British Rail Class 210

what is it?

The British Rail Class 210 was a type of diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) passenger train designed and constructed by British Rail Engineering Limited's Derby Litchurch Lane Works. The Class 210 was developed during the early 1980s to be a modern replacement for the ageing 'first generation' DMUs in use on the Southern Region of British Railways, such as the Class 201 and Class 207. It was designed around a particularly ambitious set of requirements defined in a specification produced by British Rail (BR), construction of the first unit commenced during 1982.

who runs it

British Rail

base stats

• seats 254passengers
• built 2made in total

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 44 years ago, in 1982.
• 📏80.7 m long: about 18 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 254: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• ⌛Served for 5 years (1982–1987).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1982

in service from

1982

retired

1987

status

retired

number built

2

kind

multiple unit

traction

diesel

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

British Rail Engineering Limited

operators

British Rail

top speed

—

power

—

formation

Unit 210001: 4 cars, (DMBSO, Driver's cab, Motor car, Brake van (for luggage), Standard class, Open saloon-TSO, Trailer…

length

80.7 m

capacity

254 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.