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British Rail Class 204
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Eastleigh Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works· from 1957· class of 4 two-car diesel-electric units; later 3-car units with the addition of an EMU trailer vehicle
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- 1. Class 204 DEMU: Dave coxon at English Wikipedia· Public domain
what is it?
The British Rail Class 204 designation has been used twice for two similar types of diesel-electric multiple units.
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 69 years ago, in 1957.
- 447 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Served for 30 years (1957–1987).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1957
- in service from
- 1957
- retired
- 1987
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Eastleigh Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works, Ashford Works
- operators
- British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- 447 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970749, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 204 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.