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List of British Rail electric multiple unit classes#Second generation

{{Short description|British EMU classification system}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}

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This article lists every electric-powered multiple unit allocated a TOPS classification or used on the mainline network since 1948, i.e. British Railways and post-privatisation. For a historical overview of electric multiple unit development in Great Britain, see British electric multiple units.

British Rail operated a wide variety of electric multiple units for use on electrified lines:

  • AC units operate off {{nowrap|25 kV alternating current}} (AC) from overhead wires. Where clearances for the overhead wires on the Great Eastern Main Line, North Clyde Line and London, Tilbury and Southend railway routes were below standard, a reduced voltage of {{nowrap|6.25 kV AC}} was used. The Midland Railway units used {{nowrap|6.6 kV AC}}. Under the computer numbering, AC units (including mixed-voltage units that can also work off a DC supply) were given a class in the range 300-399.
  • DC units operate off {{nowrap|650-850 V direct current}} (DC) from a third rail on the Southern Region and North London, Merseyside and Tyneside networks. The Manchester-Bury Railway line used {{nowrap|1,200 V DC}} from a side-contact third rail. The Manchester South Junction & Altrincham and "Woodhead" and initially the Great Eastern Railway routes used {{nowrap|1,500 V DC}} from overhead wires. Under the computer numbering, DC units were given a class in the range 400-599.

AC EMUs and dual-voltage EMUs

=First generation=

class="wikitable" width=90%
TOPS class

!Pre-TOPS class

!Name or Information

!Built

!Quantity (sets)

!Notes

!Image

!Withdrawn

!Scrapped

 

| ex-Ex-MR units

| Lancaster-Morecambe-Heysham

|1908

|3 (4-car)

|

|

|1953

|All

Class 300

|  

| Proposed parcels units

|

|

| Planned parcels conversation from Class 307

|

|Never built

|Never built

 

| AM1

| 25 kV AC prototype units

|1952

|4

|

|

|1966

|All

Class 302

| AM2

| London-Tilbury-Southend

|1958–1960

|112

|

| 100px

|1999

|About 110

Class 303

| AM3

| Strathclyde. Also on Greater Manchester area services during 1980s/early 1990s.

|1959–1961

|91

| 75613 from unit 303013 is still in use with the British Transport Police.

| 100px

|1974–2002

|90

Class 304

| AM4

| Greater Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham
1959 EMU

|1960

|45

|

| 100px

|1992–1996

|rowspan=2|All

Class 305

| AM5

| Chingford, Enfield
1959 EMU

|1959

|71

|

| 100px

|1992–2002

Class 306

| AM6

| Shenfield (inner-suburban)

|1949

|92

| Ordered by LNER in 1938, but construction was delayed due to World War II.

| 100px

|1981

|91

Class 307

| AM7

| Southend (outer-suburban)

|1954–1956

|32

|

| 100px

|1990–1993
2000 (parcel units)

|31

Class 308

| AM8

| Eastern Region lines
1959 EMU

|1959

|45

|

| 100px

|1983
1992
2001

|All

Class 309

| AM9

| Clacton Express.

|1962–1963

|76

|

| 100px

|1994–2000
2004 (departmental use){{Cite web|title=Train Control System Testing|url=http://www.old-dalby.com/ETCS.htm|access-date=6 October 2024|website=www.old-dalby.com}}

|About 74

Class 310

| AM10

| Euston outer-suburban. Also West Midlands

|1965–1967

|50

|

| 100px

|1967 (1)
1989 (1)
2001–2002
2005 (departmental use)

|All

Class 311

| AM11

| Strathclyde

|1966–1967

|19

|

| 100px

|1990
1999 (departmental use)

|18

Class 312

|

| Great Eastern suburban
Great Northern suburban
West Midlands (four units)

|1975–1978

|49

|

| 100px

|2003–2004

|49

=Second generation=

class="sort wikitable sortable" width=90%
width=10% | TOPS class

! width=30% | Built for

! width=35% | Current Operator(s)

