#5536· Class 395
British Rail Class 395
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Hitachi· from 2009· fleet of Commuter Passenger high speed trains built by Hitachi
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 395023 at Dover Priory: Superalbs· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Class 395 Javelin EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Class 395: Railsandmore· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Class 395 to St Pancras International: TheJRB· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Ebbsfleet3707: Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 395 Javelin is a dual-voltage electric multiple-unit (EMU) passenger train built by Hitachi Rail as part of the Hitachi A-train AT300 family for high-speed commuter services on High Speed 1 and elsewhere on the South Eastern franchise. The whole fleet is operated by Southeastern. The Class 395 can operate at a maximum speed of 140 mph (225 km/h) under 25 kV AC overhead electrification on High Speed 1, and 100 mph (160 km/h) on 750 V DC third-rail supply on conventional lines.
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 17 years ago, in 2009.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 11 minutes.
- 122 m long: about 27 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 340: 7 full city buses (~50 seats each).
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- 2009
- in service from
- 2009
- status
- in service
- number built
- 29
- kind
- high-speed train
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Hitachi Rail, Hitachi
- operators
- SE Trains, Southeastern
- top speed
- 225 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- 6 cars per unit:, DPT, Driver's cab, Pantograph, Trailer car-MS, Motor car, Standard class (open saloon)-MS-MS-MS-DPT
- length
- 122 m
- capacity
- 340 passengers
- Dutch name
- Class 395
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q246841, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 395 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.