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British Rail Class 310
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail· from 1965· class of 3- or 4- car electric multiple unit
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 310-blue-Harrow&Wealdstone2: No machine-readable author provided. Spsmiler assumed (based on copyright claims).· Public domain
- 2. Coventry Steve Jones 310 5106457381: Steve Jones· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 310 was a slam-door, alternating current (AC) electric multiple-unit passenger train (EMU) introduced in 1965 as part of the West Coast Main Line electrification project. They were initially classified as Class AM10 units before the introduction of the TOPS classification system. Constructed at BR's Derby Carriage and Wagon Works.
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 61 years ago, in 1965.
- Served for 39 years (1963–2002).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1965
- in service from
- 1963
- retired
- 2002
- status
- retired
- number built
- 50
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail, Derby Litchurch Lane Works
- operators
- c2c, Central Trains, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q849806, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 310 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.