! width=30% | Builder

! width=25% | Number built

! width=55% | Image

! width=15% | Withdrawn

! width=15% | Scrapped

Class 313{{efn|name=DC|DC 600-750 V 3rd rail support.}}

| BR Eastern Region
(Great Northern suburban)

|

| BREL York 1976-1977

| 64 x 3-car sets

| 100px

| 2019 (GN)
2023 (Southern)

| 62

Class 314

| BR Scottish Region
(Argyle Line)

|

| BREL York 1979

| 16 x 3-car sets

| 100px

| 2018–2019

| 15

Class 315

| BR Eastern Region
(Great Eastern suburban)

|

| BREL York 1980-1981

| 61 x 4-car sets

| 100px

| 2018–2022

| 60

Class 316 (I)

| proposed units for Picc-Vic services

| -

| (never built)

| -

|

| Never built

| Never built

Class 316 (II)

| (AC Networker prototype)

| (never used in passenger service, now out of service)

| converted from class 210 and 313 cars

| 1 x 4-car set

| 100px

| Out of service

| rowspan=2|1

Class 316 (III)

| (test unit)

| (never used in passenger service, scrapped 2006)

| converted from class 307

| 1 x 3-car set

|

| 2006

Class 317

| Class 317/1 London Midland Region
Class 317/2 Network SouthEast
(Bedpan and Great Northern lines)

|

| BREL York 1981-1982 (317/1)
1985-1987 (317/2)

| 72 x 4-car sets

| 100px

| 2020–2022

| 72{{cite magazine |last=Russel |first=David |date=November 2024 |title=The Class 317 Story |magazine=Rail Express |publisher=Mortons Media Group |place=Horncastle|issue=342 |pages=76–81}}

Class 318

| Provincial ScotRail
(for Strathclyde PTE)

| ScotRail

| BREL York 1985-1986

| 21 x 3-car sets

| 100px

| still in use

| None

Class 319{{efn|name=DC}}

| Network SouthEast
(Thameslink services)

|Rail Operations Group

| BREL York 1987-1988 (319/0)
1990 (319/1)

| 86 x 4-car sets

| 100px

| still in use

| 33

Class 320

| Provincial ScotRail
(for Strathclyde PTE)

| ScotRail

| BREL York 1990

| 22 x 3-car sets

| 100px

| still in use

| None

Class 321

| Network SouthEast
(Great Eastern and Euston services)
Regional Railways
(for West Yorkshire PTE)

| Varamis Rail

| BREL York 1988-1991

| 117 x 4-car sets

| File:321344 at Colchester.jpg

| 2021–2023

| 12 TSOs
94 units{{cite magazine|last=Butlin|first=Ashley|title=Multiple Units|department=Stock Update|magazine=The Railway Magazine|volume=171|issue=1490|date=May 2025|page=79}}

Class 322

| Network SouthEast
(Stansted Express service)

|

| BREL York 1990

| 5 x 4-car sets

| 100px

| 2022

| All

Class 325{{efn|name=DC}}

| Rail Express Systems
(for Royal Mail)

|

| ABB Derby 1995-1996

| 16 x 4-car units

| 100px

| 1995-2024

| 10{{cite magazine|last1=Pritchard|first1=Robert|last2=Beardsley|first2=Ian|title=Another 325 for scrap|department=Rolling Stock News|magazine=Today's Railways UK|issue=276|date=February 2025|page=60}}

=Modern/Third generation=

These use solid state switching devices (thyristors and transistors) and have electronic power control.

class="sort wikitable sortable" width=90%
width=25% | TOPS class

! width=40% | Built for

! width=35% | Current Operator(s)

