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British Rail Class 308

Index British Rail Class 308

The British Rail (BR) Class 308 alternating current (AC) electric multiple units (EMU) were built by BR at York Carriage Works, in three batches, from 1959–61. [1]

55 relations: Alternating current, Angel Trains, Arriva, Arriva Trains Northern, Asbestos, Automatic Warning System, Bradford, British Rail, British Rail Class 302, British Rail Class 305, British Rail Class 312, British Rail Class 321, British Rail Class 323, British Rail Class 333, British Rail Class 937, Chingford, Clacton Servicing Depot, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester, Cruise ship, Doncaster Works, Drawbar (haulage), East Ham Depot, Electric multiple unit, Electric Railway Museum, Warwickshire, English Electric, Fenchurch Street railway station, Great Eastern Main Line, Holgate Road carriage works, York, Ilford EMU Depot, Ilkley, Immingham, Janney coupler, Leeds, Liverpool Street station, London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, Overhead line, Pantograph (transport), Pig's Bay, Rail Express Systems, Railway air brake, Railway brake, Regional Railways, Shenfield, Shoeburyness, Skipton, Suburb, Tilbury, TOPS, Train, ..., Walton-on-the-Naze, West Midlands (county), West Yorkshire Metro, Witham, 25 kV AC railway electrification. Expand index (5 more) »

Alternating current

Alternating current (AC) is an electric current which periodically reverses direction, in contrast to direct current (DC) which flows only in one direction.

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Angel Trains

Angel Trains is a British rolling stock operating company (ROSCO) created in 1994 as part of the privatisation of British Rail.

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Arriva

Arriva is a multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom.

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Arriva Trains Northern

Arriva Trains Northern was a train operating company in England owned by Arriva that operated the Regional Railways North East franchise from March 1997 until December 2004.

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Asbestos

Asbestos is a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals, which all have in common their eponymous asbestiform habit: i.e. long (roughly 1:20 aspect ratio), thin fibrous crystals, with each visible fiber composed of millions of microscopic "fibrils" that can be released by abrasion and other processes.

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Automatic Warning System

The Automatic Warning System (AWS) is a form of limited cab signalling introduced in 1956 in the United Kingdom.

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Bradford

Bradford is in the Metropolitan Borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England, in the foothills of the Pennines west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield.

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British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company that operated most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997.

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British Rail Class 302

The British Rail Class 302 (pre-TOPS AM2) was a type of electric multiple unit (EMU) introduced between 1958 - 1960 for outer suburban passenger services on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway route.

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British Rail Class 305

The British Rail Class 305 was an alternating current (AC) electric multiple unit (EMU).

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British Rail Class 312

The British Rail Class 312 is a type of alternating current (AC) electric multiple unit (EMU) built in 1975-1978 for use on outer-suburban passenger services.

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British Rail Class 321

The British Rail Class 321 alternating current (AC) electric multiple units (EMU) were built by British Rail Engineering Limited's York Works in three batches from 1988 to 1991.

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British Rail Class 323

The British Rail Class 323 electric multiple units were built by Hunslet Transportation Projects.

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British Rail Class 333

The British Rail Class 333 is an electric multiple unit with a top speed of; they were built by Siemens and CAF between 1999 and 2000.

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British Rail Class 937

The British Rail Class 937 was reserved for former AC electrical multiple units, converted for departmental use.

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Chingford

Chingford is a district of the London Borough of Waltham Forest in North East London, situated northeast of Charing Cross.

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Clacton Servicing Depot

Clacton Carriage Servicing Depot is a stabling point located in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England.

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Clacton-on-Sea

Clacton-on-Sea is the largest town in the Tendring peninsula and district in Essex, England, and was founded as an urban district in the year 1871.

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Colchester

Colchester is an historic market town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in the county of Essex.

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Cruise ship

A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, when the voyage itself, the ship's amenities, and sometimes the different destinations along the way (i.e., ports of call), are part of the experience.

