#5170· Class 375
British Rail Class 375
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Adtranz· from 2000· Class of electric multiple unit
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Southeastern 375 715: Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. 375608 Ashford International: TheJRB· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. 375617 Romag Bombardier (22815635731): Train Photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Charing Cross station MMB 20 375705: mattbuck ( category )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Stand Clear of Doors: TheJRB· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. To London Charing Cross: TheJRB· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Whitstable railway station from foot bridge west, Thanet train about to leave 8208: ClemRutter· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 375 Electrostar is an electric multiple unit train that was built at Derby Litchurch Lane Works, thirty units by Adtranz from 1999 to 2001, and 110 units by Bombardier Transportation (successors to Adtranz) from 2001 to 2004. The class form part of the Electrostar family of units, which also includes classes 357, 376, 377, 378, 379 and 387, the most numerous type of EMU introduced since the privatisation of British Rail. These units form the basis of Southeastern's mainline fleet.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 26 years ago, in 2000.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 273: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 26 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2000
- in service from
- 2000
- status
- in service
- number built
- 140
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Adtranz, ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- SE Trains, Southeastern, South Eastern Trains, Connex South Eastern
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Overhead line, overhead (375/6 only)
- formation
- 375/3: 3 cars per unit, Others: 4 cars per unit
- length
- 20.4 m
- weight
- 133 t
- capacity
- 273 passengers
- Dutch name
- Class 375
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q2975709, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 375 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.