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British Rail Class 307
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail· from 1956· class of 32 British 4-car electric multiple units
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- 1. Class 307 (7652244272): Phil Parker from Leamington Spa, UK· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 307 electric multiple units were built by BR at Eastleigh Works from 1954 to 1956.
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 70 years ago, in 1956.
- 520 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 26 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 80.8 m long: about 18 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 37 years (1956–1993).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1956
- in service from
- 1956
- retired
- 1993
- status
- retired
- number built
- 32
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail, Eastleigh Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works, Ashford Works
- operators
- British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- 520 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 Volt, kV Alternating current, AC Overhead line, OHLE, (Originally 1500 V DC OHLE then 6.25 kV AC OHLE and 25 kV AC OHLE)
- wheel arrangement
- 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′
- formation
- 4 cars per unit:, DTSO+MBS+TC+DTS (as built), DTBS+MS+TC+DTS (AC conversion), DTBS+MS+TS+DTC (refurbishment)
- length
- 80.8 m
- weight
- 155 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q849799, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 307 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.