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British Rail Class 155
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Leyland Bus· from 1987· Diesel Hydraulic Multiple Unit Train
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- 1. Hull - Arriva 155343 arrived from Scarborough: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 155 Super Sprinter is a diesel multiple unit passenger train. The units were built by Leyland Bus at Workington between 1986 and 1987, as part of British Rail's replacement of its ageing first-generation diesel fleet; it incorporated some Leyland National bus components. There were 42 units built, of which only 7 remain; the other 35 units were converted to Class 153 railcars.
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 39 years ago, in 1987.
- 23.2 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 160: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 39 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1987
- in service from
- 1987
- status
- in service
- number built
- 42
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Leyland Bus, Leyland Motors
- operators
- Northern Trains, Arriva Trains Northern, Northern Rail, Arriva Rail North, Regional Railways
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- 2 cars per unit:, DMSL, Driver's cab, Motor car, Standard class saloon, Lavatory-DMS, Driver's cab, Motor car, Standard…
- length
- 23.2 m
- capacity
- 160 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q3303707, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 155 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.