#4731
British Rail Classes 316 and 457
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail Engineering Limited· from 1989· class of 1 prototype electric multiple unit
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- 1. Hugh llewelyn 457 001 (6250540761): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
Class 316 and Class 457 were TOPS classifications assigned to a single electric multiple unit (EMU) at different stages of its use as a prototype for the Networker series.
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 37 years ago, in 1989.
- Served for 1 years (1989–1990).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1989
- in service from
- 1989
- retired
- 1990
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail Engineering Limited
- operators
- Network SouthEast
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- overhead lines (Class 316)
- formation
- 4 cars
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970917, Wikipedia: British Rail Classes 316 and 457 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.