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Polish armoured train units in Britain
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by London and North Eastern Railway· from 1940
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Polish troops in armoured train UK 1941 IWM H 7031: War Office official photographer Lockyer (Mr)· Public domain
- 2. Polish troops in armoured train UK 1941 IWM H 7033: War Office official photographer : Lockeyear W T (Lt)· Public domain
what is it?
During World War II, 12 Polish armoured trains in Britain were manned, from October 1940 until 1942, by the Polish Armed Forces in the West. They were assigned to patrol the British railways in 1940. They saw no combat and were disbanded in England by July 1943 (November 1944 in Scotland).
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.
- Served for 3 years (1940–1943).
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1940
- in service from
- 1940
- retired
- 1943
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- London and North Eastern Railway, Derby Litchurch Lane Works
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12066092, Wikipedia: Polish armoured train units in Britain (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.