A slam-door train or slammer is a set of diesel multiple units (DMUs) or electric multiple units (EMUs) that were designed before the introduction of automatic...
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of a telephone line illegally (Telephone slamming) British Slam-door trains, also known as slammers Slammers, a mercenary unit in the science fiction...
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on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2008. "Last journey for slam-door train". BBC News. 7 October 2005. Retrieved 29 September 2018. Southern Railway...
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British Rail Class 423 (category Train-related introductions in 1967)
(PDF) on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2022. "Last journey for slam-door train". BBC News. 7 October 2005. Retrieved 1 October 2020. McCrickard, John...
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British Rail Class 376 (category Train-related introductions in 2004)
Eastern Trains to replace Class 465 and Class 466, which were transferred to Outer Suburban services to Kent to replace the Class 423 slam-door trains. It...
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Glossary of United Kingdom railway terms (redirect from Slam Door)
Looseness in a train caused by mating clearances in couplers Slam-door train Any diesel or electric multiple unit with manually opening hinged doors (mostly...
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slam-door trains, which were life-expired and did not meet modern health and safety requirements; a franchise commitment was to replace all slam-door...
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an overtaking steam train on the fast line. Very occasionally it was forced to stop at Raynes Park, which with the slam door train stock required it to...
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British Rail Class 421 (category Train-related introductions in 1964)
increasing use of newer trains which were equipped with sliding or plug doors, these trains were known commonly as "slam-door trains".[citation needed] 1497...
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British Rail Class 450 (category Train-related introductions in 2003)
Trains in order to complete the replacement of its slam-door rolling stock, in accordance with its franchise commitment to do so by 2005, as the slam-door...
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British Rail Classes 101 and 102 (category Train-related introductions in 1956)
gearboxes. Being a first generation DMU, they were a prime example of a slam door train. They had a top speed of 70 mph (110 km/h). The 101 DMU fleet was vast...
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British Rail Class 444 (category Train-related introductions in 2004)
West Trains in 2004. At the start of the 21st century, as part of its franchise agreement, South West Trains was required to replace the slam-door rolling...
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East Coastway line (section Motor trains)
injured Falmer station accident – 6 June 1851; 5 killed. The last slam door train over the London Road Viaduct in November 2005 Lewes railway station...
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a road at each end and front-seven-doors opening is used for most rolling stock. Forerunner 8-car slam door trains fitted the platform lengths, as at...
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The First Slam Dunk (stylized in all caps) is a 2022 Japanese animated sports film written and directed by Takehiko Inoue, produced by Toei Animation and...
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motion. On coaching stock trains fitted with central door locking (slam door), there is no ‘local door’ except on the train's Guard's van. Local instructions...
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and 70s 'slam door' trains had been retired by 2000. Over the course of the franchise, a number of the older Class 156 and Class 158 trains were transferred...
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Vincent 2014, pp. 136–137. "£1bn train improvements promised". BBC News. 12 May 2003. Retrieved 25 March 2024. "Slam-door trains at end of line". BBC News....
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Last Passenger (category Films set on trains)
powered for the purpose of the storyline. The film is set in 2004 when 'slam door' trains were still in service. Two 421 carriages, 120 feet long and weighing...
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Railway High Speed Train sets have SDO at almost all door locations. These trains are of the slam-door variety and fitted with the central door locking system...
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of the door determines the appropriate level of protection. There is also handle-side door protection, which prevents the door from slamming shut on...
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British Rail Class 411 (category Train-related introductions in 1956)
ordered new trains, to replace all its slam door trains. These were designated Class 444 for express trains and Class 450 for suburban trains. The first...
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C2c (redirect from C2c (train operating company))
May 1996. To fulfil its original franchise commitment of replacing its slam-door rolling stock, LTS Rail ordered 44 Class 357 Electrostar electric multiple...
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steel-bodied trains to replace ageing stock. It was decided that the fleet of electric Networkers would replace the entire fleet of ageing slam-door trains on the...
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absorb any impact made if the door is slammed and to hold the door in the open or closed position. All top-hung sliding door gear systems have a maximum...
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Serena Williams (redirect from Serena Slam)
the final) to achieve both a Career Grand Slam and a non-calendar year Grand Slam (known as a "Serena Slam"). The next few years saw her capture two more...
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Gospel Oak to Barking line (section New trains)
the brand name Silverlink until November 2007. Under Silverlink, the slam door trains were replaced by Class 150 units in 2000, which improved reliability...
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Connex South Central (category Defunct train operating companies in the United Kingdom)
one in five Connex trains was delayed) and for using old slam-door trains, rather than spend any money on buying modern sliding-door rolling stock built...
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Vincent 2014, pp. 136–137. "£1bn train improvements promised". BBC News. 12 May 2003. Retrieved 25 March 2024. "Slam-door trains at end of line". BBC News....
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March 2021. Table 159 National Rail timetable, May 2016 "New Forest slam-door trains withdrawn". BBC News. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2021. Lymington...
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