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State Railway of Thailand ASR class
🇹🇭 Thailand ·built by British Rail Engineering Limited· from 1991· rolling stock class
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Train No.998 ,A Class 158-T Sprinter stopping at Pattaya station. Captured by Canon EOS 6D Mark II-November 2020: Thattrainguy4130· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The State Railway of Thailand ASR class is a diesel multiple unit operated by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT). Built by British Rail Engineering Limited at Derby Litchurch Lane Works in England, it is based on the British Rail Class 158. Twenty carriages were built in 1990/91.
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 35 years ago, in 1991.
- 23.2 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 35 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1991
- in service from
- 1991
- status
- in service
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Diesel Multiple Unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇹🇭 Thailand
- builders
- British Rail Engineering Limited
- operators
- State Railway of Thailand
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- length
- 23.2 m
- capacity
- 76 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q16307952, Wikipedia: State Railway of Thailand ASR class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.