#5288· Class 360
British Rail Class 360
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 2003· British electric multiple-unit class that was built by Siemens
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CL360 KET: Keuneke· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Class 360 106 East Midlands Railway: Maxopolitan· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. DSCF0591 TFL Rail roundel on Class 360, Paddington: Donnanz· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 360 is a type of electric multiple unit that was built by Siemens Mobility, on its Desiro platform between 2002 and 2005, for First Great Eastern and Heathrow Connect. Almost all of the class are now operated by East Midlands 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 23 years ago, in 2003.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- Still in service after 23 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2003
- in service from
- 2003
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Siemens Mobility, Siemens
- operators
- Greater Anglia, National Express East Anglia, Heathrow Connect, First Great Eastern, TfL Rail
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- —
- Dutch name
- Class 360
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q918229, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 360 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.