#3341
British Rail Class 202
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Ashford Works· from 1957· class of 9 six-car diesel-electric multiple units
.jpg)
.jpg)
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 19.01.85 Dungeness DEMU 1015 (6066819169): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. 25.01.86 Enfield Town 6L 1016 (6107165900): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. BR Class 202 6L DEMU no. 1011 with Class 205 3H DEMU no. 205010, Hastings, 24 September 1986: michaelday_bath· CC BY 2.0
- 4. BR Class 202 6L DEMU no. 1011, Hastings, 24 September 1986: michaelday_bath· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 202 (or 6L) diesel-electric multiple units were built from 1957-58 at Eastleigh and Ashford Works. These units were built to work the London Charing Cross to Hastings services. Several tunnels along the route had restricted clearance, meaning that these units were built with a narrow body profile.
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 69 years ago, in 1957.
- 373 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 19.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 29 years (1957–1986).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1957
- in service from
- 1957
- retired
- 1986
- status
- retired
- number built
- 9
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Ashford Works, Eastleigh Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works
- operators
- British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- 373 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- DMBSO-TSOL-TSOL-TFK-TSOL-DMBSO
- length
- 19.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12857856, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 202 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.