! width=25% | Builder

! width=35% | Number Built

! width=35% | Image

!Withdrawn

! width=20% | Scrapped

Class 323

| Regional Railways
(for West Midlands PTE and Greater Manchester PTE)

| Northern Trains

| Hunslet Transportation Projects/Holec

{{cite magazine |title= Class 323 |magazine= Modern Locomotives Illustrated |issue=228 |date=December 2017 |pages=49–53 }}{{sfn|Webber|1999|loc=Table 1 'Chronology'. "Hunslet TPL (Engineering and Project Management) becomes Holec Ridderkerk (Birmingham) Limited, latterly Holec Ridderkerk UK Limited: 15 March 1994"}}{{Cite news |date=23 March 1994 |title=Hunslet has had enough of 'misery line' battles |page=3 |newspaper=Birmingham Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110029928/hunslet-has-had-enough-of-misery-line/ |access-date=13 October 2022}} 1992-1995

| 43 x 3-car sets

| 100px

|still in use

| None

Class 331 (I)

| proposed units for London, Tilbury and Southend
Original classification of Class 332

|

| (never built)

|

|

|Never built

|Never built

Class 331 (II)
Civity

| Arriva Rail North

| Northern Trains

| CAF 2017-2020

| 31 x 3-car units
12 x 4-car units

| 100px

|still in use

| None

Class 332

| Heathrow Express

|

| Siemens Transportation Systems/CAF 1997-1998, 2002

| 9 x 4-car sets
5 x 5-car sets

| 100px

|2020

| 58 cars

Class 333

| Arriva Trains Northern
(for West Yorkshire PTE)

| Northern Trains

| Siemens Transportation Systems/CAF 2000-2003

| 16 x 4-car sets

| 100px

|rowspan="2" |still in use

| rowspan=2|None

Class 334
Juniper

| ScotRail
(for Strathclyde PTE)

| ScotRail

| Alstom Birmingham 1999-2002

| 40 x 3-car sets

| 100px

Class 341
Networker

| proposed units for Crossrail

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|(never built)

| rowspan=2|

|

|Never built

| rowspan=2|Never built

Class 342
Networker

| proposed units for Channel Tunnel Rail Link Domestic Services

|

|Never built

Class 345
Aventra

| Elizabeth line

| Elizabeth line

| Bombardier Derby 2015-2019

| 70 x 9-car sets

| 100px

|still in use

| None

Class 350 (I)

| Original classification of Class 325

|

|

|

|

|

|

Class 350 (II){{efn|name=DC}}
Desiro

| Silverlink
Central Trains

| West Midlands Trains

| Siemens Transportation Systems 2004-2005
2008-2009
2013-2014

| 87 x 4-car sets

| 100px

| rowspan="3" |still in use

| rowspan=2|None

Class 357
Electrostar

| LTS Rail

| c2c

| Adtranz/Bombardier Derby 1999-2002

| 74 x 4-car sets

| 100px

Class 360
Desiro

| First Great Eastern
Heathrow Connect

| East Midlands Railway

| Siemens Transportation Systems 2002-2003
2004-2005

| 21 x 4-car sets
5 x 5-car sets

| 100px

|2

Class 365{{efn|name=DC}}
Networker

| Network SouthEast
(Great Northern and South Eastern services)

|

| ABB York 1994-1995

| 41 x 4-car sets

| 100px

|2021

| 161 cars

Class 371{{efn|name=DC}}
Networker

| proposed units for Thameslink 2000

| -

| (never built)

| -

|

|Never built

|Never built

Class 375{{efn|name=DC}}
Electrostar

| Connex South Eastern
South Eastern Trains

| Southeastern

| Adtranz/Bombardier Derby 1999-2005

| 10 x 3-car sets
102 x 4-car sets

| 100px

| rowspan="6" |still in use

| rowspan=6|None

Class 376{{efn|name=DC}}
Electrostar

| South Eastern Trains

| Southeastern

| Bombardier Derby 2004-2005

| 36 x 5-car sets

| 100px

Class 377{{efn|name=DC}}
Electrostar

| Southern

| Southeastern
Southern

| Bombardier Derby 2001-2005
2008-2009
2013-2014

| 28 x 3-car sets
177 x 4-car sets
34 x 5-car sets

| 100px

Class 378{{efn|name=DC}}
Capitalstar

| London Overground

| London Overground

| Bombardier Derby 2008-2011

| 57 x 5-car sets

| 100px

Class 379
Electrostar

| National Express East Anglia

| Great Northern{{Cite magazine |date=11 February 2025 |title= Class 379s enter traffic with GTR |url= https://www.modernrailways.com/article/class-379s-enter-traffic-gtr |access-date=11 February 2025 |magazine=Modern Railways}}

