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Encyclopedia > British Rail Class 456
456010 at Clapham Junction on 28 October 2005. This unit is operated by Southern, but still carries its original Network SouthEast livery.
456024 Sir Cosmo Bonsor also pictured at Clapham Junction on 28 October 2005 wearing Connex livery.

The British Rail Class 456 electrical multiple units were built by BREL at York Works from 1990-91. 24 two-car units were built as direct replacements for the elderly Class 416 2EPB units which operated on the Central Division of the Southern Region of British Rail. Units were delivered into traffic painted in Network SouthEast blue, red and white livery. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2408x1641, 632 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): British Rail Class 456 ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2408x1641, 632 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): British Rail Class 456 ... Clapham Junction is a railway station located in Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Southern is the latest name of the train operating company that took over from Connex South Central on the routes to South London, Surrey, and Sussex from Victoria and London Bridge. ... A train in NSE livery Network SouthEast (NSE) was a sector of British Rail that principally operated commuter trains in the London area, and was formed in 1986 when BR was sectorised. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1488, 701 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): British Rail Class 456 History of rail transport in Great Britain 1995 to date Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1488, 701 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): British Rail Class 456 History of rail transport in Great Britain 1995 to date Metadata This file contains... Clapham Junction is a railway station located in Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Connex may refer to: a brand name used by Veolia Transport a ficticious energy company in the film Syriana an earlier name of Vodafone Romania a private operator of the suburban railway system in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Connex Melbourne Category: ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... A multiple unit is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors, either diesel (DMUs) or electric (EMUs), and do not need to be hauled by a locomotive. ... for the singer see Jacques Brel BREL stands for British Rail Engineering Limited, which was the engineering division of British Rail Categories: Stub | British Rail(ways) ... York is a city in North Yorkshire, England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... The British Rail Class 416 (or 2EPB) electric multiple units were built in the 1950s to work inner suburban passenger services. ... The Southern Railway created numbering and classification systems for its large fleet of Electric multiple units that were perpetuated by the Southern Region of British Rail until the early 1980s, when the impact of TOPS was felt. ... British Railways Southern Region totem station sign for Hither Green. ... A train in NSE livery Network SouthEast (NSE) was a sector of British Rail that principally operated commuter trains in the London area, and was formed in 1986 when BR was sectorised. ...


Units were numbered in the range 456001-024. Each unit consisted of two carriages; a driving motor and a driving trailer. The technical description of the unit formation is DMSO+DTSO. Individual carriage numbers were as follows:

  • 64735-64758 - DMSO
  • 78250-78273 - DTSO

When first introduced, the units suffered from many technical and reliability problems, which delayed the replacement of the 2EPB units. However, once they settled down the units were used on many services, including London Bridge to London Victoria via Crystal Palace, and London Victoria to Horsham. Before the lines closed in 1997 to allow the building of the Croydon Tramlink, Class 456 units worked services on the line from West Croydon to Wimbledon. Recently, more 456's have recently been allocated to Victoria - Epsom via Sutton and West Croydon, especially at peak times, as well as services from Epsom Downs and Dorking. Outside view Platform London Bridge station is a railway station in central London (in the London Borough of Southwark), occupying a large area on two levels, immediately south-east of London Bridge. ... Victoria station in London is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of Westminster. ... Crystal Palace is an area in south London, England within the postcode London SE19, named after the Crystal Palace, relocated to Upper Norwood in 1854. ... Horsham is a market town in West Sussex, England with a population of roughly 50,000. ... a Tramlink Tram Tramlink (until recently known as Croydon Tramlink) is a public transport system in south London, operated by FirstGroup on behalf of Transport for London. ... West Croydon station is a key transport interchange for rail, Tramlink and bus services in West Croydon in the London Borough of Croydon. ... Wimbledon (pronounced ) is a suburb of London, part of the London Borough of Merton and located seven miles (11. ...


Current operations

Since the privatisation of Britain's railways, the entire Class 456 fleet passed into the Southern (formerly known as South Central) franchise, which was originally won by Connex South Central. Only one unit, no. 456024, was repainted in white and yellow Connex livery, when it was named Sir Cosmo Bonsor after a chairman of the South Eastern Railway. The rest of the fleet had remained in NSE livery, until summer 2006 when the fleet started to be repainted. Connex South Central was a short-lived train operating company in the United Kingdom. ... Henry Cosmo Orme Bonsor by Leslie Ward, 1895. ... The London and Greenwich Railway (LGR), together with the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway (CWR) in East Kent were the earliest railways to serve the then county of Kent: eventually both became parts of the South Eastern Railway (SER). ... A train in NSE livery Network SouthEast (NSE) was a sector of British Rail that principally operated commuter trains in the London area, and was formed in 1986 when BR was sectorised. ...


