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British Rail Class 707

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 2017· electric multiple unit train built by Siemens

🚆 multiple unit electric ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. 707004 at London Waterloo East 181125 (54931937577): Foulger Rail Photos from Basingstoke, UK· CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 2. 707009 & 010 Hither Green 160921: Class466cuxton· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. Class 707 City Beam EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. British Rail Class 707s of South West Trains - innoTrans 2016 (2): ubahnverleih· CC0
  5. 5. British Rail Class 707s of South West Trains - innoTrans 2016 (3): ubahnverleih· CC0
  6. 6. British Rail Class 707s of South West Trains - innoTrans 2016 (4): ubahnverleih· CC0
  7. 7. British Rail Class 707s of South West Trains - innoTrans 2016 (5): ubahnverleih· CC0
  8. 8. British Rail Class 707s of South West Trains - innoTrans 2016 (6): ubahnverleih· CC0
  9. 9. British Rail Class 707s of South West Trains - innoTrans 2016 (7): ubahnverleih· CC0
  10. 10. 707001 (700001) - 25428590353 mock up: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
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British Rail Class 707, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Foulger Rail Photos from Basingstoke, UK· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The British Rail Class 707 City Beam is a class of electric multiple unit passenger trains built by Siemens Mobility on its Desiro City platform, and operated in England by Southeastern. The units were previously operated by South Western Railway.

who runs it

South West TrainsSouth Western RailwaySE Trains

base stats

  • speed 161 km/htop speed
  • built 30made in total

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 9 years ago, in 2017.
  • 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.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
2017
in service from
2017
status
in service
number built
30
kind
Electric multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders
Siemens Mobility
operators
South West Trains, South Western Railway, SE Trains
top speed
161 km/h
power
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From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q20870281, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 707 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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