British Rail Class 398

The Class 398 Citylink[2] will be a class of tram-trains which will be built for Transport for Wales Rail by Swiss rolling stock manufacturer Stadler Rail.

British Rail Class 398 Citylink
Manufacturer	Stadler Rail
Family name	Stadler Citylink
Replaced	Class 150 Class 153
Constructed	2020[1] –
Number under construction	36 units
Formation	3-car units
Fleet numbers	398001-398036
Capacity	256
Operator(s)	Transport for Wales Rail
Depot(s)	Taffs Well (Under Construction)
Specifications
Maximum speed	60 mph (97 km/h)
Electric system(s)	25 kV 50 Hz AC (nominal) from overhead catenary
Current collector(s)	Pantograph
Multiple working	Within class
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

A total of 36 three-car units are to be built.

History

The Wales & Borders rail franchise operator at the time, KeolisAmey Wales, commenced on 14 October 2018. During the franchise period, the operator was to oversee a full fleet replacement,[3] with a batch of 36 brand new tram-trains set to join the fleet between 2022 and 2023.[4]

Operators

Transport for Wales

When built, Transport for Wales Rail Class 398 units will operate services on the Rhondda Line, Merthyr Line, City Line and Cardiff Bay Branch.

Fleet details

Class	Operator	Number	Year Built	Cars	Unit nos.
398	Transport for Wales Rail	36	2020-	3	398001–398036

Notes

References

"Trains for Wales under construction". Rail Business UK. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
@tfwrail (2 December 2019). "Our Metro tram-trains, which will run on the Treherbert, Aberdare and Merthyr lines from 2022, will be Class 398" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
"KeolisAmey reveal new-look Wales trains and services". BBC News. BBC. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
Barry, Sion (4 June 2018). "How Wales' railways will be transformed with new stations, trains and jobs through investment worth billions". WalesOnline. Cardiff: Reach. Retrieved 30 September 2018.

UK light rail vehicles

Tram

Heritage	Blackpool Heritage Trams Balloon (Blackpool) National Tramway Museum Wirral Tramway
Current	Alstom Citadis 302 (Nottingham) Bombardier CR4000 (Croydon) Bombardier Flexity 2 (Blackpool) Bombardier Incentro AT6/5 (Nottingham) Bombardier M5000 (Manchester) CAF Urbos 3 (Edinburgh) CAF Urbos 3 (West Midlands) Siemens-Duewag Supertram (Sheffield) Stadler Variobahn (Croydon)
Families	Alstom Citadis Bombardier Flexity 2 Swift Bombardier Incentro CAF Urbos 3 Stadler Variobahn
Withdrawn	T-68 (Manchester) T-69 (West Midlands) Tram Power Citytram (Blackpool prototype)

Metro

Current	B90/B92/B2K (Docklands) B07/09 (Docklands) Tyne and Wear Metrocar (Class 599/994) Stadler Metro (Class 555)
Withdrawn	P86/P89 (Docklands)

Tram-train

Diesel	PPM60 (Class 139)
Electric	Stadler Citylink (Classes 398 399)

Stadler multiple units of the United Kingdom
Bi/Tri-Mode (FLIRT)	Class 755 Class 756
Diesel (FLIRT)	Class 231
Electric (FLIRT)	Class 745
Electric (METRO)	Class 555 Class 777
Tram-Train (Citylink)	Class 398 Class 399

Electric multiple units of Great Britain
AC units (300–399):	300 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 (I) 316 (II) 316 (III) 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 325 331 (I)¹ 331 (II) 332 333 334 341 342 345 350 (I)² 350 (II) 357 360 365 370 371 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 385 387 390 395 397
AC units DC units (700–899):	700 701 705³ 707 710 711 (I)³ 711 (II)⁴ 717 720 730 745 755⁵ 756⁵ 768⁵ 769⁵ 777 799⁵ 800⁵ 801 802⁵ 803 (I)⁶ 803 (II) 804⁷ 805⁵ 807 810⁵
AC units (pre-TOPS):	AM1 AM2 AM3 AM4 AM5 AM6 AM7 AM8 AM9 AM10 AM11 LB&SCR CP LB&SCR CW LB&SCR SL MR Lancaster units
DC units (400–599):	401 402 403 404 405 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 427 430 431 432 438 442 444 445 446 447 450 455 456 457 458 460 465 466 471 480 482 (I) 482 (II) 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 499 (I) 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 510
DC units (Original TOPS):	411 412 413 414 421 422 423 424 431 432 441 442 451 452 453 461 462 491 492
DC units (pre-TOPS):	LMS electric units LNER Tyneside units LNWR electric units LOR electric units LYR electric units Mersey Railway electric units MSJ&AR electric units NER electric units W&CR electric units
Battery units:	BEMU 230⁵
Hydrogen units:	614
Southern Railway designations:	2-BIL 2-EPB 2-HAL 2-HAP 2-NOL 2-PAN 2-PEP 2-SAP 2-SL 2-TIS 2-WIM 3-CEP 3-CIG 3-COP 3-SUB 3-TC 3-TIS 4-BEP 4-BIG 4-BUF 4-CAP 4-CEP 4-CIG 4-COM 4-COR 4-DD 4-DES 4-EPB 4-GRI 4-JOP 4-LAV 4-PEP 4-PER 4-REP 4-RES 4-SUB 4-TC 4-TEP 4-VEC 4-VEG 4-VEP 4-VIP 4-VOP 5-BEL 5-DES 5-TCB 5-VEC 5-WES 6-CIT 6-PAN 6-PUL 6-REP 7-TC 8-DIG 8-GAT 8-MIG 8-VAB GLV MLV TLV
Miscellaneous units:	398 399 499 (II) 555 599 994
Families:	1959 design 1972 design Mark 2-derived Mark 3-derived A-Train APT Aventra Citylink Civity D-Train Desiro Electrostar Flirt Juniper Metro Networker TGV Tube⁸ Velaro
Notes:	1: Renumbered as Class 332 2: Renumbered as Class 325 3: Renumbered as Class 701 4: Renumbered as Class 720/6 5: Bi- or tri-mode unit 6: Renumbered as Class 802/2 7: Renumbered as Class 810 8: Grouping of different rolling stock types built to loading gauge of London Underground deep tube lines
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