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British Rail Class 950
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail Engineering Limited· class of 1 British 2-car departmental diesel multiple unit
what is it?
The British Rail Class 950 is a diesel multiple unit that was purpose-built by British Rail Engineering Limited's Holgate Road carriage works for the British Rail Research Division for use as a track assessment unit. It is currently operated by Network Rail.
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
- 19.9 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
- 1
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail Engineering Limited, Holgate Road carriage works
- operators
- Network Rail
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- 213 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2′B′+B′2′
- formation
- 2 cars: DM, Driver's cab, Motor car-DM
- length
- 19.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970870, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 950 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.