British Rail Class 305

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British Rail Class 305
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Class 305 unit at York
In service1959–2002
ManufacturerTemplate:Pluralize from textBritish Rail
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  • 30566 (BDTSOL, 305/2, as built)
  • 30567 (MBSO, 305/2)
  • 30568 (TSOL, 305/2)
  • 30569 (DTSO, 305/2)
  • 30570 (BDTSO, 305/1)
  • 30571 (MBSO, 305/1)
  • 30572 (DTSO, 305/1)[1][2]
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Family nameBR First Generation EMU
ReplacedSteam locomotives and carriages
Constructed1959–1960
Refurbished1983–1984 (305/2 facelift)[4]
Number built71
Number preserved0
Number scrapped71
SuccessorClass 322
Class 323
FormationClass 305/1
BDTSO+MBS+DTSO
Class 305/2 As Built
BDTSOL+MBSO+TCsoL+DTS
Class 305/2 Facelifted
BDTCOL+MBS+TSOL+DTSO
Class 305/3
BDTSO+MBS+TCsoL+DTSO[5][6]
DiagramAs Built
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  • 413 MBSO
  • 436 BDTSO, DTSO

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  • 405 MBSO
  • 437 DTS
  • 438 BDTSOL
  • 455 TCsoL

TOPS Codes
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  • E204.0A MBSO
  • EE209.1B DTSO
  • EF205.0A

Class 305/2
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  • ED205.1B MBS
  • EE210.0A DTS
  • EF206.0A BDTSOL
  • EH302.1B TCsoL

Refurbished
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  • ED216.0A MBSO
  • EE220.0A DTS
  • EF304.0A BDTSOL
  • EH223.0A TSOL
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Design codeAM5
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  • 305401-305452
  • 75462-75513 BDTSO
  • 61429-61480 MBS
  • 75514-75565 DTSO

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  • 305501-305519
  • 75424-75442 BDTSOL later BDTCOL
  • 61410-61428 MBS later MBSO
  • 70356-70374 TCsoL later TSOL
  • 75443-75461 DTS later DTSO[2]
Capacity272 seats (305/1),
344 2nd + 19 1st (305/2)[2]
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Specifications
Car body constructionWelded steel and sprayed asbestos
Train length199 ft 6 in (60.81 m) (305/1)
Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.265 ft 8+1⁄2 in (80.99 m) (305/2)
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Width9 ft (2.74 m) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Height12 ft 7 in (3.835 m) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
DoorsSlam Door
Articulated sections3 or 4
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  • 46 ft 6 in (14.173 m) (bogie centres)
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Maximum speed75 mph (121 km/h)[10]
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Traction motors4 × GEC WT380 of 153 kW (205 hp)[1]
Auxiliaries240 V from the tertiary winding of the main transformer for heating and for a Westinghouse charger feeding 110 V dc for lighting and battery charging[3]
Power supplyMercury-arc rectifiers[3] (later replaced with silicon diode)
HVACElectric
[[Railway electrification|Electric systemTemplate:Pluralize from text]]25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead
(and 6.25 kV until 1983)
Current collectionPantograph
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  • Gresley ED5 (MBS)
  • Gresley ET8 (DTS)
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  • compound bolster[3]
[[Railway brake|Braking systemTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Westinghouse EP air[3]
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Coupling systemDropheadLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Track gauge1,435 mm (Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

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The British Rail Class 305 was an alternating current (AC) electric multiple unit (EMU). Under the pre-1973 British Rail numbering system, the class was known as AM5; when TOPS was introduced, it became Class 305.

