater Anglia: 133
- Top speed
- 100 mph
- Power
- 25 kV AC overhead
- Car width
- 2.77 m
- Profile
- main-line
- Seats per train
- 544
- Status
- In service. Leased from Angel Trains; now approved to run on c2c too.
Car types
| Code | Car | Length | Doors per side |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car | Each car | 24.20 m |
Sources
- Class 720, Angel Trains (133 five-car units, car length, width, formation)
- Better journeys for rail passengers and boost for Derby train industry as new East Anglia franchise announced, Department for Transport, 10 August 2016 (built at Derby)
- Abellio East Anglia Limited 2021: national rail contract, Department for Transport, September 2021 (seats, lessor)
- First Great British Railways trains for Anglia unveiled, Greater Anglia, 16 July 2026 (approved to run on c2c)
unverified first in service 26 November 2020 (Wikipedia), 133 five-car units (Angel Trains and the contract) against the 660 carriages DfT announced in 2016