#3000
British Rail Class 415
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by BR Eastleigh· from 1951· British Rail coaching stock
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 4EPB set at Wimbledon: Les Chatfield· CC BY 2.0
- 2. SR 4EPB 5001 on the Oxted Line 05: Lamberhurst· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 415 (or 4EPB) is a suburban 750 V DC third rail electric multiple unit commissioned by the Southern Region of British Railways. Built between 1951 and 1957, it became the most numerous class on the region after the withdrawal of the 4SUBs. The final trains were withdrawn in the 1990s, replaced by Class 455, 456, 465 and 466.
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 75 years ago, in 1951.
- 746 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Served for 44 years (1951–1995).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1951
- in service from
- 1951
- retired
- 1995
- status
- retired
- number built
- 283
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- BR Eastleigh
- operators
- British Rail
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- 746 kW
- electric system
- 750 V DC third rail
- formation
- power car + 2 trailer cars + power car
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970798, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 415 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.