Subclasses

Class 305 had four subclasses:

  • 305/1 3-car units, standard class accommodation only, 52 units built in 1960
  • 305/2 4-car units, first and standard class accommodation, 19 units built in 1959
  • 305/3 4-car units, first and standard class accommodation, 8 units converted from 305/1 in 1988 by adding a TC from Class 302 units[11]
  • 305/9 3-car unit, non-passenger departmental conversion, converted 1984

Operations

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A Class 305 at Edinburgh Waverley in September 2001

305/1 units were generally deployed on inner suburban services on the Lea Valley lines out of London Liverpool Street to Chingford, Enfield Town and Hertford East. They mainly worked the Chingford and Enfield branches, where their average scheduled speed was 22 mph (35 km/h).[3] However, they were also used on the Great Eastern lines out of London Liverpool Street and occasionally worked out of their ‘normal’ operating area when coupled to a 305/2 unit or any of the compatible EMUs in use at the time. These units were distinguished by their lower backed seating. 305/1 units were replaced from 1980 onwards by Class 315 units. They were not generally used elsewhere, but a number of units operated around Manchester in the mid 1990s [12]. All examples of the subclass were scrapped.

305/2 units were generally deployed on outer suburban services on the Lea Valley Line out of London Liverpool Street to Bishops Stortford, the extent of electrification until 1987, where their average scheduled speed was 34 mph (55 km/h).[3] Like the 305/1 units, they could occasionally be seen on other services out of Liverpool Street and were sometimes coupled to other compatible EMUs for multiple working.

One unit was converted in 1984 for use as a mobile classroom in connection with the East Coast Main Line electrification project, becoming unit 305935, painted in InterCity livery. One of the driving vehicles contained blue asbestos and was subsequently replaced with a driving vehicle from a withdrawn Class 302 set, forming a hybrid set but retaining the same unit number (305935).[13] The unit was later used in East Anglia as part of the Great Eastern electrification and was deployed at Ipswich, Harwich Town and Cambridge.[14]

The 305/2s were refurbished in the mid-late 1980s. As with the 308s, this involved moving first class to a driving trailer, new interior panels, new seats and fluorescent lights.

The 305/2s were initially replaced on the Lea Valley Line by Class 310 units during the late 1980s/early 1990s. Most of the 305/2s were overhauled at Doncaster, painted in Regional Railways livery and shortened to 3-car sets, before moving to the Manchester area, taking over services previously diagrammed by Class 304 units.

A handful were further repainted into Greater Manchester PTE livery, some regaining their TSO trailer and receiving additional luggage racks dedicated to the new services to Manchester Airport. Once Class 323 units were introduced, the 305s were gradually withdrawn; a few were retained on Glossop line services until track realignment was performed in 1997, allowing the longer bodied Class 323s to negotiate the sharp curves at Dinting station. The surviving units also occasionally turned up on other local services around Manchester, with the last 305 to work in the North West believed to be 305506 on 22 May 2000 operating the 20:57 from Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester Piccadilly.[15]

Five 305/5s (305501-502, 508, 517 and 519) moved to Glasgow Shields depot retaining their 4-car configuration; they finished their working lives running the route from Edinburgh Waverley to North Berwick. The last unit in service, 305517, ran its final service on 25 January 2002, operating the 17:15 North Berwick to Edinburgh Waverley; it was sent for scrap on 31 January 2002, along with 305501 and 305519.[citation needed]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 14 February 1990, an empty stock train formed of a Class 305 and a Class 308 unit was derailed at East Ham.[16]

Preservation attempts

AC EMU Group aimed to save a Class 305 driving trailer, but by the time funding was found, they had all been scrapped, so a Class 308 driving trailer was saved instead.

References

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  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Multiple-Unit Stock for New Great Eastern Electric Services". The Railway Magazine. No. January 1961. pp. 11–13.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bowles, L.J. (1985). British Rail Coaching Stock 1985. Shepperton, Surry, UK. p. 121. ISBN 9780711014558.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.British Rail Motive Power Combined Volume 1989. Shepperton, Surry, UK: Ian Allan. 1989. pp. 81–82. ISBN 0711018499.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.British Rail Coaching Stock 1983/84. Shepperton, Surry, UK: Ian Allan. 1989. pp. 103–104. ISBN 0711013527.
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  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McCrickard, John P (6 October 2016). "January 1990 to December 1990". Network South East Railway Society. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

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Further reading

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