British Rail Class 745
| British Rail Class 745 FLIRT | |
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Greater Anglia Class 745 at Colchester | |
Class 745 standard-class saloon | |
| In service | 8 January 2020 – present |
| Manufacturer | Stadler Rail |
| Assembly | Stadler Bussnang AG |
| Built at | Bussnang, Switzerland |
| Family name | FLIRT |
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| Constructed | 2018–2020 |
| Number built | 20 |
| Formation | 12 cars per unit |
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| Owners | Rock Rail |
| Operators | Greater Anglia |
| Depots | Crown Point (Norwich) |
| Specifications | |
| Car body construction | Aluminium |
| Train length | 236.6 m (776 ft 3 in) |
| Width | 2.720 m (8 ft 11.1 in) |
| Height | 3.915 m (12 ft 10.1 in) |
| Floor height | 960 mm (3 ft 2 in) |
| Doors | Double-leaf sliding plug, each 1.300 m (4 ft 3.2 in) wide (1 per side per car) |
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| Wheelbase | Bogies: 2.700 m (8 ft 10.3 in) |
| Maximum speed | 100 mph (160 km/h) |
| Traction system | IGBT |
| Power output | 5,200 kW (7,000 bhp) at wheel |
| Tractive effort | Max. 400 kN (90,000 lbf) |
| Acceleration | 0.9 m/s2 (3.0 ft/s2) |
| Electric system(s) | 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead |
| Current collector(s) | Pantograph |
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| Safety system(s) | |
| Coupling system | Dellner |
| Multiple working | Not provided |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Notes/references | |
| Sourced from unless otherwise noted. | |
The British Rail Class 745 FLIRT is a class of electric multiple unit passenger train, built by Stadler as part of the FLIRT family. The class is built for Greater Anglia for use on their inter-city services and the Stansted Express services. They first entered service on 8 January 2020, after being constructed between 2018 and 2020 in Switzerland.