#1452
SR Class SL
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Metro-Cammell· from 1909· class of British electric multiple units
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Elevated Electric Train at Wandsworth c 1909: London Brighton & South Coast Railway, later became British Transport Commission· Public domain
what is it?
The Southern Railway (SR) in the UK gave the designation SL to the fleet of AC overhead electric multiple units used on the South London Line between Victoria and London Bridge station. These had been built by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1909, but with the abandonment of the Elevated Electric service in 1928 they were converted to DC third rail units.
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 117 years ago, in 1909.
- 686 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 19 years (1909–1928).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1909
- in service from
- 1909
- retired
- 1928
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Metro-Cammell
- operators
- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Southern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- 686 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 6.7 kV AC overhead lines
- formation
- 3 cars sets: DMBT, Driving Motor Brake Third-TF, Trailer First-DMBT, later 2 car sets: DMBT-DTC, Driving Trailer Compos…
- length
- 19.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7392896, Wikipedia: SR Class SL (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.