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===Current fleet=== [[File:At London 2025 018.jpg|thumb|right|Inside of the Stansted Express Class 745]] As part of the 1,300 new carriages to expand the UK's passenger rail fleet, Stansted Express was designated to receive 120 new vehicles. In February 2009, it was announced that [[Bombardier Transportation]] would produce the new trains.<ref>[http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/business/2009/02/12-bombardier-hitatchi.html "Hitachi to power new 'British' intercity trains and Bombardier to build 120 coaches"]. ''Rail News'' (Stevenage). 12 February 2009.</ref> Bombardier announced on 2 April that a contract had been signed for the delivery of the 120 coaches between December 2010 and March 2011.<ref>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/Bombardier-Wins-a-188-Million-iw-14825741.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> The first of the new [[British Rail Class 379|Class 379]] units entered passenger service on 3 March 2011. The Class 379s were replaced by [[British Rail Class 745|Class 745/1s]], the first of which entered service on 28 July 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Holden|first=Michael|date=2020-07-28|title=Brand new Stansted Express trains enter service in London|url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2020/07/brand-new-stansted-express-trains-enter-service-in-london.html|access-date=2020-07-28|website=RailAdvent}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=|date=2020-07-28|title=Stansted Express Class 745/1 trainsets enter passenger service|url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/stansted-express-class-745/1-trainsets-enter-passenger-service/57063.article|access-date=2020-07-28|website=Railway Gazette International}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |----- bgcolor=#f9f9f9 ! rowspan="2" |Class ! rowspan="2" |Image ! rowspan="2" |Type ! colspan="2" |Top speed ! rowspan="2" |Number ! rowspan="2" |Routes operated ! rowspan="2" |Built |----- bgcolor=#f9f9f9 !mph !km/h |- |[[British Rail Class 745|745/1 ''FLIRT'']] |[[File:754109 Stortford South 091020.jpg|175px]] | [[Electric multiple unit|EMU]] |100 |161 |10 |[[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]] β [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]] |2018β2020 |}
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