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British Rail Class 168
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Adtranz· from 1998· British diesel multiple-unit passenger train
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 168106 Dorridge 2025: Vanmanyo· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Class 168 Clubman DMU - Chiltern 168003: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 168 Clubman is a British diesel-hydraulic multiple unit passenger train used on Chiltern Main Line services between London Marylebone and the West Midlands. The trains were built by Adtranz at the Derby Litchurch Lane Works, in several batches from 1998. The first batch was classified 168/0 under TOPS and resembled the Class 165 units built previously by BREL York.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 28 years ago, in 1998.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 24.1 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 272: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 28 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1998
- in service from
- 1998
- status
- in service
- number built
- 19
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Adtranz, ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- Chiltern Railways
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- 4 cars per 168/0 unit:, DMSL(W), Driver's cab, Motor car, Standard class (open saloon), Lavatory, Wheelchair accommodat…
- length
- 24.1 m
- capacity
- 272 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3303646, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 168 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.