#4930· Class 323
British Rail Class 323
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.· from 1994· British electric multiple unit passenger train
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- 1. Northern Trains class 323: GerriitJan· CC0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 323 is a class of electric multiple unit (EMU) passenger train built by Hunslet Transportation Projects and Holec. All 43 units were built from 1992 through to 1995, although mockups and prototypes were built and tested in 1990 and 1991. Entering service in 1994, the 323s were among the last trains to enter service with British Rail before its privatisation in the mid-1990s.
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Still in service after 32 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1994
- in service from
- 1994
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.
- operators
- London Midland, Central Trains, Northern Rail, First North Western, Arriva Rail North, West Midlands Trains, Northern Trains
- top speed
- 145 km/h
- power
- —
- Dutch name
- Class 323
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q844115, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 323 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.