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NIR 80 Class
🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by British Rail Engineering Limited· from 1974· class of three-car diesel multiple units
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 69, North Junction: Milepost98· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 80 Class is a type of diesel electric multiple unit formerly used by Northern Ireland Railways. They were affectionately nicknamed 'Thumpers' by rail enthusiasts due to the thumping noise their engines produced.
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 52 years ago, in 1974.
- Seats 210: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 38 years (1974–2012).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1974
- in service from
- 1974
- retired
- 2012
- status
- retired
- number built
- 26
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- builders
- British Rail Engineering Limited
- operators
- NI Railways
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- formation
- 2, 3, 4 or 6 cars per set
- capacity
- 210 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6954369, Wikipedia: NIR 80 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.