British Rail Class 402
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The Southern Railway (SR)
gave the designation 2-HAL to the electric multiple unit
s built during the late 1930s to work long-distance semi-fast services on the newly electrified lines from London to Maidstone and Gillingham (Kent). This type of unit survived long enough in British Rail
ownership to be allocated TOPS
Class 402.
units, the 2-HAL units (2-car Half Lavatory stock) were so-called because only one car in each unit had a lavatory. They were built in three batches:
The handful of post-war units were of completely different appearence, of all-steel construction, and looked very like the standard 4-SUB units being built at the same time, with flat ends, whereas the main 2-HAL units had the domed end appearence of the first 10 prototype "Queen Mary" 4-SUB units.
In the early 1960s the Eastern Division was fully changed over to EP-braked electric stock, and the 2-HAL units operating from Victoria to Maidstone/Gillingham etc were removed to the Central and Western Divisions, being replaced by the large new build of 2-HAP units. The units then remained in service on these divisions until replaced at the end of their life by new 4-VEP units.
(Pantry) stock. Their life was not extended by long; within two years all had been withdrawn.
Southern Railway (Great Britain)
The Southern Railway was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. It linked London with the Channel ports, South West England, South coast resorts and Kent...
gave the designation 2-HAL to the electric multiple unit
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. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages...
s built during the late 1930s to work long-distance semi-fast services on the newly electrified lines from London to Maidstone and Gillingham (Kent). This type of unit survived long enough in British Rail
British Rail
British Railways , which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages...
ownership to be allocated TOPS
TOPS
Total Operations Processing System, or TOPS, is a computer system for managing the locomotives and rolling stock owned by a rail system...
Class 402.
Construction
A development of the earlier 2-BILBritish Rail Class 401
The Southern Railway gave the designation 2-BIL to the DC third rail electric multiple units built during the 1930s to work long-distance semi-fast services on the newly electrified lines from London to Eastbourne, Portsmouth and Reading...
units, the 2-HAL units (2-car Half Lavatory stock) were so-called because only one car in each unit had a lavatory. They were built in three batches:
| Units | Built | Intended Use |
|---|---|---|
| 2601–2677 | 1938 | London to Maidstone and Gillingham |
| 2677–2692 | 1939 | London Waterloo to Aldershot and Reading |
| 2693–2699 | 1948 | Post-World War II additional units |
| 2700 | 1955 | Accident replacement unit |
The handful of post-war units were of completely different appearence, of all-steel construction, and looked very like the standard 4-SUB units being built at the same time, with flat ends, whereas the main 2-HAL units had the domed end appearence of the first 10 prototype "Queen Mary" 4-SUB units.
In the early 1960s the Eastern Division was fully changed over to EP-braked electric stock, and the 2-HAL units operating from Victoria to Maidstone/Gillingham etc were removed to the Central and Western Divisions, being replaced by the large new build of 2-HAP units. The units then remained in service on these divisions until replaced at the end of their life by new 4-VEP units.
Formations
The original formations of these units are set out in the table below:| Unit Numbers | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2601–2646 | 10719 to 10764 | 12186 to 12231 |
| 2647–2699 | 10765 to 10817 | 12801 to 12853 |
| 2700 | 12664 (ex 4-SUB British Rail Class 405 Under the British Rail TOPS computer system, Class 415 was allocated to surviving examples of the Southern Railway 4-Sub Class electric multiple units built between 1941 and 1951... 4590) |
12855 (new build) |
2-PAN
In 1971 six units were converted for use conveying parcels and newspaper traffic. They were renumbered 061-066 and designated 2-PAN (2-car Parcels and Newspapers stock), reusing the PAN code originally allocated to 6-PANSR Class 6Pul
The Southern Railway gave the designations 6-PUL, 6-CITY and 6-PAN to electric multiple units built to work the routes between London and Brighton, West Worthing and Eastbourne. None of these units survived long enough in British Rail ownership to be allocated a TOPS class number...
(Pantry) stock. Their life was not extended by long; within two years all had been withdrawn.