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British Rail Class 487
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by English Electric· from 1940· class of British electric multiple unit
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Old Waterloo & City line car at London Transport Museum Acton Depot (8649197945): Ed Webster· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Museum Deopt's collection (37764510485): km30192002· CC BY 2.0
- 3. 1967 stock & British Rail Class 487: Tom Page from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 487 electric multiple units were built by English Electric in 1940, for use on the Waterloo & City line. Twelve motor carriages (DMBSO), numbered 51–62, and sixteen trailers (TSO), numbered 71–86, were built. Trains were in various formations, from a single motor carriage, to pairs of motor cars with up to three intermediate trailers.
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 86 years ago, in 1940.
- 14.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 53 years (1940–1993).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1940
- in service from
- 1940
- retired
- 1993
- status
- retired
- number built
- 28
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- English Electric
- operators
- Southern Railway, Southern Region of British Railways, Network SouthEast
- top speed
- 56 km/h
- power
- 283 kW
- electric system
- 660 V DC third rail
- wheel arrangement
- DMBSO: Bo′2′
- formation
- One DMBSO, or two DMBSO flanking up to 3 TSO
- length
- 14.3 m
- capacity
- 52 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970821, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 487 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.