British Rail Class 507

British Rail Class 507
British Rail Class 507
	Merseyrail 507021 at Bidston in 2023
	The interior of a refurbished Class 507 unit
In service	1 November 1978 – present
Manufacturer	British Rail Engineering Limited
Order no.	30906 (BDMSO vehicles); 30907 (TSO vehicles); 30908 (DMSO vehicles);
Built at	Holgate Road Works, York
Family name	BREL 1972
Replaced	Class 502; Class 503;
Constructed	1978–1980
Refurbished	2002–2005 at Alstom Eastleigh
Scrapped	2023-present
Number built	33
Number in service	9
Number scrapped	24
Successor	Class 777
Formation	3 cars per unit:; BDMSO-TSO-DMSO;
Diagram	BDMSO vehicles: EI202; TSO vehicles: EH205; DMSO vehicles: EA201;
Fleet numbers	507001–507033
Capacity	As built: 234 seats; As modified: 222 seats; As refurbished: 192 seats;
Owners	Angel Trains
Operators	Merseyrail
Depots	Current:; Birkenhead North (Wirral); Kirkdale (Liverpool); Former:; Hall Road (Blundellsands);
Lines served	Northern Line; Wirral Line;
Specifications
Car body construction	Steel underframe and body frame, aluminium body and roof
Car length	DM vehs.: 19.800 m (64 ft 11.5 in); Trailers: 19.920 m (65 ft 4.3 in);
Width	Over Body: 2.820 m (9 ft 3.0 in); Over Tread plates: 3.023 m (9 ft 11.0 in);
Height	3.582 m (11 ft 9.0 in)
Floor height	1.146 m (3 ft 9.1 in)
Doors	Double-leaf pocket sliding, each 1.288 m (4 ft 2.7 in) wide (2 per side per car)
Wheelbase	Over bogie centres:; 14.170 m (46 ft 5.9 in)
Maximum speed	75 mph (120 km/h)
Weight	BDMSO vehs.: 37.06 t (36.47 LT; 40.85 ST); TSO vehs.: 25.60 t (25.20 LT; 28.22 ST); DMSO vehs.: 35.62 t (35.06 LT; 39.26 ST);
Traction motors	8 × GEC G310AZ; (82 kW (110 hp) each, 4 per motor car)
Power output	656 kW (880 hp)
HVAC	Electric heating (ducted warm air)
Electric system(s)	600–750 V DC third rail
Current collector(s)	Contact shoe
UIC classification	Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
Bogies	BREL BX1
Minimum turning radius	70.4 m (231 ft 0 in)
Braking system(s)	Electro-pneumatic (disc) and rheostatic
Safety system(s)	AWS; TPWS;
Coupling system	Tightlockfor coupling to other units; Bar Coupling for in-between vehicles on a unit;
Multiple working	Within class, and with Class 508
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Notes/references
	Specifications as at August 1982 except where otherwise noted.

The British Rail Class 507 is a type of electric multiple unit (EMU) passenger train built by British Rail Engineering Limited at Holgate Road carriage works in two batches from 1978 to 1980. They are a variant of British Rail's standard 1972 design for suburban EMUs derived from PEP stock, which eventually encompassed 755 vehicles over five classes (313, 314, 315, 507 and 508).^[5] They have worked on the Merseyrail network from new and continue to do so, having been refurbished by Alstom's Eastleigh Works.

The Class 507 units are all now at least 43 years old, and, following the withdrawal of the Class 313 fleet in 2023, are the oldest units operating on the mainline rail network in Great Britain.^[6] However, the even older 1972 Stock and 1973 Stock are still in service on London Underground's Bakerloo and Piccadilly lines.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Fox, Peter (1994). British Railways Pocket Book No. 4: Electric Multiple Units (7th ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing. pp. 85–86. ISBN 978-1-872524-60-3. OCLC 655645349.
^ Sherratt, Philip, ed. (2023). "ROSCO Fleets". Modern Railways: Review 2023. Stamford: Key Publishing. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-1-80282-569-5.
^ Marsden, C. J. (2008). The DC Electrics. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-86093-615-2. OCLC 318668763.
^ Vehicle Diagram Book No. 210 for Electric Multiple Units (including A.P.T.) (PDF). Derby: Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Department, British Railways Board. August 1982. EA201, EH205, EI202 (in work pp. 10–11, 272–273, 388–389). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2023 – via Barrowmore MRG.
^ "The twilight zone". Railways Illustrated. No. 249. November 2023. pp. 50–53.
^ "Inaugural meeting held by the Class 507 Preservation Society". Heritage News. Railways Illustrated. No. 252. February 2024. p. 33.

[P5-1-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Fox, Peter (1994). British Railways Pocket Book No. 4: Electric Multiple Units (7th ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing. pp. 85–86. ISBN 978-1-872524-60-3. OCLC 655645349.

[2] Sherratt, Philip, ed. (2023). "ROSCO Fleets". Modern Railways: Review 2023. Stamford: Key Publishing. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-1-80282-569-5.

[Marsden2008-137-3] Marsden, C. J. (2008). The DC Electrics. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-86093-615-2. OCLC 318668763.

[BMRG1-4] Vehicle Diagram Book No. 210 for Electric Multiple Units (including A.P.T.) (PDF). Derby: Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Department, British Railways Board. August 1982. EA201, EH205, EI202 (in work pp. 10–11, 272–273, 388–389). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2023 – via Barrowmore MRG.

[5] "The twilight zone". Railways Illustrated. No. 249. November 2023. pp. 50–53.

[6] "Inaugural meeting held by the Class 507 Preservation Society". Heritage News. Railways Illustrated. No. 252. February 2024. p. 33.

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