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British Rail Class 139
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Parry People Movers· class of single-car lightweight railcars
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 139002 SBT: Vanmanyo· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Lightweight Community Transport Class 139: Lightweight Community Transport Limited· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
British Rail Class 139 is the TOPS classification for PPM60 model lightweight railcars, built by Parry People Movers for use on the National Rail network. The class was originally built in 2008 for operation on the Stourbridge Town branch line, following an extensive trial with a prototype registered as a Class 999 unit. The first newly constructed Class 139 was shown on 28 June 2008 at the Tyseley Locomotive Works open day.
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
- Weighs about as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- status
- in service
- number built
- 3
- kind
- multiple unit
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Parry People Movers
- operators
- West Midlands Trains
- top speed
- 32 km/h
- power
- 64 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 1 car
- length
- 8.7 m
- weight
- 12 t
- capacity
- 35 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970733, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 139 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.