#6031
British Rail Class 507
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail Engineering Limited· from 2024· Class of electric multiple unit
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- 1. 507021 Bidston: Vanmanyo· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 507 electric multiple unit (EMU) passenger trains were built by British Rail Engineering Limited at Holgate Road carriage works in two batches from 1978 to 1980. They are a variant of British Rail's standard 1972 design for suburban EMUs derived from PEP stock, which eventually encompassed 755 vehicles over five classes (Class 313, 314, 315, 507 and 508). They worked on the Merseyrail network from new until their retirement in November 2024.
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 2 years ago, in 2024.
- 19.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 234: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 46 years (1978–2024).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2024
- in service from
- 1978
- retired
- 2024
- status
- retired
- number built
- 33
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail Engineering Limited
- operators
- Merseyrail, Merseyrail Electrics
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- 3 cars per unit:, BDMSO, Battery (for auxiliaries), Driver's cab, Motor car, Standard class, Open saloon-TSO, Trailer c…
- length
- 19.8 m
- capacity
- 234 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q3303735, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 507 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.