| Bombardier Derby 2010-2011

| 30 x 4-car sets

| 100px

Class 380
Desiro

| First ScotRail

| ScotRail

| Siemens Mobility 2009-2011

| 22 x 3-car sets
16 x 4-car sets

|100px

Class 381{{efn|name=DC}}
Networker

| proposed Network SouthEast express units

| -

| (never built)

| -

|

|Never built

|Never built

Class 385 AT200

| Abellio ScotRail

| ScotRail

| Hitachi Kudamatsu & Hitachi Newton Aycliffe 2015-2019

| 46 x 3-car sets
24 x 4-car sets

|100px

| rowspan="4" |still in use

| rowspan=4|None

Class 387{{efn|name=DC}}
Electrostar

| Thameslink
Great Western Railway
c2c

| Gatwick Express
Great Northern
Great Western Railway
Heathrow Express

| Bombardier Derby 2014-2017

| 107 x 4-car sets

| 100px

Class 700{{efn|name=DC}}
Desiro City

| Thameslink

| Thameslink
Great Northern

| Siemens Mobility 2014-2018

| 60 x 8-car sets
55 x 12-car sets

| 100px

Class 701{{efn|name=DC}}
Aventra

| South Western Railway

| South Western Railway

| Bombardier/Alstom Derby 2019-

| 30 x 5-car sets
60 x 10-car sets

| rowspan="2" | 100px

Class 705

| Original classification of Class 701{{Cite web |date=7 April 2017 |title=South Western Franchise Agreement |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/833157/south_western_railways_2017_rail_franchise_agreement.pdf |publisher=Department for Transport |page=178 |quote=Specified Additional Rolling Stock ... Class 705 ... (5 car) ... Class 711 ... (10 car)}}

|

|

|

|

|

Class 707{{efn|name=DC}}
Desiro City

| South West Trains

| Southeastern

| Siemens Mobility 2015-2018

| 30 x 5-car sets

| 100px

| rowspan="2" |still in use

| rowspan=2|None

Class 710{{efn|name=DC}}
Aventra

| London Overground

| London Overground

| Bombardier Derby 2017-2020

| 48 x 4-car sets
6 x 5-car sets

| rowspan="2" | 100px

Class 711

| Original classification of Class 701

|

|

|

|

|

Class 717{{efn|name=DC}}
Desiro City

| Great Northern

| Great Northern

| Siemens Mobility 2018-2019

| 25 x 6-car sets

| 100px

| rowspan="10" |still in use

| rowspan=7|None

Class 720
Aventra

| Greater Anglia
c2c

| Greater Anglia
c2c

| Bombardier/Alstom Derby 2018-2020

| 145 x 5-car sets

| 100px

Class 730
Aventra

| West Midlands Trains

| West Midlands Trains

| Bombardier/Alstom Derby 2020-2021

| 36 x 3-car sets
45 x 5-car sets

| 100px

Class 745
FLIRT

| Greater Anglia

| Greater Anglia

| Stadler Rail 2018-2020

| 20 x 12-car sets

| 100px

Class 755
FLIRT

| Greater Anglia

| Greater Anglia

| Stadler Rail 2018-2020

| 14 x 3-car sets
24 x 4-car sets

| 100px

Class 756
FLIRT

| Transport for Wales Rail

|

| Stadler Rail 2021-2023

| 7 × 3-car sets
17 × 4-car sets

|File:TfW 756 102 (52392826112).jpg

Class 768

| Rail Operations Group

| Rail Operations Group

| BREL York 1987-88
Brush Traction 2020- (conversion)

