Algeria On 18 March 2006, the Algerian national railway operator
SNTF announced that it had ordered 64 four-car EMUs for operation on the
Algiers suburban rail network. The trains were delivered between 2008 and 2010. They are designated by the SNTF as the Class 541, with series numbers 541-101 to 541-164.
Azerbaijan In November 2019, it was announced that
Azərbaycan Dəmir Yolları (Azerbaijan Railways) had placed a €115 million order for ten
Russian-gauge Stadler FLIRT units in various configurations, for delivery to begin in 2022. The order specification is as follows: • Three
EMUs for regional trains • Three
EMUs for inter-regional trains • Four DŞ1-class
DMUs for inter-regional trains Train length is to range between , with capacity varying from 236 to 271 passengers. Because the Azerbaijan Railway is currently converting the
electrification voltage of many lines on its network from
3 kV DC to
25 kV AC, the diesel fleet will be introduced first, allowing the service to be upheld during this conversion process. In December 2023, the four DMUs were delivered to Azerbaijan Railways. The first EMUs followed in summer 2024.
Belarus Ten
Russian-gauge units were delivered to the
Belarusian Railways in 2011. Six more were delivered from 2013 to 2014. The trains are mostly used on various suburban routes around
Minsk, such as
Minsk-Pasažyrski to
Minsk National Airport. The Stadler FLIRT trains are also used as inter-regional transport in Belarus, on the routes Minsk–
Homieĺ, and Minsk–
Brest. Two Stadler FLIRT units with an interior optimised for longer distance (EPm-class) were delivered to
Belarus in 2015 to 2016, and in January 2019, ten more of these trains were ordered for delivery in 2020.
Canada The city of Ottawa put 7 Stadler FLIRTs into service on
O-Train Line 2 in 2025 to increase capacity, replacing the Coradia LINTs, which have been moved to line 4. Line 2 is a combination of frequent rapid transit and suburban regional rail, serving both as the inner city's main north-south route and also railway to the Riverside South suburb. However, unlike most Stadler FLIRTs which are heavy rail regional trains, these versions of the Stadler FLIRT are smaller diesel-electric light rail vehicles that provide a light rail service to be consistent with the rest of Ottawa's O-Train light rail system.
Czech Republic on the test circuit in Cerhenice, the Czech Republic The Czech private operator
LEO Express ordered five units. Units are modified as
InterCity trains. All five units have operated on the
Prague–
Ostrava line since December 2012. Since December 2013 one unit is operated on the
Prague–
Staré Město u Uherského Hradiště and since December 2014 one unit is operated on the international route
Prague–
Košice (
Slovak Republic).
Denmark On 9 October 2024, the local railway operator
Lokaltog formally signed a contract for the supply of 14 two-car units of the battery–electric Akku model with an option for 10 more. They are scheduled to be delivered in 2028.
Estonia Elron ordered 18 electric (6 four-car and 12 three-car) and 20 diesel (6 four-car, 8 three-car and 6 two-car) broad-gauged trains. By June 2014 all 38 trains were delivered. This has been the first time FLIRT DMUs were produced. First five trains went into service on 1 July 2013 and by January 2014 all old trains were replaced by the new ones. On 16 April 2014 one of the new DMUs that had been operating for just five months had an accident near
Raasiku, a collision with a truck. The unit was badly damaged. It went back into service in 2015, and two damaged carriages were replaced. In November 2014, Elron initiated an investigation into suspected flaws in some diesel trains. Two different build flaws were found in many of the trains and faulty components were replaced under warranty.
