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British Rail Class 195
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 2019· British diesel multiple-unit (DMU) train built by CAF
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 195 at Preston: Jsalty254· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Northern Rail Class 195 007: DavidTDC3377· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 195 is a class of diesel multiple-unit passenger train from the Civity family manufactured by CAF, owned by Eversholt Rail Group and currently operated by Northern Trains. A total of 58 units have been built; 25 two-car units and 33 three-car units. The class is almost identical to the Class 331 also produced by CAF, which is the electric version of the Class 195, differing only in traction type and (in some units) vehicle formation.
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 7 years ago, in 2019.
- 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.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2019
- in service from
- 2019
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
- operators
- Northern Trains
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- power
- —
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q23926729, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 195 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.