| 10 x 4-car sets

|File:319010 Sevenoaks to West Hampstead Thameslink 2E57 (16311020556).jpg

Class 769{{efn|name=DC}}
Flex

| Great Western Railway
Northern Trains
Rail Operations Group
Transport for Wales Rail

| Northern Trains

| BREL York 1987-88
Brush Traction 2017-2020 (conversion)

| 35 x 4-car sets

| 100px

| 1 car

Class 777{{efn|name=DC}}
METRO

| Merseyrail

| Merseyrail

| Stadler Rail 2018-2021

| 52 x 4-car sets

| 100px

| None

Class 799{{efn|name=DC}}
HydroFlex

| Porterbrook

| Porterbrook

| BREL York, 1987
Quinton Rail Technology Centre 2019 (conversion)

| 2 x 4-car sets

|

| 1

=High speed trains=

High speed multiple unit or fixed formation trainsets, capable of operating at speeds above {{Convert|190|km/h|mph|abbr=}}.{{cite book|last1=Rail Safety and Standards Board|url=https://catalogues.rssb.co.uk/rgs/standards/RIS-2453-RST%20Iss%202.pdf?web=1|title=Rail Industry Standard RIS-2453-RST: Vehicle Registration, Marking and Numbering|date=June 2020}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

class="sort wikitable sortable" width=90%
width=15% | TOPS class

! width=25% | Built for

! width=15% | Current Operator(s)

! width=20% | Builder

! width=30% | Number Built

! width=35% | Image

!Withdrawn

! width=5% | Scrapped

Class 370
APT-P

| prototype APT

|

| BREL Derby 1979

| 6 x 7-car half sets
2 spare cars

| 100px

|1985–1986

| 35 cars

Class 373
TGV

| Eurostar

| Eurostar

| GEC Alsthom, La Brugeoise et Nivelles 1992-1996

| 14 x 8-car half sets
62 x 10-car half sets
1 spare car

| 100px

|rowspan="14"|still in use

| 16

Class 374
Velaro UK

| Eurostar

| Eurostar

| Siemens Mobility 2011-2018

| 34 x 8-car half sets

| 100px

| None

Class 390
Pendolino

|Virgin Trains

| Avanti West Coast

| Alstom Birmingham 2001-2004
Alstom Savigliano, Italy 2010-2012

| 22 x 9-car sets
35 x 11-car sets

| 100px

| 1

Class 395{{efn|name=DC}}
Javelin

| Southeastern

| Southeastern

| Hitachi, Japan 2007-2009

| 29 x 6-car sets

| 100px

| rowspan=12|None

Class 397
Civity

| TransPennine Express (2016-2023)

| TransPennine Express

| CAF 2017-2019

| 12 x 5-car sets

| 100px

rowspan=2|Class 800
AT300

| Virgin Trains East Coast and London North Eastern Railway{{efn|name=vteclner|Virgin ordered the Azumas and received a few, however, the franchise was transferred to LNER before any passenger service, where the remained were received, therefore, they were built under both operators.}}

| London North Eastern Railway

| rowspan=2|Hitachi, Kudamatsu & Newton Aycliffe 2014-2018

| rowspan=2|34 x 9-car sets
46 x 5-car sets

| rowspan=2|100px

Great Western Railway

|Great Western Railway

Class 801
AT300

| Virgin Trains East Coast and London North Eastern Railway{{efn|name=vteclner}}

| London North Eastern Railway

| Hitachi Kudamatsu & Newton Aycliffe 2017-2020

| 30 x 9-car sets
12 x 5-car sets{{Cite web |url=http://www.abrail.co.uk/emuformations.htm |title=EMU Formations |access-date=1 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815030524/http://www.abrail.co.uk/emuformations.htm |archive-date=15 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}

