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British Rail Class 507
Merseyrail Class 507 at Bidston in 2023
The interior of a refurbished Class 507 unit
In service
1 November 1978 – present
Manufacturer
British Rail Engineering Limited
Order no.
30906 (BDMSO vehicles)
30907 (TSO vehicles)
30908 (DMSO vehicles)[1]
Built at
Holgate Road Works, York
Family name
BREL 1972
Replaced
Class 502
Class 503
Constructed
1978–1980[1]
Refurbished
2002–2005 at Alstom Eastleigh
Scrapped
2023-present
Number built
33
Number in service
13
Number scrapped
18
Successor
Class 777
Formation
3 cars per unit:
BDMSO-TSO-DMSO[1]
Diagram
BDMSO vehicles: EI202
TSO vehicles: EH205
DMSO vehicles: EA201[1]
Fleet numbers
507001–507033[1]
Capacity
As built: 234 seats
As modified: 222 seats
As refurbished: 192 seats
Owners
Angel Trains[2]
Operators
Merseyrail
Depots
Current:
Birkenhead North (Wirral)
Kirkdale (Liverpool)
Former:
Hall Road (Blundellsands)[1][3]
Lines served
Northern Line
Wirral Line
Specifications
Car body construction
Steel underframe and body frame, aluminium body and roof
Car length
DM vehs.: 19.800 m (64 ft 11.5 in)
Trailers: 19.920 m (65 ft 4.3 in)
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)
Weight
BDMSO vehs.: 37.06 t (36.47 LT; 40.85 ST)
TSO vehs.: 25.60 t (25.20 LT; 28.22 ST)
DMSO vehs.: 35.62 t (35.06 LT; 39.26 ST)[1]
Traction motors
8 × GEC G310AZ (82 kW (110 hp) each,4 per motor car)
Power output
656 kW (880 hp)
HVAC
Electric heating (ducted warm air)
Electric system(s)
600–750 V DC third rail[1]
Current collector(s)
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)
AWS
TPWS
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/references
Specifications as at August 1982[4] except where otherwise noted.
The British Rail Class 507 is a type of electric multiple unit (EMU) passenger train built by British Rail Engineering Limited at Holgate Road carriage works in two batches from 1978 to 1980. They are a variant of British Rail's standard 1972 design for suburban EMUs derived from PEP stock, which eventually encompassed 755 vehicles over five classes (313, 314, 315, 507 and 508).[5] They have worked on the Merseyrail network from new and continue to do so, having been refurbished by Alstom's Eastleigh Works.
The Class 507 units are all now at least 43 years old, and, following the withdrawal of the Class 313 fleet in 2023, are the oldest units operating on the mainline rail network in Great Britain.[6] However, the even older 1972 Stock and 1973 Stock are still in service on London Underground's Bakerloo and Piccadilly lines.
^ abcdefghijFox, 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.
^Sherratt, Philip, ed. (2023). "ROSCO Fleets". Modern Railways: Review 2023. Stamford: Key Publishing. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-1-80282-569-5.
^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.
^"The twilight zone". Railways Illustrated. No. 249. November 2023. pp. 50–53.
^"Inaugural meeting held by the Class 507 Preservation Society". Heritage News. Railways Illustrated. No. 252. February 2024. p. 33.
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