In 2000, Connex lost the South Central franchise to the Go-Ahead Group, who rebranded the company as Southern in 2004. Brighton & Hove Bus Metrobus Scania OmniDekka 447 (YV03 RBF) Southern Class 171 Turbostar Thameslink Class 319 dual voltage unit The Go-Ahead Group is a rail and bus operating company that was created following the liberalisation of the UKs train and bus industries. ... Southern is the latest name of the train operating company that took over from Connex South Central on the routes to South London, Surrey, and Sussex from Victoria and London Bridge. ...


Refurbishment

In March 2005 unit 456 006 was hauled away to Wolverton where it has been studied for corrosion assessment, this caused some doubt to whether they would be refurbished. However, in a statement in April 2006 Southern said the class will receive a "refreshing", this meant they would not receive a refurbishment as large as the 455's, since the 456's are 10 years younger and already have the high backed seats. Also, on the newly-released sets, new CCTV cameras and flooring have been installed, this not mentioned on the original refurbishment plan.


All units have now been 'refreshed', and now the 456's are in a development phase, and will be painted into Southern green colours. 20 units have been painted already, with 456 006 having being completed in a new, one-off promotional livery for rail safety on the Southern network. Now, only 456 008, 013 and 022 are still to go to Wolverton and Selhurst for assessment and repainting.

British Rail electric multiple units
Diesel locomotives - Electric locomotives - Miscellaneous locomotives
Diesel multiple units
(DMUs and DEMUs) - Electric multiple units (EMUs) - Departmental multiple units
AC units
Classes: 300 - 302 - 303 - 304 - 305 - 306 - 307 - 308 - 309 - 310 - 311 - 312 - 313 - 314 - 315 - 316
317 - 318 - 319 - 320 - 321 - 322 - 323 - 325 - 332 - 333 - 334 - 350 - 357 - 360 - 365 - 370
373 - 375 - 376 - 377 - 378 - 390 - 395
Pre-TOPS: AM1 - AM2 - AM3 - AM4 - AM5 - AM6 - AM7 - AM8 - AM9 - AM10 - AM11 - (AM12) - CP - CW - SL
MR Lancaster Units
DC units
Classes: 401 - 402 - 403 - 404 - 405 - 410 - 411 - 412 - 413 - 414 - 415 - 416 - 418 - 419 - 420 - 421
422 - 423 - 424 - 427 - 430 - 431 - 432 - 438 - 442 - 444 - 445 - 446 - 447 - 450 - 455 - 456
457 - 458 - 460 - 465 - 466 - 480 - 482 - 483 - 485 - 486 - 487 - 488 - 489 - 491 - 492 - 499
501 - 502 - 503 - 504 - 505 - 506 - 507 - 508
 Original TOPS: 411 - 412 - 413 - 414/1 - 414/2 - 421/1 - 421/2 - 422/1 - 422/2 - 423 - 424 - 431/1 - 431/2
432 - 441 - 442/1 - 442/2 - 451 - 452 - 453 - 461 - 462
 SR classes: GLV - MLV - TLV - 2Bil - 2EPB - 2Hal - 2Hap - 2Nol - 2Pan - 2Pep - 2Sap - 2SL - 2Wim - 3Cep
3Cig - 3Cop - 3Sub - 3TC - 3Tis - 4Bep - 4Big - 4Buf - 4Cap - 4Cep - 4Cig - 4Cor - 4DD
4Des - 4EPB - 4Gri - 4Jop - 4Lav - 4Pep - 4Rep - 4Res - 4Sub - 4TC - 4Tep - 4Vec - 4Veg
4Vep - 4Vip - 4Vop - 5Bel - 5Des - 5TCB - 5Wes - 6Cit - 6Pan - 6Pul - 6Rep - 8Dig - 8Gat
8Mig - 8Vab
Pre-TOPS: BEMU - LNER Tyneside Units - LNWR Watford Units - LYR Bury Units
Departmental units
Classes: 910 - 920 - 930 - 931 - 932 - 933 - 935 - 936 - 937 - 960

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British Rail Class 488: Information from Answers.com (934 words)
The British Rail Class 488 are unpowered electric multiple unit trailer sets, converted from Mark 2F coaches for the Gatwick Express service from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport.
The two-car units are classified as Class 488/2 and are numbered in the range 8201-8210, whilst the three-car sets are Class 488/3 and are numbered 8301-8319.
From 2000 onwards, new trains in the form of Class 460 units were introduced to replace the old stock.
List of British Rail classes: Information from Answers.com (1298 words)
A large number of different shunter types were purchased by British Rail and its predecessors, many of which were withdrawn prior to the introduction of TOPS.
The Southern Region of British Rail, used single letter codes to classify their DEMU classes.
The Southern Railway and its successor, the Southern Region of British Rail, used three letter codes to classify their DC EMU fleets, as shown after the TOPS class numbers.
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