| 100px

rowspan=3|Class 802
AT300

|Great Western Railway

|Great Western Railway

|rowspan=3|Hitachi Kudamatsu & Hitachi Rail Italy 2017-2020

|rowspan=3|46 x 5-car
14 x 9-car sets

|rowspan=3|100px

Hull Trains

|Hull Trains

TransPennine Express (2016-2023)

|TransPennine Express

Class 803
AT300

|Lumo

|Lumo

|rowspan=4|Hitachi Newton Aycliffe

| 5 x 5-car sets

|100px

Class 805
AT300

|rowspan=2|Avanti West Coast

|rowspan=2|Avanti West Coast

| 13 x 5-car sets

|File:Avanti805Stafford.jpg

Class 807
AT300 {{Cite web|url=https://www.railmagazine.com/news/2024/10/29/soft-launch-for-avanti-west-coast-class-807-as-it-runs-between-euston-and-birmingham|title=Avanti West Coast's Class 807 makes 'soft' passenger debut between London Euston and Birmingham|website=www.railmagazine.com}}

| 10 x 7-car sets

|100px

Class 810
Aurora

|East Midlands Railway

|

| 33 x 5-car sets

|File:EMR Class 810 Newark.jpg

|not yet in service

{{notelist}}

DC EMUs

=Southern Region units=

The Southern Railway and its successor, the Southern Region of British Rail, used three letter codes to classify their DC EMU fleets, as shown after the TOPS class numbers. Southern Region EMUs were classified in the 400 series under TOPS.

==Pre-Nationalisation==

File:4Sub.jpg]]

class="wikitable"
TOPS class

! SR class

! Name or Information

! Built

! Quantity (sets)

! Withdrawn

! Notes

! Image

! Scrapped

Class 401

|2-BIL

|

|1935–38

|152

|1965–71

|

|100px

|151

rowspan=2|Class 402

|2-Hal

|rowspan=2|

|rowspan=2|{{ubl|1938–1939|1948|1955}}

|rowspan=2|100

|rowspan=2|1969–71

|rowspan=2|

|rowspan=2|100px

|rowspan=7|All

2-Pan{{cn|date=May 2022|reason=WP:UGC/WP:SPS unreliable reference removed}}
|2-Nol

|

|1934–36

|78

|1956–59

|

|

|2-SL

|South London

|1929

|8

|rowspan=2|1954

|

|

|2-WIM

|Wimbledon-Croydon

|1929

|4

|

|

|3-SUB

|

|1946–51

|184

|1976–83

|

|100px

|4-BUF

|

|rowspan=2|1937–38

|rowspan=2|85

|1964

|

|100px

Class 404

|4-Cor

|

|1968–71

|rowspan=3|

|100px

|28

|4-DD

|Double Deck EMU

|1949

|2

|1971

|100px

|

|4-Gri

|

|

|

|

|

|rowspan=3|All

|4-LAV

|

|{{ubl|1930–32|1939–40}}

|35

|1968–69

|

|100px

|4-RES

|

|

|

|

|

|

Class 405

|4-SUB

|

|

|

|

|

|100px

|About 184

Class 403

|5-BEL

|Brighton Belle London Victoria-Brighton

|1932

|15

|1 (p)

|

|100px

|2

|6-CIT

|London Bridge-Brighton

|

|rowspan=3|

|rowspan=3|

|rowspan=3|

|rowspan=3|

|rowspan=3|38 in total

|6-Pan

|Pantry units

|

|6-Pul

|Pullman London Victoria-Brighton

|

==Mark 1 and 2 bodyshell==

File:9110 at London Victoria.jpg Class 489 unit no. 489110 at London Victoria]]

