#3465
British Rail Class 125
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Derby Litchurch Lane Works· from 1959· class of 20 three-car diesel multiple units built by Derby C&W Works
_Suburban_(later_Class_125)_E50991%2C_E59467%2C_E51157_(8204065470).jpg)
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BR (Derby) Suburban (later Class 125) E50991, E59467, E51157 (8204065470): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 125 was a design of three car diesel multiple unit (DMU) built by BR Derby at Derby Works in 1958. They were almost identical in appearance to the Class 116.
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.
- 19.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 266: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 19 years (1958–1977).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1959
- in service from
- 1958
- retired
- 1977
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Derby Litchurch Lane Works
- operators
- British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- DMBS-TS-DMS
- length
- 19.5 m
- capacity
- 266 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4169214, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 125 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.