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British Rail Class 140
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail Engineering Limited· prototype 2-car railbus
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 24.07.82 Landore MPD 47135, 140.001 (5931456849): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Inverness to Kyle Swansea140001HST1980Q (16741608099): Richard Szwejkowski· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. British Rail class 140: Dave coxon at English Wikipedia· Public domain
what is it?
The British Rail Class 140 was the prototype of the Pacer diesel multiple unit (DMU). It was constructed between 1979 and 1981, in response to a desire within British Rail (BR) to develop a capable railbus for its smaller branch line services. Much of the bodywork was constructed using Leyland National bus components, with the exception of the cabs.
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
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 102: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 1
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail Engineering Limited, British Leyland
- operators
- British Rail
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- 153 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 2 vehicles: DMSL, Driver's cab, Motor car, Standard class saloon, Lavatory-DMS, Driver's cab, Motor car, Standard class…
- length
- 15.9 m
- weight
- 23.2 t
- capacity
- 102 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12857857, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 140 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.