#5217· BR Class 180
British Rail Class 180
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Alstom· from 2001· Diesel Hydraulic Multiple Unit Train.
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9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 180 approaching Peterborough: GerriitJan· CC0
- 2. 180 107 Kings Cross(8077807274): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. British Rail Class 180 at Leeds Railway Station: Oliver Youd· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Class 180 NR Oxford Road: Phillip Roberts· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Class 180 at London Paddington by Jeremy Segrott: Jeremy Segrott from Cardiff, Wales, UK· CC BY 2.0
- 6. Class 180 Adelante DMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Class 180 Emergency hatch: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
- 8. Class 180 info box: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
- 9. Class 180 light cluster: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
what is it?
The British Rail Class 180 Adelante is a class of 14 diesel-hydraulic multiple unit passenger trains manufactured by Alstom at its Washwood Heath factory in 2000–01 for First Great Western (FGW). They are part of the Coradia 1000 family, along with the Class 175. All Class 180s are owned by Angel Trains.
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 25 years ago, in 2001.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
- Still in service after 25 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2001
- in service from
- 2001
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- Diesel multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Grand Central Railway
- top speed
- 201 km/h
- power
- —
- Dutch name
- BR Class 180
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3303740, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 180 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.