Rolling stock › FamiliesData updated

Desiro UK 6 classes

Siemens' Desiro for Britain: the electric Class 350, 360, 380, 444 and 450 and the diesel Class 185.

6classes
332trains
2002first in service
5lines and operators

The classes side by side

Whole trains at one scale. Each name links to its class page.

Class 444 Desiro indicative: some dimensions are estimated, from photographs and published figures.about 387 ft (118 m) · 5 cars · 359 seats South Western Railway · since 2004
Class 360 Desiro267 ft (81.4 m) · 4 cars EMR · since 2002
Class 450 Desiro indicative: some dimensions are estimated, from photographs and published figures.about 267 ft (81 m) · 4 cars · 285 seats South Western Railway · since 2003
Class 350 Desiro indicative: some dimensions are estimated, from photographs and published figures.about 267 ft (81 m) · 4 cars LNR · since 2005
Class 185 Desiro indicative: some dimensions are estimated, from photographs and published figures.about 234 ft (71 m) · 3 cars · 169 seats TransPennine Express · since 2006
Class 380 Desiro indicative: some dimensions are estimated, from photographs and published figures.about 233 ft (71 m) · 3 cars ScotRail · since 2010

Schematic side elevations from each train's recorded dimensions, standing on the same rail. Choose 1× to see them at the stated 10 px per metre, or 2× or 4× to look closer, and scroll or drag sideways; Full screen shows the line-up alone. Drawings labelled indicative are estimates, from photographs and published figures, where no dimensioned drawing has been published. Lengths are over couplers where published; “about” marks one added up from the cars and the couplers between them, as drawn. People are seats plus standing at five per square metre, where both are published; otherwise seats are shown where published, so sorting by capacity puts a seats-only figure among the people figures, and trains with neither come last. Compare any two or three trains →

Compare three of them in full →

The classes

ClassLines and operatorsSinceTrainsFormationPowerCar lengthDoors per sideSeats
Class 360 DesiroEMR2002214 cars (DMCO-PTSO-TSO-DMCO)25 kV AC overhead66 ft 9 in20.34 m2
Class 450 DesiroSouth Western Railway20031274 cars750 V DC third rail66 ft 9 in20.34 m2285
Class 444 DesiroSouth Western Railway2004455 cars750 V DC third rail77 ft 4 in23.57 m2359
Class 350 DesiroLNR2005504 cars (DMCO-TCO-PTSO-DMCO)25 kV AC overhead (the 350/1s also 750 V DC third rail)66 ft 9 in20.34 m
Class 185 DesiroTransPennine Express2006513 cars, or 6 coupledDiesel-hydraulic: a Cummins QSK19-R engine (561 kW) with Voith T312 transmission under each car77 ft 11 in23.75 m2169
Class 380 DesiroScotRail2010383 or 4 cars (DMS-PTSLW-(TSL)-DMSB): driving cars 78 ft 0 in (23.78 m), intermediate cars 77 ft 4 in (23.57 m)25 kV AC overhead

What they share, and how they differ

Shared

  • Bogies: Siemens SF 5000 bogies, one drawing of them on all 6 classes.
  • Doors per side: 2 (not recorded for the 350, 380).

Different

  • Car width: 8 ft 9 in (2.674 m) to 9 ft 2 in (2.80 m) (recorded for 5 of the 6 classes).
  • Car length: from 66 ft 9 in (20.34 m) (Class 350) to 78 ft 0 in (23.763 m) (Class 185).

Sources

How we source figures →  ·  Spotted a mistake? Tell us → (opens in a new tab)

Each class's own page lists the sources for its figures.

unverified

Know a source for one of these? Send it to us → (opens in a new tab)

Top