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| British Rail Class 455 | |
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 South Western Railway Class 455 train seen on the Kingston loop line in October 2024 | |
 Interior of a refurbished South West Trains Class 455/9 | |
| In service | 1983–present[1] |
| Manufacturer | British Rail Engineering Limited[1] |
| Built at | Holgate Road Works, York |
| Family name | BR Second Generation (Mark 3) |
| Replaced | |
| Constructed | 1982–1985 |
| Scrapped | 2022–present |
| Number built |
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| Number in service | 82 |
| Number scrapped | 55 |
| Successor | |
| Formation | 4 cars per unit: DTSO-MSO-TSO-DTSO[1] |
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| Capacity |
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| Owners | Porterbrook |
| Operators | |
| Depots |
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| Specifications | |
| Car body construction | |
| Train length | 81.16 m (266 ft 3 in)[1] |
| Car length |
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| Width | 2.82 m (9 ft 3 in)[2] |
| Height |
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| Floor height | 1.14 m (3 ft 9 in) |
| Doors | Double-leaf pocket sliding (2 per side per car)[note 1] |
| Wheelbase | Over bogie centres: 14.17 m (46 ft 6 in) |
| Maximum speed | 75 mph (121 km/h)[1] |
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| Traction system |
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| Traction motors |
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| Acceleration | 0.58 m/s2 (1.9 ft/s2)[1] |
| Electric system(s) | 750 V DC third rail[1] |
| Current collector(s) | Contact shoe |
| UIC classification | 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′ |
| Bogies |
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| Minimum turning radius | 70 m (231 ft)[2] |
| Braking system(s) |
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| Safety system(s) | |
| Coupling system | Tightlock[2] |
| Multiple working | Within class, and with Class 456 |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
The British Rail Class 455 is an electric multiple unit passenger train built by BREL[1] between 1982 and 1985. It is operated on suburban services in Greater London and Surrey by South Western Railway, as well as formerly by Southern.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Class 455 Electric Multiple Unit" (PDF). London: Eversholt Rail Group. August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Vehicle Diagram Book No. 210 for Electric Multiple Units (including A.P.T.) (PDF). Derby: Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Department, British Railways Board. EC203, EC206, EE218, EE226, EH219, EH221, EH224 (in work pp. 76–77, 82–83, 150–151, 166–167, 292–295, 300–301). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2022 – via Barrowmore MRG.
- ^ "Class 455s: suburban workhorses". Today's Railways UK. No. 66. Sheffield. June 2007. pp. 48–55.
- ^ "Our Trains - Class 455 'British Rail Second Generation'". South Western Railway. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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Railway Gazette Internationalwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Class 455 EMU overhaul for Porterbrook". Wiener Neudorf: Traktionssysteme Austria. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
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