British Rail Class 313

Class 313 electric multiple units were built by BREL at York Works from 1976-77, these being the first second-generation EMUs to be constructed for British Rail. They were also the first dual-voltage units to be built, capable of drawing power via 25 kV AC overhead, or 750 V DC third-rail, and the first units in Britain to have fully automatic couplers which allowed both physical coupling and also the connection of control electric and air supplies to be carried out without the need to leave the cab. Their passenger seats were an improvement on former types.

British Rail Class 313
Southern Class 313 at Brighton File:313212 TSO Vehicle Interior.jpg Interior of a Southern refurbished Class 313/2 unit
In service	1976–2023
Manufacturer	British Rail Engineering Limited
Built at	Holgate Road Works, York
Family name	BREL 1972
Replaced	Class 105 Class 106 Class 501 Class 377/3
Constructed	1976–1977
Refurbishment	1997–2001 (Silverlink) 1999–2003 (WAGN) 2010–2011 (Southern)
Scrapped	2019, 2023
Number built	64
Number preserved	2
Number scrapped	62
Formation	3 cars per unit: DMSO-PTSO-BDMSO
Capacity	As built: 232 seats Great Northern: 231 seats Overground: 202 seats Silverlink: 228 seats Southern: 202 seats
Operator	British Rail Network Rail Network SouthEast Silverlink London Overground West Anglia Great Northern First Capital Connect Great Northern Southern
Depot(s)	Lovers Walk (Brighton) Clacton
Line(s) served	East Coastway Seaford Branch West Coastway
Specifications
Car body construction	Steel underframe with 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	2.820 m (9 ft 3.0 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)
Maximum speed	75 mph (120 km/h)
Weight	DMSO vehs.: 35.87 t (35.30 LT; 39.54 ST) PTSO vehs.: 31.28 t (30.79 LT; 34.48 ST) BDMSO vehs.: 37.55 t (36.96 LT; 41.39 ST) Total: 104.70 t (103.05 LT; 115.41 ST)
Acceleration	0.79 m/s2 (2.6 ft/s2)
Deceleration	0.92 m/s2 (3.0 ft/s2)
Current collection method	Pantograph (AC) Contact shoe (DC)
UIC classification	Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
Bogies	BREL BX1
Braking system(s)	Electro-pneumatic (disc) and rheostatic ('Westcode' three-step)
Safety system(s)	AWS TPWS Tripcock (NCL units only)
Coupling system	Tightlock
Multiple working	Within class
Gauge

File:313064 at London Kings Cross.jpg

Class 313/0, no. 313064 at London King's Cross on 8th February 2003. This unit is painted in WAGN family travelcard advertising-livery.

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Class 313/1, no. 313114 arriving at Clapham Junction on 30th October 2004 with a service from Willesden Junction. This unit is painted in Silverlink Metro livery.

File:313033 Stevenage 20060407.JPG

Unit 313033 sports a purple WAGN livery at Stevenage, albeit with FCC decals.

File:313110 Kew Gardens.jpg

The front of class 313/1, no. 313110 at Kew Gardens.

File:313001 at South Hampstead.jpg

A Class 313 at South Hampstead railway station in the Network SouthEast era

British Rail Class 313 Media

• 313 Original NSE livery.jpg

  The first Class 313 unit, 313001, in the late 1980s at Watford Junction in Network SouthEast livery

• Willesden Junction station MMB 55 Willesden TMD 313121 172101.jpg

  Network Rail's ERTMS test train in the sidings at Willesden TMD

• 313101 at Kilburn High Road.jpg

  Silverlink Class 313 at Kilburn High Road in 2007

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  Interior of a London Overground Class 313/1 unit. Additional standing room was created by changing from 5-abreast to 4-abreast seating.

• 313201 at Brighton Station.jpg

  Unit 313201 in British Rail blue, stabled at Brighton station.

• Enfield Chase railway station MMB 05 313046 313030.jpg

  First Capital Connect Class 313 at Enfield Chase in 2009.

• FCC Class 313 Interior.jpg

  Refreshed interior of a First Capital Connect unit