page_title: British Rail Class 402
hierarchical_section_title: British Rail Class 402
caption_attribution_description: Publicity photograph of a 2-HAL unit 2653
context_page_description: The Southern Railway gave the designation 2-HAL to the electric multiple units built during the late 1930s to work long-distance semi-fast services on the newly electrified lines from London Victoria to Maidstone and Gillingham. This type of unit survived long enough in British Rail ownership to be allocated TOPS Class 402.
context_section_description: The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designation 2-HAL to the electric multiple units built during the late 1930s to work long-distance semi-fast services on the newly electrified lines from London Victoria to Maidstone and Gillingham (Kent). This type of unit survived long enough in British Rail ownership to be allocated TOPS Class 402.
caption: Southern Railway publicity photograph 1938
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