Finland 81 four-section
broad-gauged FLIRT units, classified as
Sm5 in the Finnish system, have been ordered by Pääkaupunkiseudun Junakalusto Oy (a joint venture between the cities of
Helsinki,
Espoo,
Vantaa and
Kauniainen) for service on the
Helsinki commuter rail network. The Sm5 units are leased by Pääkaupunkiseudun junakalusto to the
Helsinki Regional Transport Authority, but they are currently operated by the
VR Group. The initial order in 2006 was for 32 trainsets. 9 further units were ordered in 2011 and 34 further units in 2014. The first Sm5 unit arrived in Finland on 11 November 2008. Following preliminary testing the first unit was displayed to the public in Helsinki on 17 December 2008. During the remainder of on 2008 and for most of 2009 the Sm5 units were extensively tested in different parts of Finland. The first unit entered passenger service on 18 November 2009. In November 2022,
VR Group, the country's national rail operator, awarded Stadler Rail the contract to manufacture 20 new FLIRT 4 EMUs (but based on FLIRT G and without Jacobs bogies) with an additional option for 50 trainsets, classified as
Sm7, for longer-distance
VR commuter rail services. These trains will be partly manufactured in Switzerland with final assembly taking place in Poland and Belarus, and they are expected to enter service in spring 2026. File:JKOY Sm5 at Tuomarila Station 2019.jpg|Class Sm5 EMU in
Tuomarila. File:Sm7 ohittamassa Rekolan rautatieasemaa.jpg|VR Class Sm7 EMU
Germany The
Cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft, a joint subsidiary of Hessische Landesbahn and
Hamburger Hochbahn, became the first German FLIRT operator when they received their first train in 2006. Their fleet consists of fourteen three-car and six four-car units. Since December 2007
Abellio Rail NRW has operated nine three-car and eight two-car FLIRT trains for regional routes between
Essen,
Hagen,
Iserlohn and
Siegen. This was the first time that a FLIRT with only two sections was ordered. Also since December 2007
WestfalenBahn uses fourteen three-car and five five-car trains for trains services in the
Teutoburg Forest region. In 2006
DB Regio, a subsidiary of
Deutsche Bahn ordered five five-section vehicles for regional services on the German east coast. The trains were delivered in August 2007 and, until December 2019, were used on the routes
Rostock–
Stralsund–
Lietzow–
Sassnitz (Hanse-Express),
Sassnitz–
Stralsund and
Binz–
Lietzow. Since October 2020, they run the RB17 (Wismar – Ludwigslust). The biggest order from Germany so far came in October 2006 from the leasing company
Angel Trains Europa when they ordered 25 four-car FLIRT trains. All 25 units have been leased to
Eurobahn who uses them on the
Hellweg Network in
North Rhine-Westphalia. Only a year later, in November 2007, Angel Trains ordered four more four-car and fourteen five-car trains that will also be used by Eurobahn. In 2017, Eurobahn also took over the
WestfalenBahn operation of the Teutoburger-Wald-Network, taking over 18 FLIRT 1 units, as well as ordering eight new FLIRT 3 units. On the
InnoTrans 2008, a trade fair focused on rail transport,
Vias announced their order for twelve four-section and seven three-section units. Starting in December 2010, the trains were put on the
Frankfurt–
Koblenz route. The same year, the Hessische Landesbahn (HLB) started to operate three three- and five six-car FLIRT units on the Frankfurt – Gießen – Siegen line. Starting in December 2013, the Bayerische Oberlandbahn, called
Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB) since 2020, uses three three-car and 28 six-car FLIRTs for their Meridian services, which run between Munich-Salzburg and Kufstein. Since August 2014, the ownership of the trains was transferred to
AlphaTrains, only to be leased back for the Meridian.
Go-Ahead Germany ordered 45 units in 2016 for delivery in 2019.
