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British Rail Class 151
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Metro-Cammell· from 1985· class of 2 British 3-car diesel multiple units
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- 1. 151001 Matlock: The original uploader was Dave coxon at English Wikipedia .· Public domain
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what is it?
The British Rail Class 151 was a prototype class of diesel multiple unit (DMU) developed and constructed by the British railway equipment manufacturer Metro Cammell. It was designed primarily to serve as a successor to the earlier first-generation "Heritage" DMUs operated by the British Rail (BR). Development of the Class 151 commenced during 1983 in response to a specification issued by BR calling for a new generation of DMU with which to equip its fleet.
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 41 years ago, in 1985.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 232: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 19 years (1985–2004).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1985
- in service from
- 1985
- retired
- 2004
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Metro-Cammell
- operators
- Regional Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- formation
- 3 cars per unit:, DMSL, Driver's cab, Motor car, Standard class (open saloon), Lavatory-MS, Motor car, Standard class (…
- length
- 20 m
- capacity
- 232 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970739, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 151 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.