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SR Class CP
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Metro-Cammell· class of British electric multiple units
what is it?
The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designation CP to the fleet of AC electric multiple units used on the former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway lines in the Crystal Palace area.
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
- 447 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 17.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 34
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Metro-Cammell
- top speed
- —
- power
- 447 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 6.7 kV AC overhead line
- wheel arrangement
- 2′2′+B′B′+2′2′
- formation
- 3-car sets: DTC, Driving Trailer Composite-DMBT, Driving Motor Brake Third-DTC
- length
- 17.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7392894, Wikipedia: SR Class CP (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.