Transdev ordered 64 three-car units in November 2018, planned to enter service in 2021 on
Hanover S-Bahn lines. In June 2019, Transdev subsidiary NordWestBahn awarded Stadler a €100m order to supply 16 FLIRT electric multiple-units for the Bremen/Niedersachsen S-Bahn services. The trains will enter service starting December 2022. In July 2019, Schleswig-Holstein rail authority NAH.SH awarded Stadler a €600m order for 55 battery-powered FLIRT Akku multiple unit trains along with maintenance for 30 years. The trains, which offer of battery range, were originally scheduled to enter operations in 2022 to replace DMUs on non-electrified routes. Regular operations began in October 2023. In October 2025, an agreement was signed with VIAS Rail GmbH to supply 36 FLIRT XL MUs for the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network. They are planned to enter service in December 2029 File:WFB ET 005.jpg|FLIRT of
WestfalenBahn File:Bahnhof Konstanz mit Seehas-Zügen (2022).jpg|FLIRT of
SBB GmbH at
Konstanz station File:Flirt 190.jpg|FLIRT of
DB Regio File:5D411398 Stadler Flirt 3 JM 2024-05-01.jpg|DB Regio FLIRT 3 on
Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway File:Abellio ET 25 2302 -- Praest.jpg|FLIRT 3 of Abellio NRW File:Stadler FLIRT 3 EMU.jpg|FLIRT 3 of Meridian File:Br 429 Go-Ahead "bwegt" am Stuttgarter Hbf.jpg|FLIRT 3 of Go-Ahead Germany File:STADLER FLIRT 3 XL.jpg|FLIRT 3 XL of Transdev File:NAH.SH 526 007 (52393332551).jpg|FLIRT Akku
Hungary •
Hungarian State Railways operates 123 units. Technical details: single voltage 25 kV, maximum speed 160 km/h, four-section trains with 200+11 (folding) seats, up to three trains can be connected together. The first 60 units got red, black, and white livery. During the first modernization the paint scheme was unified with other electric trains of MÁV. Now all 123 units have blue, black, and white livery with yellow doors. •
Győr–Sopron–Ebenfurth railway in 2012 ordered four units, delivery until Q2 2014. First two units arrived on 6 December 2014 and started their public service on 15 December of the same year. •
Hungarian State Railways in 2013 ordered further 42 units, delivery until Q3 2015. The first two units arrived on 27 February 2014 and the first one presented to the public at
Kápolnásnyék on 19 March. New units have arrived in new livery of blue and white colour scheme with yellow doors instead of the previous red and white one. •
Győr–Sopron–Ebenfurth railway in 2013 ordered further six units, delivery until Q3 2015 •
Hungarian State Railways in July 2015 ordered further 21 units, delivery until Q4 2016. The first unit arrived on 11 September 2015 These four-section units have the same blue and white colour scheme with yellow doors which is the same as the 2013 orders livery. •
Győr–Sopron–Ebenfurth railway in September 2016 ordered further ten units the first order of the new FLIRT 3 version, delivery until Q1 2019 MÁV operates 123 units, while GYSEV operates twenty units from this series (2019). It is planned that the first sixty units will be equipped with ETCS L2 signaling, control and train protection system, while all newer units are already equipped with ETCS L2. The units will also receive the blue and white colour scheme. File:MAV Stadler.jpg|MÁV-Start series 415 FLIRT (old red livery) File:1 GySEV 415 509 Koermend 140916.jpg|GySEV series 415 FLIRT File:MÁV-Start series 415 FLIRT.jpg|MÁV-Start series 415 FLIRT (new blue livery)
Ireland On 8 December 2025,
Iarnród Éireann and
NI Railways selected Stadler FLIRT multiple units for use on the
Enterprise service between
Dublin and
Belfast.
Italy In Italy FLIRT units are used by nine regional railways, with total units ordered and built divided among the following companies:
Ferrovie del Gargano: ETR 330, single voltage to 3 kV DC, maximum speed . Fleet: three units.
Ferrotramviaria: ETR 340, single-voltage 3 kV DC, maximum speed . Fleet: four units.
SAD used on the
Puster Valley Railway, ETR 155 and ETR 170. Dual-voltage 15 kV AC and 3 kV DC. Fleet: four ETR 155 and six ETR 170. In July 2011 have been ordered eight new units for routes within the jurisdiction of SAD. there are eight FLIRT dual-voltage units, 001–008 (005–008 ex ETR 155), and 24 ETR 170.1 and 170.2 dual- and tri-voltage units (3 kV DC, 15 kV AC, 25 kV 50 Hz)
Infrastrutture Venete (formerly
Sistemi territoriali): ETR 340, single-voltage 3 kV DC, maximum speed . Fleet: two units from 2008, four and sixteen FLIRT units ordered in 2009. The FLIRTs ordered in 2009 will be built in conjunction with AnsaldoBreda: Stadler Rail will produce end units, traction systems and onboard auxiliary, and bogies, while
AnsaldoBreda will produce intermediate cars, final assembly, and delivery to the operators at the plant in Pistoia.
