What were the first Walk Through trains in the UK?

[class717]

Am I right in thinking it was the London Overground Class 378s?

 

[Domh245]

They would have been the first to have full width inter-vehicle gangways without doors, but there have been plenty of trains before then where you could walk from one end to the other!

 

[Ianno87]

In terms of "no doors between carriages", yes Class 378s. Assuming light rail vehicles etc are excluded (in which case Metrolink T68s would win).

 

[py_megapixel]

In terms of "no doors between carriages", yes Class 378s. Assuming light rail vehicles etc are excluded (in which case Metrolink T68s would win).

The original DLR vehicles were walk-through weren't they?

 

[swt_passenger]

In terms of "no doors between carriages", yes Class 378s. Assuming light rail vehicles etc are excluded (in which case Metrolink T68s would win).

Won’t Tyne Wear Metro also predate Metrolink?

 

[Ianno87]

The original DLR vehicles were walk-through weren't they?

Good point - they would win in that case.

 

[Ianno87]

Won’t Tyne Wear Metro also predate Metrolink?

Actually *those* would win...


Wasn't thinking beyond trams, clearly...

 

[43096]

In terms of "no doors between carriages", yes Class 378s. Assuming light rail vehicles etc are excluded (in which case Metrolink T68s would win).

I would argue the Mark 3s count as they had automatic vestibule doors so you could just walk through without having to open a door (either with a handle or pushing a button).

 

[swt_passenger]

Actually *those* would win...


Wasn't thinking beyond trams, clearly...

...and TWM run on NR infrastructure...

 

[py_megapixel]

Actually *those* would win...


Wasn't thinking beyond trams, clearly...

I'm sorry, but I've thought of another one. Firstly, the Pacers are in a rough tie with the T&WM....

But there is another contender (and this is one of my proudest moments, the ultimate in RUFK pedancy). The Blackpool Tramway has vehicles built in the 1930s, which technically permit an uninterrupted walk all the way through... because there's only one car...

All of this is, of course, assuming we are only talking about stock which is still in service.

 

[southern442]

I would argue the Mark 3s count as they had automatic vestibule doors so you could just walk through without having to open a door (either with a handle or pushing a button).

...but they have doors...

 

[jh64]

Dunno if Tyne & Wear Metros quite make the list, they do have a full width gangway but only between the two coaches of one unit - they always run in coupled pairs with no passage between the two units. It's fun to stand on the moving part of the floor above the articulated section! The new Stadler trains will be walk-through along the entire length.

 

[43096]

...but they have doors...

Read the thread title. It doesn't specify that.

 

[py_megapixel]

Read the thread title. It doesn't specify that.

But it doesn't specify not having to touch anything either. You can walk all the way through a 16-car Eurostar if you want - you just have to press buttons as you go.

 

[swt_passenger]

Read the thread title. It doesn't specify that.

But post #1 does give a big hint what the OP was after, surely?

 

[class717]

Yes I meant full width gangways without doors, both heavy and light rail, would it be the 378s for heavy and the DLRs for light?

 

[swt_passenger]

Yes I meant full width gangways without doors, both heavy and light rail, would it be the 378s for heavy and the DLRs for light?

TWM beat DLR into service by about 6 years?

 

[rebmcr]

DLR and Metrolink are both classified as articulated single carriages, rather than large-gangwayed pairs of carriages.

(Just as a 'bendy bus' is a single vehicle.)

 

[hst43102]

121s and 153's. No doors needed to walk the entire length of the train!

 

[py_megapixel]

121s and 153's. No doors needed to walk the entire length of the train!

If you're going to go that route then the heritage vehicles in Blackpool, as I said before, are even older...

 

[Huntergreed]

Don't 142's often have it so you can just walk all the way through without having to open a door?

 

[Neptune]

I'm sorry, but I've thought of another one. Firstly, the Pacers are in a rough tie with the T&WM....

T&WM (1980) came before the pacers. (The prototype class 140 (1981)). The first production pacer (class 141) was 1984.

 

[SeanG]

Dunno if Tyne & Wear Metros quite make the list, they do have a full width gangway but only between the two coaches of one unit - they always run in coupled pairs with no passage between the two units. It's fun to stand on the moving part of the floor above the articulated section! The new Stadler trains will be walk-through along the entire length.

The metro cars used to run singly (ie one unit/two carriages)