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Doncaster Works

Doncaster railway works is a plant located in the town of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.

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Drawbar (haulage)

A drawbar is a solid coupling between a hauling vehicle and its hauled load.

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East Ham Depot

East Ham Depot is a depot on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway line between East Ham and Barking station with the depot code EM.

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Electric multiple unit

An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power.

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Electric Railway Museum, Warwickshire

The Electric Railway Museum (formerly the Coventry Railway Centre) was located in Warwickshire, south-east of Coventry, near the village of Baginton.

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English Electric

The English Electric Company Limited was a British industrial manufacturer formed after the armistice of World War I at the end of 1918.

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Fenchurch Street railway station

Fenchurch Street railway station, also known as London Fenchurch Street, is a central London railway terminus in the southeastern corner of the City of London.

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Great Eastern Main Line

The Great Eastern Main Line (GEML, sometimes referred to as the East Anglia Main Line) is a major railway line on the British railway system which connects Liverpool Street station in central London with destinations in east London and the East of England, including,,,, and.

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Holgate Road carriage works, York

The Holgate Road carriage works was a railway carriage manufacturing factory in the Holgate area of York, England.

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Ilford EMU Depot

Ilford EMU Depot is a Traction Maintenance Depot located in Ilford, Greater London, England.

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Ilkley

Ilkley is a spa town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, in Northern England.

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Immingham

Immingham is a town, civil parish and ward in the North East Lincolnshire unitary authority of England.

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Janney coupler

The Janney Coupler is a semi-automatic railway coupler.

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Leeds

Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of Leeds, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

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Liverpool Street station

Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate.

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London, Tilbury and Southend Railway

The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR), also known as Essex Thameside, is a commuter railway line on the British railway system which connects Fenchurch Street station in central London with destinations in east London and Essex, including,,,, Tilbury, Southend and.

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Overhead line

An overhead line or overhead wire is used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains.

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Pantograph (transport)

A pantograph (or "pan") is an apparatus mounted on the roof of an electric train, tram or electric bus to collect power through contact with an overhead line.

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Pig's Bay

Pig's Bay is a coastal area in East Shoebury, a small beachland area in Shoeburyness.

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Rail Express Systems

Rail Express Systems was a sector of British Rail.

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Railway air brake

A railway air brake is a railway brake power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium.

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Railway brake

Brakes are used on the cars of railway trains to enable deceleration, control acceleration (downhill) or to keep them standing when parked.

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Regional Railways

Regional Railways was one of the three passenger sectors of British Rail created in 1982 that existed until 1997, two years after privatisation.

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Shenfield

Shenfield is an affluent commuter suburb of Brentwood in the borough of the same name in Essex, England.

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Shoeburyness

Shoeburyness (also called Shoebury) is a town in southeast Essex, England, at the mouth of the Thames Estuary.

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Skipton

Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England.

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Suburb

A suburb is a mixed-use or residential area, existing either as part of a city or urban area or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city.

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Tilbury

Tilbury is a town in the borough of Thurrock, Essex, England.

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TOPS

Total Operations Processing System, or TOPS, is a computer system for managing the locomotives and rolling stock (railroad cars) owned by and/or operated on a rail system.

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Train

A train is a form of transport consisting of a series of connected vehicles that generally runs along a rail track to transport cargo or passengers.

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Walton-on-the-Naze

Walton-on-the-Naze is a small town in Essex, England, on the North Sea coast in the Tendring district.

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West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county and city region in western-central England with a 2014 estimated population of 2,808,356, making it the second most populous county in England.

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West Yorkshire Metro

Metro is the passenger information brand used by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in England.

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Witham

Witham is a town in the county of Essex in the East of England, with a population (2011 census) of 25,353.

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25 kV AC railway electrification

25 kV alternating current electrification is commonly used in railway electrification systems worldwide, especially for high-speed rail.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_308

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