British Rail Class 153

British Rail Class 153 "Sprinter"
Class 153, no. 153335 'Michael Palin' at Cambridge on 11th July 2003.
Specifications
Car length23.2 metres
Coupling systemBSI Compact

The British Rail Class 153 "Sprinter" is a single-car diesel multiple unit train.

In the early 1990s, British took the decision that running 2-car trains on rural routes was inefficient, and identified the need for single-carriage trains. Initially consideration was given to splitting the Met-Cam Class 156 units to form class 152 units, however due to various problems with the Class 155 units, the decision was taken to split these units instead.

References

  1. ↑ "Class 153 - Arriva Trains Wales, Great Western Railway, East Midlands Trains, Arriva Rail North". Angel Trains. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Barclay, Kenny (November 2017). British Rail in the 1980s and 1990s: Diesel Locomotives and DMUs. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1445670058.
  3. ↑ Thomson, Gordon (July 2016). Railways of Ayrshire. Marlborough: Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1785001482.


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