class="wikitable" width=60%
width=25% | TOPS class

! width=20% | SR class

! width=55% | Name or Information

! width=55% | Image

! width=10% | Scrapped

Class 410

|4-Bep

|

|rowspan=3|100px

|rowspan=3|About 114 in total

Class 411

|4-Cep

|

Class 412

|4-Bep

|

Class 413

|4-Cap

|2 x 2Hap permanently coupled

|100px

|All

Class 414

|2-Hap

|

|100px

|207

Class 415

|4-EPB

|

|100px

|282

Class 416

|2-EPB

|

|100px

|121

Class 418

|2-Sap

|2Hap units with declassified 1st Class accommodation

|100px

|All

Class 419

|MLV

|London-Dover/Folkestone boat trains

|100px

|2

Class 420

|4-Big

|

|rowspan=3|100px

|rowspan=3|About 140 in total

Class 421

|4/3-Cig
3-Cop

|Last 2 units of this type in service were withdrawn in 2010

Class 422

|4-Big
8-Dig

|

Class 423

|4-Vep
4-Vop

|

|rowspan=2|100px

|rowspan=2|About 188 in total

Class 427

|4-Veg

|First stock used for Gatwick Express

Class 430

|4-Rep

|

|rowspan=3|100px

|rowspan=3|14

Class 431

|6-Rep

|

Class 432

|4-Rep

|

Class 438

|3-TC
4-TC

|

|100px

|27

Class 480

|8-Vab

|

|

|rowspan=2

Class 482 (I)

|8-Mig

|

|

Class 488

|

|Gatwick Express Trailers

|100px

|14

Class 489

|GLV

|Gatwick Express driving trailers

|100px

|3

Class 499 (I)

|TLV

|

|

|All

==[[British Rail tube trains|Tube]] Stock==

Rolling stock built to London Underground deep tube loading gauge.

File:483004 Smallbrook Junction.JPG Class 483 unit no. 483004 at {{stnlnk|Smallbrook Junction}}]]

class="wikitable" width=60%
width=25% | TOPS class

!Number Built

! width=20% | SR class

! width=55% | Name or Information

! width=55% | Image

!Number Scrapped

Class 482 (II)

|10 x 4-car

|

|Waterloo & City line
sold to London Underground

|100px

|None

Class 483

|10 x 2-car

|

|Island Line
ex LU 1938 stock

|100px

|4

Class 485

|6 x 4-car

|4-Vec

|ex LU Standard stock

|100px

|about 5

Class 486

|6 x 3-car

|3-Tis

|ex LU Standard stock

|100px

|All

Class 487

|28 x 1-car

|

|Waterloo & City Line

|100px

|27

Note that TOPS class 499 is currently allocated to London Underground owned stock that needs to use Network Rail owned tracks. This does not involve any renumbering of the stock involved, and is only for electronic recording purposes.{{cite magazine|title=LUL stock given TOPS numbers|magazine= The Railway Magazine |issue=1145|date=September 1996|page=27}}

==Modern EMUs==

File:SWT Class 455 refurbished.jpg Class 455 unit no. 455713 at Wimbledon railway station]]

File:Bromley North Railway Station.jpg Class 466 unit no. 466018 at Bromley North railway station]]

class="wikitable sortable" width="60%"
width=25% | TOPS class

! width=20% | SR class

!Number Built

! width=55% | Name or Information

!width=102|Image

! width=10| Scrapped

Class 424

|

|1

|Networker Classic Prototype

|

|1

Class 442

|5-Wes

|24

|Wessex Express

|100px

|119 cars

Class 444

|5-Des

|45

|Siemens Desiro

|100px

|None

Class 445

|4-Pep

|2

|Second Generation EMU prototype - 4 car

|rowspan=2|100px

|rowspan=2|All

Class 446

|2-Pep

|1

|Second Generation EMU prototype - 2 car

Class 447

|

|Never Built

|Proposed Battersea Bullet

|

|Never built

Class 450

|4-Des

|127

|Siemens Desiro

|100px

|None

Class 455

|

|137

|

|100px

|54

Class 456

|

|24

|

|100px

|All

Class 457

|

|1

|DC Networker prototype

|100px

|1

Class 458

|5-Jop

|36

|Juniper

|100px

|None

Class 460

|8-Gat

|8

|Juniper - Gatwick Express

|100px

|DMLFOs

(4 cars)

