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#5171· British Rail type 458

British Rail Class 458

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Alstom· from 2000· Class of British electric multiple-units trains built in 1998-2002

🚆 multiple unit electric ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. (GBR-London) South Western Railway Class 458 458424 @ Vauxhall 2025-06-16: S5A-0043· CC BY 4.0
  2. 2. 20240625 SWR 458415 WAT: Alex Noble· CC0
  3. 3. SWR Refurbished Class 458 Standard Class: Sagirihin0610· CC BY 4.0
  4. 4. 47348 with a new Class 458 unit working Birmingham Alstom to Wimbledon Park Depot passes Reading on 03 March 2000: Therry Fougler· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. Class 455 and Class 458 units stabled at Guildford in 2011: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. UKR "The Juniper Factor" farewell to the class 458-0 railtour 01: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. UKR "The Juniper Factor" farewell to the class 458-0 railtour 02: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. UKR "The Juniper Factor" farewell to the class 458-0 railtour 03: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. UKR "The Juniper Factor" farewell to the class 458-0 railtour 04: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
  10. 10. UKR "The Juniper Factor" farewell to the class 458-0 railtour 05: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
British Rail Class 458, photo 1 of 10
1/10 S5A-0043· CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The British Rail Class 458 Coradia Juniper (4-JOP; later 5-JUP) is a class of electric multiple-unit passenger trains of the Alstom Coradia Juniper family, built at Washwood Heath between 1998 and 2002 for South West Trains. The order for the original fleet of 30 four-car trains was placed in 1997, and delivery of the first unit followed in October 1998. The fleet entered passenger service between 2000 and 2003 and is maintained at Bournemouth depot.

who runs it

South West TrainsSouth Western Railway

fun facts

  • First built 26 years ago, in 2000.
  • 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
—
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders
Alstom
operators
South West Trains, South Western Railway
top speed
—
power
—
Dutch name
British Rail type 458

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

family

↑ Alstom Coradia Juniperparent

Sources: Wikidata Q726695, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 458 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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