page_title: Stadler FLIRT
section_title: Finland
hierarchical_section_title: Stadler FLIRT / Operators / Finland
caption_attribution_description: English: Sm5 at Tuomarila Railway station in Espoo, Finland. Gray day in July 2019.
context_page_description: Stadler FLIRT is a passenger multiple unit trainset made by Stadler Rail of Switzerland. The baseline design of FLIRT is an electric multiple unit articulated trainset that can come in units of two to twelve cars with two to six motorized axles. The maximum speed is 200 km/h. Standard floor height is 57 cm, but 78 cm high floors are also available for platform heights of 76 cm.
  The FLIRT train was originally developed for the Swiss Federal Railways and was first delivered in 2004. The trains quickly became a success and were ordered by operators in Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and, most recently, Canada. As of 18 April 2018, more than 1,500 units have been sold.
  Other than electric, the FLIRT is produced in Diesel-Electric version, and recently also as electro-diesel, first ordered by the Aosta Valley region in Italy, and then by Greater Anglia, Norske Tog, and Wales & Borders.
context_section_description: 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 Metropolitan Area Council, but they are currently operated by the VR Group. The initial order in 2006 was for 32 trainsets. Nine 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.
caption: Finnish Sm5-class EMU in Tuomarila
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