What is Slam-door train?
{{Use British English|date=August 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} [[File:3445 at Waterloo East.jpg|thumb|[[Connex South Eastern]] [[British Rail Class 423|Class 423]] at [[Waterloo East railway station|Waterloo East]] in February 2003]] [[File:312792 at Shoeburyness.jpg|thumb|[[c2c]] [[British Rail Class 312|Class 312]] at [[Shoeburyness railway station|Shoeburyness]] in March 2003]] A '''slam-door train''' are [[diesel multiple unit]]s (DMUs) or [[electric multiple unit]]s (EMUs) that have doors that can be opened and closed by passengers, these trains were made before [[automatic door]] trains were made. They're called slam-door trains because of the noise they made by the passengers slamming the doors shut when the [[train]] was about to leave. Some slam-door trains (such as the [[British Rail Mark 3]]) had doors that could only be opened from the outside, so passengers had to lean out of the window to reach the outside door handle. In 2005, all slam-door trains were replaced with trains with automatic operated doors.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2005-08-19|title=Slam-door trains at end of line|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/southern_counties/4163768.stm|access-date=2024-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Slam-door train era ready to close |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6807190.slam-door-train-era-ready-to-close/ |website=The Argus |accessdate=3 August 2022 |language=en |date=25 November 2005}}</ref> The last slam-door train was withdrawn by [[South Eastern Trains]] in December 2005.<ref>SET runs last slammer ''[[The Railway Magazine]]'' issue 1256 December 2005 page 64</ref> == Preservation == [[South West Trains]] ran two slam-door '3-CIG' ([[British Rail Class 421|Class 421]]) trains on the [[Lymington branch line]] in Hampshire until 22 May 2010.<ref>{{cite web|date=24 May 2010|title=New Forest slam-door trains withdrawn|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8701491.stm|publisher=BBC|accessdate=17 June 2011}}</ref> These trains had [[central locking