BRITISH RAIL CLASS 414

The British Rail 'Class 414' (or 2Hap) electric multiple units were built between 1956 and 1963. The 2Hap stood for 2-car Half-lavatory with EPB equipment, and were a development on the earlier 2Bil and 2Hal units.
209 of these two car units were built to two similar sub-classes. The first batch of thirty-six units were built on the underframes of older units to Bulleid/SR design, and numbered in the range 5601-5636. These were followed by 173 new-build units, numbered in the range 6001-6173, to Standard BR design.
Though similar in appearance to the 2EPB class, this class had express gearing allowing 90mph (as opposed to 75) and First Class compartments in one carriage, which also had a toilet compartment. The units were used for semi-fast workings on outer-suburban routes.