| LNER electric units | |
|---|---|
 North Tyneside electric train at North Shields | |
| In service | 1937–1967 |
| Manufacturer | Metropolitan Cammell |
| Replaced | NER electric units |
| Number scrapped | All |
| Formation | 2-car sets |
| Operators | London and North Eastern Railway British Railways |
| Specifications | |
| Electric system(s) | 600 V DC third rail |
| Current collector(s) | Contact shoe |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The LNER electric units were electric multiple units that ran on the Tyneside Electrics, a suburban system around the English city of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1937 the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) received articulated twin passenger electric units to replace the NER electric units that had been built in 1904–15 by the North Eastern Railway. The order including some single-unit motor parcel vans and motor luggage vans. In the 1960s declining passenger numbers and the high cost of renewing life-expired electric substation equipment across the system led to the replacement of the electric multiple units with diesel multiple units and the units were all withdrawn in 1967.