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British Rail Class 302
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail· from 1959· class of 112 four-car electric multiple units
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LTS unit (class 302) 298 1964 Barking: The original uploader was Stephen Rees at English Wikipedia .· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. BR 302 203 EMU: Murgatroyd49· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Class 302 201 EMU: Cooper94· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 302 (initially AM2) was a class of electric multiple units (EMUs) that was introduced between 1958 and 1960 for outer suburban passenger services on the London, Tilbury and Southend line (LTS). This class of multiple units was constructed with Mark 1 bodyshells, with slam-doors.
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 67 years ago, in 1959.
- Weighs about as much as 26 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 81.1 m long: about 18 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 41 years (1958–1999).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1959
- in service from
- 1958
- retired
- 1999
- status
- retired
- number built
- 112
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail, Holgate Road carriage works, Doncaster Works
- operators
- British Rail, Prism Rail, c2c, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- formation
- Four cars per unit., As built: DTSOL, Driving Trailer Second Open Lavatory+MBS, Motor Brake Second+TCsoL, Trailer Compo…
- length
- 81.1 m
- weight
- 157 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q740707, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 302 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.