The LNER Railcars and Multiple Units

The LNER operated a variety of railcars and multiple units. All three propulsion systems (steam, electric, and internal combustion) were represented.

Steam Railcars

Builder and Type	First Built	Last Withdrawal	Comments
GNR Rail Motor Coaches	1905	1926
Sentinel-Cammell Railcars	1925	1948
Clayton Railcars	1927	1937

Internal Combustion Railcars

The LNER inherited a number of railcars with internal combustion. Most were built on a trial basis and never purchased in larger numbers.

Builder and Type	First Built	Last Withdrawal	Comments
NER Inspection Car	1908	1939
NER Petrol-Electric Autocars	1903	1931
NER Petrol Rail Motor Bus	1922	1927
NER Petrol Autocar	1923	1934
GCR Petrol-Electric Railcar	1912	1935	'Bollington Bug'
Armstrong Whitworth Diesel-Electric Railcars	1933	1939

Electric Multiple Units

Electric multiple units did not receive their own class designations. Instead, they are usually referred to by the route for which they were designed. Stock also tended to have a number of minor variations, so it is listed here on a per-route basis, with further divisions if design variations are significant. Miscellaneous cars (eg. de-icers) are included with their respective route stock.

Route/Stock	Builder	First Built	Last Withdrawal	Comments
NER Tyneside	NER	1904	1956
LNER Tyneside	LNER	1937	1967	Replacements for NER Tyneside stock
Manchester South Junction & Altrincham	LMS / LNER	1931	1971	LMS/LNER joint ownership
Northern Line Tube Stock	London Transport	1938		Now on the Isle of Wight as Class 483
Liverpool Street to Shenfield	LNER/BR	1949	1975	BR Class 306
Glossop Line	LNER/BR	1954	1984	BR Class 506

Tram Cars

At Grouping (1923), the LNER took over two small electric tramway systems. These and their tram cars are described on the following two pages:

Route	Builder	Opened	Closed	Comments
Cruden Bay	GNSR	1899	1945	Officially closed at the end of 1940
Grimsby & Immingham	GCR	1911	1961	Steam railcar from 1910-12