British Rail Class 302
The British Rail Class 302 (pre-TOPS AM2) was a type of electric multiple unit (EMU) introduced between 1958 - 1960 for outer suburban passenger services on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway route. This class of multiple unit was constructed using the Mark 1 bodyshell and was slam door.
| British Rail Class 302 | |
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Class 302 at Barking in 1964 | |
| In service | 1958–1998[1] |
| Manufacturer | British Rail |
| Built at | |
| Family name | BR First Generation EMU |
| Constructed | 1958–1959[1] |
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| Specifications | |
| Train length | 266 ft 7 in (81.25 m) |
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| Width | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) |
| Height | 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) |
| Floor height | 3 ft 9 in (1.14 m) |
| Maximum speed | 75 mph (121 km/h)[8] |
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| Current collection method | Pantograph |
| UIC classification | 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′ |
| Braking system(s) | Air (EP/Auto)[2] |
| Safety system(s) | AWS[7] |
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| Multiple working | Within class, and other pre-1972 25kV EMUs |
| Gauge | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Track gauge/data' not found. |
British Rail Class 302 Media
Class 302 at Barking on a Pitsea service in 1993
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Longworth, Hugh (2015). British Railways Electric Multiple Units to 1975. Addlestone: OPC. pp. 125–127, 154–155, 173–176. ISBN 9780860936688.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedMarsden1982p8. - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Swain, Alec (1990). British Rail Fleet Survey 11. Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp. 31–32. ISBN 9780711019027.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedCV1989p76. - ↑ Fox, Peter (1998). British Railways Locomotives & Coaching Stock 1998. Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing. pp. 240, 355. ISBN 1-902336-00-3.
- ↑ Fox, Peter (1985). Locomotives & Coaching Stock 1985. Sheffield: Platform 5. pp. 158–159, 236. ISBN 9780906579459.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Vehicle Diagram Book No.210 for Electrical Multiple Units (including A.P.T.)" (PDF). BRB Residuary Ltd. ED205, EE205, EF201, EH302. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2021 – via Barrowmore MRG.
- ↑ Wood 1989, p. 75