British Rail Class 90

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British Rail locomotive class electric locomotive class

The British Rail Class 90 is a class of electric locomotives introduced in the late 1980s for high-speed passenger and freight services on the UK’s electrified main lines.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
British Rail Class 90 locomotives	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Rail locomotive class ⓘ electric locomotive class ⓘ
axleLoadClass	heavy axle load ⓘ
brakingSystem	air brakes ⓘ
buildDateRange	1987–1990 ⓘ
builder	BREL Crewe Works NERFINISHED ⓘ British Rail Engineering Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
canWorkWith	Driving Van Trailer NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark 3 coaching stock NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentCollectionMethod	pantograph ⓘ
designedBy	British Rail Engineering Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedFor	West Coast Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ freight services ⓘ high-speed passenger services ⓘ
electricSystem	25 kV AC overhead ⓘ
family	BR second-generation AC electric locomotives ⓘ
firstBuilt	1987 ⓘ
fleetNumbers	90001–90050 ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
hasMultipleWorkingSystem	Time-division multiplex (TDM) ⓘ
hasNickName	Electric 90 NERFINISHED ⓘ Skoda NERFINISHED ⓘ
introduced	late 1980s ⓘ
lengthOverBuffers	approximately 18.9 m ⓘ
manufacturer	British Rail Engineering Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberBuilt	50 ⓘ
operator	British Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLivery	InterCity Swallow NERFINISHED ⓘ Railfreight NERFINISHED ⓘ
powerOutput	5000 hp ⓘ approximately 3730 kW ⓘ
powerType	electric ⓘ
predecessor	British Rail Class 86 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Rail Class 87 NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRoute	West Coast Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUseAfterPrivatisation	Anglia passenger services ⓘ intermodal freight ⓘ
productionTotal	50 ⓘ
routeAvailability	RA 7 ⓘ
successor	British Rail Class 91 NERFINISHED ⓘ
topSpeed	110 mph ⓘ 177 km/h ⓘ
tractiveEffort	approximately 258 kN ⓘ
trainHeating	Electric Train Supply ⓘ
UICClassification	Bo′Bo′ ⓘ
usedBy	Abellio Greater Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ Anglia Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ DB Cargo UK NERFINISHED ⓘ DB Schenker Rail UK NERFINISHED ⓘ EWS NERFINISHED ⓘ Freightliner NERFINISHED ⓘ Greater Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ InterCity NERFINISHED ⓘ Railfreight Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgin Trains NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedOn	Anglia routes ⓘ Great Eastern Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ intermodal freight services ⓘ mail and parcel trains ⓘ
weight	approximately 84 t ⓘ
wheelArrangement	Bo-Bo ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rail Express Systems → usedRollingStock → British Rail Class 90 ⓘ

Anglia Railways (former) → operatedRollingStock → British Rail Class 90 ⓘ

subject surface form: Anglia Railways

Class 745 EMU → replaced → British Rail Class 90 ⓘ

subject surface form: British Rail Class 745

this entity surface form: British Rail Class 90 locomotives