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British Rail Class 416
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Ashford Works· from 1955· class of British 2-car suburban electric multiple unit
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 416 at Dalton Kingsland2: Spsmiler· Public domain
- 2. Class 416; 2-EPB 5653: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Class 416; 2-EPB 5660: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Class 416; 2-EPB 5669: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Class 416; 2-EPB 5671: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Class 416; 2-EPB 5672: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Class 416; 2-EPB 5677: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Class 416; 2-EPB 5684: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. Class 416; 2-EPB 5717: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. Class 416; 2-EPB 5751: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 416 (2-EPB) third-rail electric multiple units (EMUs) were built by Ashford Works, Eastleigh works & Lancing works and were in service between 1953 and 1995. They were intended for inner suburban passenger services on London's Southern Electric network. There were two subclasses of Class 416: Class 416/1 to an SR design on salvaged 2-NOL underframes, built between 1953 and 1956, and Class 416/2 based on a British Railways Mark 1 coach design.
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 71 years ago, in 1955.
- 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 40 years (1955–1995).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1955
- in service from
- 1955
- retired
- 1995
- status
- retired
- number built
- 128
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Ashford Works
- operators
- British Rail
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- 373 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 660-750 V DC third rail
- formation
- DMBS-DTS or DMBS-DTC
- length
- 19.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12857860, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 416 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.