Tilo (Switzerland and Italy): RABe 524/ETR 150, dual-voltage 15 kV AC, 3 kV DC. Maximum speed . The first 19 units of this type to be delivered were four sections long, followed by eleven units which are six sections long and equipped with
ETCS Level 2.
Valle d'Aosta region (licensed to
Trenitalia): • BTR 813,
electro-diesel multiple units with maximum speed of in electric mode and in diesel mode. • ETR 814, electric multiple units with maximum speed of , will be entry in service after the electrification of railway Aosta - Ivrea in 2026. File:ST ETR 340.004 alla stazione di Legnago 01.JPG|ST ETR 340 unit File:Bruneck ETR170-001 IT-SAD 20100717Y671.jpg|SAD ETR 170 unit at
Bruneck railway station File:Stadler FLIRT valledaosta05MaurizioTolini 20170616.jpg|BTR 813 unit
Trenord: ATR 803, named "Colleoni". Thirty diesel multiple unit with diesel generator and traction batteries with the maximum speed of . The first four train are entry in service from 2022 in the Brescia - Parma to been replace the oldest Aln 668. These trains are retired temporarily retired because initials problems of the systems of supports of conducts (SSC) caused from this last one. The trains returned in service in 2023.
Ente Autonomo Volturno (EAV) (
Campania Region) has five trains in service from 2022 in the Alifana Railway.
Lithuania On 21 June 2023, Lithuanian passenger rail operator
LTG Link announced that it has ordered nine 5-car Stadler FLIRT EMUs and six 3-car FLIRT battery-electric multiple units, along with an option for a further 13 electric and 26 battery-electric units. The trainsets are expected to began testing in 2025 with a projected entry to service in 2026.
Netherlands On 23 April 2015 the Netherlands' railway operator
Nederlandse Spoorwegen announced that it was ordering 58 Stadler FLIRT EMUs, comprising 25 four-car units and 33 three-car units, to be delivered by the end of 2016. The very short delivery deadline (20 months), to meet capacity needs, allowed NS to invoke 'urgency mode' provisions in EU procurement rules and place the order without tendering. The 58 FLIRT EMUs for NS were produced at Stadler's plant in
Siedlce, Poland, 92 km east of Warsaw, following the order which that plant completed for
PKP Intercity in Poland. Meanwhile, Arriva Nederland also ordered two- and three-car units for operation in the province of
Limburg. , FLIRT 2, 3 and 4 EMUs are in service in the Netherlands with the following operators: •
Arriva •
Nederlandse Spoorwegen (some of them with
R-net branding) •
Keolis (Blauwnet, RRReis and former
Connexxion Valleilijn branding) File:NS 2504 - Kleine Vosstraat, Oeken.jpg|Nederlandse Spoorwegen FLIRT File:NS R-Net Flirt 2011 en 2012 passeren overweg Asselsepad.jpg|NS R-Net FLIRT File:Keolis Flirt 7302 verlaat Heino richting Raalte.jpg|Keolis FLIRT File:Connexxion 5038.jpg|Ex-Connexxion FLIRT, now Keolis RRReis In November 2025, NS signed a contract for 36 FLIRT EMUs.
