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British Rail Class 768
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail Engineering Limited· British electro-diesel post train
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- 1. 319010 Sevenoaks to West Hampstead Thameslink 2E57 (16311020556): Train Photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 768 is a class of bi-mode multiple unit converted from Class 319 passenger trains by Brush Traction and Wabtec to carry parcels.
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
- 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.
- 390 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 19.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 2
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- bi-mode
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail Engineering Limited, Brush Traction
- operators
- Rail Operations Group
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- power
- 390 kW
- electric system
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- length
- 19.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q107599328, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 768 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.