#5172· Class 460
British Rail Class 460
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Alstom· from 2000· class of British electric multiple units built in 1999-2001
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Unit 460008 at East Croydon: Sunil060902· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Hugh Llewelyn (460 0) 06 (6390145959) adjusted: Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Class 460 at Doncaster: Hammersfan· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 460 Coradia Juniper (8-GAT) was a class of electric multiple-unit passenger trains built by Alstom at Washwood Heath between 1999 and 2001. They were part of Alstom's Coradia Juniper family, which also includes Classes 334 and 458. For the entirety of their service life they operated Gatwick Express services between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport.
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.
- Served for 12 years (2000–2012).
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
- retired
- 2012
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Southern
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- power
- —
- Dutch name
- Class 460
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q3246727, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 460 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.