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British Rail Class 105
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Company· from 1959· class of two- and three-car diesel multiple units built by Cravens
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BR Class 105 E51282 and E56461 Longsight: Ingy The Wingy· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Class 105 M50796 emerges from Farnworth Tunnel: David Ingham from Bury, Lancashire, England· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Class 105 with Kings Cross Granary in the background: Johnragla· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. View from rear of Class 105 on Sudbury branch: Johnragla· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Class 105 at Ipswich in Sep 1979: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Class 105 Cravens DMU (51485 & 56121) & D9526 12.15 ex-Minehead, at Williton WSR 29.10.1992 (9979844864): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
- 7. Class 105 DMU at Blue Anchor Bay in July 1992: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Class 105 DMU at Felixstowe Town in Sep 1979 (2): The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. Class 105 DMU at Felixstowe Town in Sep 1979: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. Class 105 DMU at Poplar taken during the RCTS (London Branch) East London No. 5 Railtour on 06 June 1981: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Classes 105 and 106 diesel multiple units were built by Cravens Ltd. of Sheffield from 1956 to 1959. The class were built with a side profile identical to British Railways Mark 1 carriage stock, using the same doors and windows.
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 67 years ago, in 1959.
- Served for 32 years (1956–1988).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1959
- in service from
- 1956
- retired
- 1988
- status
- retired
- number built
- 302
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- operators
- British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- formation
- 2-cars sets: DMBS-DTCL or DMBS-DMCL,, 3 cars sets:DMBS-TCL-DMCL
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970703, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 105 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.