Class 465

|

|147

|Networker - 4 car

|100px

|rowspan=2|None

Class 466

|

|43

|Networker - 2 car

|100px

Class 471

|

|Never Built

|Proposed Networker - Main Line Express

|100x100px

|Never built

Class 484

|5 x 2-car

|

|Island Line D-Train
ex-LU D78 Stock

|100px

|None

=Other DC units=

The 500 series classes were reserved for miscellaneous DC EMUs not from the Southern Region. This included the DC (third/fourth rail) lines in North London, Manchester and Merseyside and the OHLE lines in Greater Manchester. The DC electric network around Tyneside had been de-electrified by the time TOPS was introduced, and the stock withdrawn or transferred to the Southern Region.

File:507009-LiverpoolCent-01.jpg Class 507 unit no. 507009 at Liverpool Central railway station]]

;TOPS classes

class="sort wikitable sortable"

!Class

!Info

!Image

!Number Built

!Withdrawn

!Notes

!Scrapped

Class 501North London stock

|100px

|57

|1985

|650 V Third & Fourth Rail

|56

Class 502Liverpool-Southport/Ormskirk stock

|100px

|61

|1980

|650 V Third Rail

|150 cars

Class 503Mersey-Wirral stock

|100px

|45

|1985

|650 V Third Rail

|44

Class 504Manchester-Bury stock

|100px

|26

|1991

|1.2 kV Side Contact Third Rail
(Unique on BR network)

|25

Class 505Manchester-Altrincham stock

|

|22 sets

|1971

|1.5 kV OHLE

|?

Class 506Manchester-Hadfield/Glossop stock

|100px

|8

|1984

|1.5 kV OHLE

|About 7

Class 507Merseyside stock

|100px

|33

|2022–2024

|750 V Third Rail

|32{{cite magazine|last=Butlin|first=Ashley|title=Multiple Units|magazine=The Railway Magazine|department=Stock Update|volume=171|issue=1487|date=February 2025|page=88}}

Class 508Merseyside stock

|100px

|43

|2022–2024

|750 V Third Rail

|41

Class 510Original classification of Class 455

|

|

|

|

|

;Pre-TOPS classes

Battery electric multiple unit (BEMU)

The original BEMU was a one-off unit, withdrawn before the introduction of TOPS. A new generation battery EMU (called an Independently Powered Electric Multiple Unit) was created in 2014, converted from a Class 379.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}}

class="sort wikitable sortable"

!Class

!Info

!Image

!Notes

BEMU

|Experimental 2 Car

|100px

|

Class 230

|D-Train

|100px

|align="center"|DEMU
DMU
Diesel-Battery hybrid

Non National Rail units

All rail vehicles operating on Network Rail infrastructure are required to be given TOPS codes. For this reason, London Underground, South Yorkshire Supertram and Tyne & Wear Metro trains have their own TOPS classes:

class="sort wikitable sortable"

!Class

!Info

!Image

!Notes

Class 398
CITYLINK

|Transport for Wales Rail tram-train stock

|File:Mock up of the outside of a Class 398 tram-train.jpg

|Planned use on Valley Lines services with street running through Cardiff

Class 399
CITYLINK

|South Yorkshire Supertram
tram-train stock

|File:Class 399 at Cathedral tram stop.jpg

|Used for service to Rotherham via the Dearne Valley line

Class 499 (II)

|London Underground rolling stock

|100px

|Classification given to all London Underground stock operating on Network Rail, regardless of line

Class 555
METRO

|rowspan=3|Tyne & Wear Metro rolling stock

|100px

|Replacement Tyne and Wear Metro fleet

Class 599

|100px

|Runs on Network Rail tracks between Pelaw and Sunderland

See also

References

{{reflist}}

=Sources=

  • {{cite journal |last=Webber |first=B. |date=1999 |title=Class 323 Electric Multiple Units |journal=Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit |volume=213 |number=1 |pages=49–62 |doi=10.1243/0954409991531029 |s2cid=109704714}}

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