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British Rail Class 120
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail· from 1958· class of 65 three-car diesel multiple units
7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. The BR (Swindon) Cross Country dmu Sc51788, Sc51790, Sc59679, Sc51783 (8391978719): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. British Rail Class 120: David Ingham· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. BR Class 120 at Leaton: David Ingham· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. 29.03.86 Glasgow Central Class 120 (32944136020): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. 25.07.84 Matlock Class 120 (5932014850): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. 25.07.84 Matlock Class 120 (6847432771): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. 45013 at Birmingham New Street: Tutenkhamun Sleeping· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 120 was a cross-country DMU in three-car formation, built at the British Rail Swindon Works.
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 68 years ago, in 1958.
- 19.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 31 years (1958–1989).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1958
- in service from
- 1958
- retired
- 1989
- status
- retired
- number built
- 65
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail, Swindon Works
- operators
- British Rail, Western Region of British Railways, Scottish Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- 3 car sets: DMSL, Driving Motor Second Lavatory-TSL, Trailer Second Lavatory[RB, Restaurant Buffet]-DMBC, Driving Motor…
- length
- 19.5 m
- capacity
- 34 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970721, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 120 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.