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British Rail Class 508
| British Rail Class 508 (4PER) | |
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| Real-live Overview | |
| In service | 17th December, 1979 - Present |
| Manufacturer | British_Rail_Engineering_Limited |
| Order Number | 30979 (DMSO) |
| 30980 (TSO) | |
| 30981 (BDMSO) | |
| Built at | Holgate Road, York |
| Family Name | BREL 1972 (PEP) |
| Constructed | 1979-1980 |
| Refurbished | 2002-2004 by Alstom for Merseyrail units |
| 2007-2008 by Wabtec for Southern | |
| Number Built | 43 |
| Number in service | 20 |
| Number scrapped | 18 |
| Formation | As built: DMSO-TSO-TSO-BDMSO |
| 3-car conversion: DMSO-TSO-BDMSO | |
| Southern Design Code | 4PER |
| Fleet numbers | 508/0: 508001-508043 |
| 508/1: 508101-508143 | |
| 508/2: 508201-508212 | |
| Capacity | As built: 320 |
| As 3-car: 234 | |
| As 3-car (modified) : 222 | |
| 508/2 units: 219 | |
| As refurbished: 192 | |
| Rolling Stock Owner | Angel_Trains |
| Operator(s) | Current: |
| Merseyrail | |
| Former: | |
| British_Rail | |
| Connex_South_Eastern | |
| Southeastern | |
| Silverlink | |
| London_Overground | |
| Line(s) served | Wirral_line |
| Northern_line_(Merseyrail) | |
| Specifications | |
| Car body construction | Steel and Aluminium |
| Car Length | DM cars: 19800mm |
| TSO cars: 19920mm | |
| Width | 2820mm |
| Height | 3582mm |
| Floor Height | 1146mm |
| Doors | Double-leaf pocket sliding, pneumatic doors |
| Wheelbase | 14170mm |
| Maximum Speed | 121km/h (75mph) |
| Weight | DMSO: 36.15 tonnes |
| TSO: 26.72 tonnes | |
| BDMSO: 36.61 tonnes | |
| Traction motors | 8 × GEC G310AZ |
| Or 8 × Brush TM61-53 | |
| Electric system(s) | 750-850V Direct_current Third_Rail |
| Current collector(s) | Current_collector#Contact_shoe |
| Bogies | BREL BX1 |
| Minimum turning radius | 70400mm |
| Braking system(s) | Electro-Pneumatic and rheostatic |
| Safety System(s) | AWS |
| TPWS | |
| Coupling system | Tightlock |
| Multiple working | 508/3: within subclass and British_Rail_Class_313 |
| 508/1: Within class and British_Rail_Class_507 | |
| Others: Within class | |
| Track gauge | 1435mm |
| Information above are from Wikipedia with addition of the editor(Navi)'s understanding. | |
| Docklands Light Railway | |
| Traditional Chinese | 碼頭輕軌 |
| Simplified Chinese | 码头轻轨 |
| Transcriptions | |
| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | mǎ tóu qīng guǐ |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | máh tàuh hēng gwái |
| JyutPing | maa5 tau4 heng1 gwai2 |
The 'British Rail Class 508' or '4PER' in Southern Railway, is a Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) passenger train built by British Rail Engineering Limited between 1979 and 1980. They are one of the the BERL 1972 suburban train designs, others being Classes 313, 314, 315, and 507. This train is designed and worked for Merseyside since 1983 and continue to do so. As of 2023, they are 44 years old and is due to be replaced gradually by 'Class 777'.
In Minecraft Transit Railway
Navi made the Class 508/1 for Minecraft Transit Railway since September. the train is made and a “prototype” is posted in the screenshots channel in the Discord Server. the screenshot is then attracted many players to give diamonds to it. In 17th September the pack is started to be available for public downloads.
Starting form version 1.3 the train is one of the very few train that uses the new BVE sound system.
In Let's Play server
'''Class 508/1'''
An unknown number of Class 508/1 are currently serving AT Metro Circle Line.
'''Class 508/4'''
The Class 508/4 is a modified version of Class 508/1, and is used for WR Yanyu Line. A total of 5 trains are produced by Navi in Late September.
Some of the Class 508/4s are used for AT Metro Circle Line until the Merseyrail Livery is uploaded early October, 2022.
'''Class 508/5'''
the Class 508/5 are used for the Lilypad Rail-Wilds Railway Overground services. They usually serves the Eastwich-on-sea branch.
A total of 10 trains are used. There are 5 trains which are refurbished again by Bombardier and equipped with a new VVVF inverter.
The refurbished units also used in AT Metro as well since 30th December, 2022.
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