Norway 50 Flirt units were ordered by
Vy (formerly Norwegian State Railways (NSB)), with a further 100 on option. 26 units were placed on
Oslo Commuter Rail and the remaining 24 units were used on regional and express routes. During spring and summer 2012 all Flirt trains used by Vy were fitted with free wireless Internet access for passengers. In Vy's system, the FLIRT trains are classified as
Class 74 for regional trainsets and
Class 75 for local trainsets. All trains will be five-car sets; unlike previous five-car FLIRTs each will have a third powered bogie giving it a maximum power output of and a top speed of . Trial runs started on the
Bergen Line in 2009, using an
SBB-CFF-FFS unit. The first units were scheduled to enter passenger service on 29 February 2012. The FLIRT's introduction was delayed after a unit derailed during tests by NSB on 15 February 2012, injuring five people. The train was running much too fast, and there were no safety systems along the railway to catch the driver's error. The last of the 50 trains was delivered on 24 January 2014. Vy had ordered a further 57 trains, for a total of 107, as of October 2015. In 2017 an order for additional 18 was placed, for a total of 125, forty of which are short regional trains, and the rest local commuter trains. In July 2018, 36 short regional and 64 local commuter trains had been delivered. Local Class 75 trains are configured with five seats (2+3) abreast. The Class 74 regional trains were also delivered with 2+3 seating on regional trains except in the premium "Komfort" section that had 2+2 seating. Significant passenger complaints over cramped seating led Nsb to reconfigure the regional trains into 2+2 seating in 2014. These fleets have floor without steps. Many Norwegian platforms are too low for this floor height, so they will have to be raised to platform height. These fleets cannot operate on low-platform lines such as the Bergen Line, the Sørlandet Line west of Kongsberg, and the Dovre Line north of Lillehammer. Raised platforms will be matched with conventional train steps; vertical gaps between this fleet and platforms will remain. In 2018 the last options were used, which includes 25 trainsets, most of which include the Class 75 and 74 that are set to operate on Gjøvikbanen and Vossebanen. The two last are bi-mode trains named
Class 76. These are similar to the FLIRT 3s owned by Greater Anglia in the UK but each will have an extra carriage for diesel generators in order to operate on tracks without electrification and as fully electric on electrified parts of the railway. In total 14 trainsets of the bi-modal Class 76 will be delivered to serve Trønder Commuter Rail as well as the Meråker and Røros Lines. These will replace the aging Class 92's built by Duewag which are fully diesel. All this is included in Bane Nor (Norway's Rail Management Agency) and Jernbaneverkets's plan to finally modernize the Trøndelag Railways, which have outdated buildings and infrastructure. These lines were partially electrified, between Støren and Trondheim, by 2021, with further electrification to be implemented. In November 2022 the final 150th train set was delivered. In February 2023 Norske tog ordered 17 FLIRT NEX long-distance trains, with the option of up to 100 train sets, to enter testing in 2025 and service on the
Bergen Line in 2026, replacing end-of-life trainsets on the line. These will be classified as 'Class 79' and have 8 wagons including reclining seats, flexible sleeping compartments that can be used as private seating areas during daytime use, bistro, and a family area. File:NSB BMb 74501 1.jpg|The Stadler Flirt for NSB (now Vy) at
InnoTrans 2010 File:NSB (Norske tog) 75-39 i Vy-dekor, Sundhaugen, Drammen.jpg|Stadler Flirt with new Vy livery File:Type76 Stjoerdal.jpg|Bi-modal Stadler Flirt for SJ Norge
Poland Koleje Mazowieckie in 2008 bought 10 four-car 3 kV DC (class ER75) units for services in the
Warsaw region.
Koleje Śląskie (KŚ) bought four four-car 3 kV DC units (class EN75) for service in
Silesia.
Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna (ŁKA) in 2012 ordered 20 two-car FLIRT3 units for service in the region around
Łódź, for delivery by February 2015.
PKP Intercity in August 2013 ordered 20 eight-car 3 kV DC FLIRT3 units (class ED160) with interiors for long-distance travel and top speed of 160 km/h (99 mph), for service on four long-distance routes in Poland, from a consortium of Stadler Polska and
Newag for delivery by October 2015. In 2018
Koleje Mazowieckie started another order of total 61 five-car 3 kV DC FLIRT3 units (class ER160) in five batches slated for deliveries from 2020 to 2022. In 2019
PKP Intercity ordered further twelve eight-car 3 kV DC FLIRT3 units for deliveries through 2023. File:Stadler FLIRT Koleje Mazowieckie.jpg|FLIRT for Koleje Mazowieckie File:2025-01-26 ER160 Koleje Mazowieckie, Ciechanów.jpg|FLIRT3 for Koleje Mazowieckie File:ED160-009, Trako 2015, 2015-09-25 (Muri WG 2015-34).jpg|FLIRT 3 for Polish PKP Intercity File:Łódź Kaliska ŁKA train 2015 01.jpg|FLIRT 3 for Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna File:EN75-003 Laliki (02).jpg|Flirt for Koleje Śląskie
Portugal In October 2020,
Comboios de Portugal have ordered a delivery of 22 FLIRT units in for the renewal of its regional fleet, these are the first FLIRT trains in the Iberian Peninsula. This order comprises 10
electric units (EMUs) and 12
bimodal units (BMUs). Electric units will be long with three cars and a top speed of . Besides these three cars, bimodal units will also include a removable generator car, making these units long. When powered by the generator, bimodal units will be limited to , with the top speed remaining the same as their electric counterparts otherwise. Both units will seat 214 passengers each, with a total capacity of 375 passengers per unit, and will feature "step-free" entrances, room for bycicles and passengers on wheelchairs, and wireless APs. Delivery is delayed, and expected for October 2025.
