British Rail Class 315 | |
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In service | 1980 – 9 December 2022 |
Manufacturer | British Rail Engineering Limited |
Built at | Holgate Road Works, York |
Family name | BREL 1972 |
Replaced | |
Constructed | 1980–1981 |
Refurbished |
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Number built | 61[2] |
Number preserved | 1 |
Number scrapped | 53 |
Successor | |
Formation |
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Diagram |
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Fleet numbers | 315801–315861 |
Capacity |
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Owners | Eversholt Rail Group |
Operators | |
Specifications | |
Car body construction | Steel underframe with 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 | 1.156 m (3 ft 9.5 in) |
Doors | Double-leaf pocket sliding, each 1.288 m (4 ft 2.7 in) wide (2 per side per car) |
Wheelbase |
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Maximum speed | 75 mph (121 km/h) |
Weight |
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Traction motors | |
Power output | 660 kW (880 hp) |
Acceleration | 0.75 m/s2 (2.5 ft/s2)[3] |
HVAC | Ducted warm air |
Electric system(s) | 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead |
Current collector(s) | Pantograph |
UIC classification | Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′ |
Bogies | BREL BX1 |
Minimum turning radius | 70.4 m (231 ft 0 in) |
Braking system(s) | Electro-pneumatic (disc) |
Safety system(s) | |
Coupling system | Tightlock[4] |
Multiple working | Within class |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
Notes/references | |
Specifications as at November 1987[5] except where otherwise noted. |
The British Rail Class 315 is a fleet of alternating current (AC) electric multiple unit (EMU) trains, built by British Rail Engineering Limited at Holgate Road Carriage Works in York between 1980 and 1981; they replaced the Class 306 units. It was a variant of unit derived from British Rail's 1971 prototype suburban EMU design which, as the BREL 1972 family, eventually encompassed 755 vehicles across Classes 313, 314, 315, 507 and 508.[6] Revenue services with Class 315 units commenced in 1980 and continued until December 2022.[2][7]