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British Rail Class 156
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Metro-Cammell· from 1988· British Diesel Multiple Unit Train
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 156487 at Hexham 020725 (54628728236): Foulger Rail Photos from Basingstoke, UK· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. BR Class 156 156508: Murgatroyd49· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Bram Stoker 156448: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 156 Super Sprinter is a type of diesel-hydraulic multiple unit passenger train. A total of 114 sets were built between 1987 and 1989 for British Rail by Metro-Cammell's Washwood Heath works. They were built to replace elderly first-generation diesel multiple units (DMUs) and locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
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 38 years ago, in 1988.
- Still in service after 38 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1988
- in service from
- 1988
- status
- in service
- number built
- 114
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Metro-Cammell
- operators
- First ScotRail (2004-2015), Greater Anglia, Central Trains, National Express East Anglia, Northern Rail, Arriva Trains Northern, East Midlands Trains, First North Western, Regional Railways, National Express ScotRail, Abellio ScotRail (2015-2022), Arriva Rail North, East Midlands Railway, Northern Trains
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- Two cars per unit:, DMSL, Driver's cab, Motor car, Standard class saloon, Lavatory-DMS, Driver's cab, Motor car, Standa…
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q3303716, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 156 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.