#4001
British Rail Class 418
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by BR Eastleigh· from 1969· UK rolling stock class
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 2 sap emu: Dr Neil Clifton· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Class 418; 2-SAP 5908: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Class 418; 2-SAP 5914: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Class 418; 2-SAP 5942: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
British Rail Class 418 (or 2-SAP) was a class of electrical multiple unit commissioned by British Railways Southern Region in England. The units were formed by declassifying the first class accommodation in selected 2-HAP units. They were employed mainly on semi-fast suburban routes such as the South West Main Line as far as Weybridge, Waterloo to Reading Line, Staines to Windsor Line and Hounslow Loop Line.
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 57 years ago, in 1969.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 373 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 40.2 m long: about 9 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 14 years (1969–1983).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1969
- in service from
- 1969
- retired
- 1983
- status
- retired
- number built
- 63
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- BR Eastleigh
- operators
- British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 145 km/h
- power
- 373 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 750 V DC third rail
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′2′+2′2′
- formation
- DMBSO - DTS
- length
- 40.2 m
- weight
- 42 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970800, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 418 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.