The British Rail Class 309 "Clacton Express" electric multiple units (EMUs) were built by British Rail (BR) York Carriage Works from 1962 to 1963. They were initially classified as Class AM9 before the introduction of TOPS.

The British Rail Class 309 "Clacton Express" electric multiple units (EMUs) were built by British Rail (BR) York Works from 1962-1963. They were initially classified as Class AM9 before the introduction of TOPS.

The British Rail Class 309 "Clacton Express" electric multiple units (EMUs) were built by British Rail (BR) York Carriage Works from 1962–1963. They were initially classified as Class AM9 before the introduction of TOPS. These units were the …

2019年3月27日 · The Class 309 was built for Great Eastern AC electric routes out of London Liverpool Street to Clacton and Walton. They were based on the Mark 1 coach design and had a high performance being intended for express passenger duties and were the first British Rail EMUs (officially) capable of reaching 160kp/h (100mp/h) [1].

2025年3月5日 · BR Class 309 611 at Thorpe-Le-Soken station, in January 1972. These units first entered service as class AM9 in 1962, and were later designated 'Class 309' and painted in BR Blue/Grey livery, and were refurbished in the mid-late 1980s.…

The British Rail Class 309 "Clacton Express" electric multiple units (EMUs) were built by British Rail (BR) York Carriage Works from 1962–1963. They were initially classified as Class AM9 before the introduction of TOPS.

The AM9/Class 309 EMU's were used on the GE main line between Liverpool Street and Clacton and Walton. Based on a BR Mk.I carriage, they featured end corridor connections and wrap round windows.

BR AM9 (Class 309) 'Clacton Unit' <b>625</b> at Liverpool Street station - platform 12, on a wet day in 1976. These units entered service in 1962, in a very attractive BR Maroon livery, with a small yellow warning panel painted inside the corridor connector..

BR AM9 - Class 309 - EMU 624 at Platform 12, Liverpool Street station, in October 1975. The unit number has been - crudely - painted on, for some reason.

The 309s were constructed in the early sixties for the Clacton line out of Liverpool Street Station. The first batch were two car units, the second batch four car units with Griddle car and the third batch four car units. The two car units were strengthened with loco hauled coaches to three and four car units in the seventies.