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British Rail Class 378
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2009· electric multiple unit in use on the London Overground
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 378 204, Brondesbury Park: Elshad· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. British Rail Class 378 Train in Richmond station, London-8Oct2009: Jim Linwood· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Class 378 London Bridge: Metalhead11000· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Hackney Central railway station MMB 11 378005: mattbuck ( category )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Unit 378005 at Canonbury: Sunil060902· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Unit 378005 at Stratford: Sunil060902· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Unit 378005 near Highbury & Islington: Sunil060902· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Willesden Junction station MMB 09 Willesden TMD 378005 378012: Mattbuck· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Willesden Junction station MMB 09C Willesden TMD 378005 378012: Mattbuck· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. A London Overground train at West Hampstead station: Robert-brook· CC0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 378 Capitalstar is an electric multiple unit passenger train specifically designed for the London Overground network. It is part of Bombardier Transportation's Electrostar family. A total of 57 five-car trains have been built, most of which were originally built as three- or four-car units.
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 17 years ago, in 2009.
- 101 m long: about 23 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 1,178: 24 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2009
- in service from
- 2009
- status
- in service
- number built
- 57
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- London Overground, London Overground Rail Operations Limited
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- Class 378/1: DMS, Driving motor standard-MS, Motor standard-TS, Trailer standard-MS-DMS, Class 378/2: DMS-MS-PTS, Panto…
- length
- 101 m
- capacity
- 1,178 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q376007, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 378 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.