Class 755 FLIRT
A FLIRT with a short power car in the middle carrying diesel engines, so it can run off the wires on East Anglia's regional lines.
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- Type
- Bi-mode multiple unit (electric and diesel)
- Builder
- Stadler
- Operators
- Greater Anglia
- Formation
- 3 or 4 passenger cars with a power car in the middle: 65.0 m or 80.7 m over couplings
- Fleets
- Greater Anglia: 38
- Top speed
- 100 mph
- Power
- 25 kV AC overhead, or diesel engines in the power car (960 kW in 3-car units, 1,920 kW in 4-car)
- Car width
- 2.72 m
- Profile
- main-line
- Total capacity
- 3-car: 144 seats (Stadler) or 166 (contract); 4-car: 202 or 224
- Status
- In service. Leased from Rock Rail; maintained by Stadler at Norwich Crown Point.
Sources
- FLIRT bi-mode multiple unit for Greater Anglia (data sheet), Stadler, 2019 (lengths, widths, power pack, engine power, seats)
- Abellio East Anglia Limited 2021: national rail contract, Department for Transport, September 2021 (14 three-car and 24 four-car units, seats, Rock Rail)
- Greater Anglia to open Crown Point depot to the public for the first time in more than 30 years, Greater Anglia, 31 March 2026 (maintenance with Stadler at Crown Point)
unverified seat counts: Stadler's 2019 sheet and the 2021 contract differ