#2091
SR Class CW
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Metro-Cammell· from 1925· class of British electric multiple units
what is it?
The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designation CW to the fleet of AC electric multiple units used on the lines to Coulsdon and Wallington. They were planned by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, but were delayed by World War I and the grouping and were introduced by the Southern 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 101 years ago, in 1925.
- 746 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 12.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 4 years (1925–1929).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1925
- in service from
- 1925
- retired
- 1929
- status
- retired
- number built
- 101
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Metro-Cammell
- operators
- Southern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- 746 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 6.7 kV AC overhead lines
- formation
- 5-car sets: DTT, Driving Trailer Third-DTC, Driving Trailer Composite-MLV, Motor Luggage Van-TC, Trailer Composite-DTT
- length
- 12.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7392890, Wikipedia: SR Class CW (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.