#1756
SR Class 3-SUB
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Southern Railway· from 1915· class of British 3-car suburban electric multiple units
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Southern railway electric units at Orpington (CJ Allen, Steel Highway, 1928): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
what is it?
The SR Class 3-SUB were DC suburban electric multiple units, introduced by the London and South Western Railway in 1915.
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 111 years ago, in 1915.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1915
- in service from
- 1915
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Southern Railway
- operators
- Southern Region of British Railways, Southern Railway, London and South Western Railway
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- power car + trailer car + power car
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q20870469, Wikipedia: SR Class 3-SUB (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.