Serbia Serbian Railways operates 21 FLIRT 3 four-car EMUs with top speed of 160 km/h for regional traffic which were delivered in 2014 and 2015. In 2022 further 18 units were ordered with deliveries expected to start from October 2023. Trains are numbered ŽS 413/417.
Slovenia Slovenian Railways ordered eleven 235-passenger FLIRT EMUs (SŽ 510/515) and five 171-passenger DMUs (SŽ 610/615) in April 2018, for delivery by early 2020 and exercised an option for a further 10 EMUs and 16 DMUs in May 2019 for delivery by late 2021, bringing the total order up to 21 four-car EMUs and 21 three-car DMUs. Together with 10
Stadler KISS units there are 52 Stadler trainsets in Slovenia as of October 2022. File:SŽ610-009-10.jpg|SŽ 610/615 File:SŽ 510-515-013.jpg|SŽ 510/515
Spain Renfe's
Cercanías division ordered 24 trains and 55 combined FLIRT/KISS EMUs classified as in for
Cercanías Madrid in 2021, which are expected to enter service in 2025, replacing older rolling stock dating from the 1970s to the early 1990s. The 100 m variants will consist of two single-deck FLIRT end cars connected to two
bilevel KISS intermediate cars, while the 200 m variants will feature two additional single-deck FLIRT intermediate cars.
Sweden VR Snabbtåg Sverige (then MTRX) ordered six Flirt EMUs for inter-city operation between
Stockholm and
Gothenburg. They are very similar to the Norwegian units, maximum 200 km/h, but have more comfortable seats aimed for longer distances, and a small café area. The first unit was delivered in November 2014. They started customer operation in March 2015.
Switzerland The
Swiss Federal Railways were Stadler's first customer for the FLIRT when they ordered 42 units with options for 100 more in September 2002. The first vehicle was delivered in 2004 for the use on the
Stadtbahn Zug. Meanwhile, the Swiss Federal Railways have ordered a total of 117 units that can be broken down into four different types that differ in their equipment for driving in neighboring countries. The base version is the
class RABe 523 that is used on the
Stadtbahn Zug and the
RER Vaud. These 43 4-section units can only be used within Switzerland. The 30 RABe 521 and 14 RABe 522 are versions that can also be used in Germany and France respectively. They also consist of four sections and are used on the
Basel S-Bahn. The last version is the Italy-capable RABe 524/ETR 150 that is used on
Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia (TILO) services in
Ticino and northern
Italy. The first 19 units of this type to be delivered were four sections long, and were followed by eleven units ordered that six-sections long and are additionally equipped with the
ETCS Level 2 train control system. In December 2018, SBB ordered seven trains, with an option of seven more. They will be manufactured 2019–2021. Each train has four single-deck cars, with a total of 27 seats in first class and 154 in second class. The SBB name is '' ().
