British Rail Class 507
Class of electric multiple unit
British Rail Class 507 electric multiple units were built by BREL at York works from 1978 to 1979. They were the third variety of British Rail's then-standard 1972 design for suburban EMUs, which eventually encompassed 755 vehicles and five Classes (Class 313/314/315/507/508). The 507s were the first variant to be 750V DC third rail only. They have worked on the Merseyrail network from new, and continue to do so, now refurbished by Alstom's Eastleigh Works.
British Rail Class 507 | |
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In service | 1 November 1978 – present |
Manufacturer | British Rail Engineering Limited |
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Built at | Holgate Road Works, York |
Family name | BREL 1972 |
Replaced | |
Constructed | 1978–1980[1] |
Refurbishment | 2002–2005 at Alstom Eastleigh |
Scrapped | 2023-present |
Number built | 33 |
Number in service | 9 |
Number scrapped | 24 |
Successor | Class 777 |
Formation |
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Diagram |
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Fleet numbers | 507001–507033[1] |
Capacity |
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Operator(s) | Merseyrail |
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Line(s) served | |
Specifications | |
Car body construction | Steel underframe and body frame, aluminium body and roof |
Car length |
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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) |
Wheelbase | Over bogie centres: 14.170 m (46 ft 5.9 in) |
Maximum speed | 75 mph (120 km/h) |
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Traction motors | 8 × GEC G310AZ (82 kW (110 hp) each, 4 per motor car) |
Power output | 656 kW (880 hp) |
Train heating | Electric heating (ducted warm air) |
Electric system(s) | 600–750 V DC third rail[1] |
Current collection method | Contact shoe |
UIC classification | Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′ |
Bogies | BREL BX1[1] |
Minimum turning radius | 70.4 m (231 ft 0 in) |
Braking system(s) | Electro-pneumatic (disc) and rheostatic[1] |
Safety system(s) | |
Coupling system | Tightlock |
Multiple working | Within class, and with Class 508 |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
Notes | |
Specifications as at August 1982[3] except where otherwise noted. |
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References
change- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 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.
- ↑ 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.