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British Rail Class 414
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Eastleigh Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works· from 1956· 1956 British electric trains
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 2 hap emu: Dr Neil Clifton· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. BR 2-HAP 6159: Murgatroyd49· CC BY 4.0
- 3. Class 414; 2-HAP & 2-SAP 5942: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Class 414; 2-HAP & 2-SAP 6013 - 24403190713: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Class 414; 2-HAP & 2-SAP 6013 - 9177091606: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Class 414; 2-HAP & 2-SAP 6013: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Class 414; 2-HAP & 2-SAP 6046: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Class 414; 2-HAP & 2-SAP 6061: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. Class 414; 2-HAP & 2-SAP 6073: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. Class 414; 2-HAP & 2-SAP 6096: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 414 (2 HAP) were two-car electric multiple units that were built between 1956 and 1963. They were withdrawn in 1995.
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.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 373 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 39.3 m long: about 9 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 39 years (1956–1995).
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
- 1995
- status
- retired
- number built
- 209
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Eastleigh Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works
- operators
- British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 145 km/h
- power
- 373 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 750/850 V DC third rail
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′2′+2′2′
- formation
- Two cars per trainset:, DMBSO+DTCsoL
- length
- 39.3 m
- weight
- 40 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970796, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 414 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.