Slam-door train

Connex South Eastern Class 423 at Waterloo East in February 2003

A slam-door train or slammer is a set of diesel multiple units (DMUs) or electric multiple units (EMUs) that were made before the creation of automatic doors on railway carriages in the United Kingdom and other countries, which have manually operated doors. The name came about because of the noise made by the passengers slamming the doors closed when the train was about to depart.

Some slam-door trains had doors that could only be opened from the outside, so passengers had to lean out of the window to reach the outside door handle.

In 2005, all slam-door trains were replaced with trains with automatic operated doors.

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  c2c Class 312 at Shoeburyness in March 2003

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  An open passenger door on a British Rail Class 421 train.

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  Open passenger doors on a British Rail Class 421 train.

Slam-door Train Media

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  Class 306 at Shenfield in November 1986

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  Northern Spirit Class 308 at Leeds in September 1998

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  Arriva Trains Wales Class 121 at Cardiff Queen Street in June 2009

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  South West Trains Class 421

  at Lymington Pier.
  

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  Preserved Class 423 at Clapham Junction in March 2014