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British Rail Class 197
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 2022· British diesel multiple-unit (DMU) train built by CAF
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Transport for Wales Class 197 Civity unit 197006: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 197 is a class of diesel multiple unit passenger train built by CAF, based on its Civity platform. They are operated by Transport for Wales Rail (TfW), comprising 51 two-car and 26 three-car units. Seventy-seven Class 197 sets were ordered in 2018 under the franchise obligations made by KeolisAmey Wales, the then-operator of the Wales & Borders franchise.
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 4 years ago, in 2022.
- 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
- 2022
- in service from
- 2022
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
- operators
- Transport for Wales Rail
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- power
- —
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q85749047, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 197 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.