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Waterloo and City Railway electric units
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Jackson and Sharp Company· from 1898· Class of train rolling stock
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Starting from Waterloo: Unknown engraver· Public domain
what is it?
The Waterloo and City Railway began operating services on 11 July 1898 with newly built 4-car electric multiple units, each consisting of two driving motor vehicles sandwiching a pair of unpowered trailer vehicles, the first EMU design to be used in a deep-level tube railway.
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 128 years ago, in 1898.
- 14.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 42 years (1898–1940).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1898
- in service from
- 1898
- retired
- 1940
- status
- retired
- number built
- 31
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Jackson and Sharp Company
- operators
- London and South Western Railway, Southern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- 89 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 530-600 V DC
- formation
- 4/5-car (DM-T-T-DM/DM-T-T-T-DM) (Peak), 1-car (DM) (Off-Peak)
- length
- 14.3 m
- capacity
- 56 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q23070540, Wikipedia: Waterloo and City Railway electric units (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.