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British Rail Class 306
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Metro-Cammell· from 1949· class of 92 British 3-car electric multiple units
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 306 Green: SP Smiler· Public domain
- 2. 306022 Liverpool Street: Hugh Llewellyn https://www.flickr.com/photos/camperdown· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Colchester Shenfield EMU Class 306 Stock: Steven Duhig from Bowie, Maryland, USA· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Colchester Shenfield Set EMU Class 306 (1): Steven Duhig from Bowie, Maryland, USA· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Colchester Shenfield Set EMU Class 306 (2): Steven Duhig from Bowie, Maryland, USA· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Colchester Shenfield Set EMU Class 306 (3): Steven Duhig from Bowie, Maryland, USA· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Colchester Shenfield Set EMU Class 306 (4): Steven Duhig from Bowie, Maryland, USA· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Colchester Shenfield Set EMU Class 306 (5): Steven Duhig from Bowie, Maryland, USA· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. Colchester Shenfield Set EMU Class 306 (6): Steven Duhig from Bowie, Maryland, USA· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. Colchester Shenfield Set EMU Class 306 (8): Steven Duhig from Bowie, Maryland, USA· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 306 was a fleet of electric multiple unit (EMU) trains introduced in 1949. It consisted of 92 three-car trains which were used on the Great Eastern Main Line between Shenfield and London Liverpool Street.
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 77 years ago, in 1949.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 54 m long: about 12 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1949–1981).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1949
- in service from
- 1949
- retired
- 1981
- status
- retired
- number built
- 92
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Metro-Cammell, Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- operators
- British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- 117 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1500 V DC Overhead line (original), 6.25 kV and 25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead line (rebuilt)
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′
- formation
- 3 cars per trainset. As built: DMBSO, Driving Motor Brake Second Open+TSO, Trailer Second Open+DTSO, Driving Trailer Se…
- length
- 54 m
- weight
- 51.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q849794, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 306 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.