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British Rail Class 456
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail Engineering Limited· from 2022· electric multiple-unit passenger train of the UK
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South West Trains 456006, Wimbledon (15894675838): Aubrey Morandarte from Guildford or Coventry, England· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. SWR 456 014 at Guildford: Murgatroyd49· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Class 456 EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 456 was a 2 car electric multiple unit passenger train introduced by Network SouthEast on inner-suburban services in South London to replace the old Class 416 units. Twenty-four two-car units were built by British Rail Engineering Limited's York Carriage Works in 1990 and 1991. Following the privatisation of British Rail, the fleet was sold to Porterbrook and operated by Southern up until late 2013, when they were transferred to South West Trains and heavily refurbished.
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 4 years ago, in 2022.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2022
- in service from
- 2022
- retired
- 2022
- status
- retired
- number built
- 24
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail Engineering Limited
- operators
- South West Trains, Southern, Connex South Central, South Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- formation
- 2 cars per unit:, DMSO, Driver's cab, Motor car, Standard class, Open saloon-DTSO, Driver's cab, Trailer car, Standard…
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3303657, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 456 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.