BLS selected Stadler for 58 six-car EMU sets in May 2017 for service on
RegioExpress and
Bern S-Bahn routes, with delivery scheduled to take place between 2021 and 2026. The contract was signed in January 2018, but the quantity was reduced to 52 sets. In October 2021, the
Swiss Federal Railways selected the FLIRT in a new contract, for 286 trainsets and an option for 224 additional ones (up to 510). The contract is worth up to CHF 2 billion. Alstom brought an appeal to court, which was rejected in May 2022, confirming the contract. The order will also include trainsets for SBB's subsidiaries Thurbo and RegionAlps.They are planned to be delivered between 2026 and 2034. They will replace the first generation of Stadler FLIRT, and also the
Domino train sets. Besides the Swiss Federal Railways two other companies in Switzerland operate FLIRT trains: The
Südostbahn (SOB) uses several trains with the designation RABe 526 (FLIRT and FLIRT-III, including the
Traverso used as
Voralpen Express,
Treno Gottardo,
Aare-Linth and
Alpenrhein-Express). The
Transports Publics Neuchâtelois (TransN) owns three RABe 527 and four RABe 523 trains. File:FFS RABe 522 205 Basel SBB 180611.jpg|RABe 522 of the
Swiss Federal Railways at
Basel SBB File:SOB FLIRT auf dem Seedamm.jpg|Stadler FLIRT of the Swiss
Südostbahn on
Seedamm United Kingdom In August 2016
Greater Anglia selected Stadler FLIRT
electric and
bi-mode units for the
East Anglia franchise to replace its
Class 90 electric locomotives,
Mark 3 carriages and
Driving Van Trailers,
Class 153,
156 and
170 diesel multiple units, and
Class 379 electric multiple units. This comprised 14 three-car and 24 four-car bi-mode multiple units (
Class 755) and 20 twelve-car electric multiple units (
Class 745) (of which ten will be used for
Stansted Express and ten for Intercity services).
Wales In June 2018,
KeolisAmey Wales announced it would purchase 35 FLIRT trains: 24 (seven three-car and 17 four-car) tri-mode
Class 756 units and eleven four-car diesel-electric
Class 231 units for the
South Wales Metro.
United States On 9 June 2015,
Trinity Metro signed a contract for the supply of eight four-car articulated FLIRT3
diesel-electric multiple units for the
TEXRail commuter line, which opened in January 2019. The contract was signed at a ceremony held at
Fort Worth Central Station. The contract is valued at $107 million, and includes the supply of components for 10 years. The contract also includes an option for an additional 24 DMUs. This was Stadler's first order for its FLIRT family in the US (previous orders had been for the GTW), and the first to include US federal funding and thus be subject to the
Buy America Act. As such, one element of the contract was that the final assembly of the trains would take place in the US, and several assembly sites, such as in nearby
Lewisville, Texas, were considered for the facility. Stadler eventually leased space from the
Utah Transit Authority in their former Union Pacific shops in
Salt Lake City, Utah. Public unveiling events for the completed American-built FLIRT units occurred in both
Atlanta, Georgia on 9 October 2017 and Salt Lake City, on the
Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway, on 13 October 2017 as Stadler broke ground for their permanent Salt Lake facility. Three two-car FLIRT sets were built for the
Arrow commuter rail service in
Redlands, California, which started operation in 2022. The $31.4 million contract includes the vehicles themselves, spare parts, and training for servicing and operation. In November 2019, the
San Bernardino County Transportation Authority ordered an additional FLIRT powered via
hydrogen fuel cell, the first such train in the United States. In September 2022, an order of four additional hydrogen-powered trains was announced by Stadler and
CalSTA for
Amtrak California inter-city services. Eight four-car sets entered service with
Dallas Area Rapid Transit on the
Silver Line when it opened on 25 October 2025. In February 2024,
Metra ordered 16
battery electric multiple unit models, expected to be delivered in January 2027, for use on the Beverly Branch of the
Rock Island Line or
North Central Service. File:TEXRail Stadler FLIRT DFW Airport Nov 2019.jpg|FLIRT for
TEXRail at
DFW Airport Terminal B station, 2019 File:Arrow at Redlands–University station.jpg|FLIRT for
Arrow at
Redlands–University station, 2022 File:SilverlineFLIRTshilohroad (cropped).jpg|FLIRT for
DART Silver Line near
Shiloh Road station, 2024 Stadler Flirt H2 (52393842048).jpg|The hydrogen-powered FLIRT for
Arrow ==Cancelled contracts==