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British Rail Class 150 Sprinter
London Northwestern Railway Class 150 at Bedford in 2024
Interior of a refurbished Northern Trains Class 150/1
In service	5 November 1984–present
Manufacturer	British Rail Engineering Limited
Order nos.	30884 (150/0 DMSL vehicles), 30885 (150/0 DMS vehicles), 30986 (150/0 MS vehicles), 31011 (150/1 DMSL vehicles), 31012 (150/1 DMS vehicles), 31017 (150/2 DMSL vehicles), 31018 (150/2 DMS vehicles)
Built at	York Carriage Works
Family name	Sprinter
Replaced	BR First-Generation DMUs Class 230
Constructed	1984–1987
Number built	137
Number in service	116
Number preserved	1
Number scrapped	12 units (equivalent)
Successor	Class 170 Class 172 Class 197 Class 230 Class 398 Class 780 (planned)
Formation	2 or 3 cars per unit: DMSL-DMS or DMSL-MS-DMS
Diagram	150/0 DMSL vehicles: DP230 150/0 DMS vehicles: DP231 150/0 MS vehicles: DR202 & DR203 150/1 DMSL vehicles: DP238 150/1 DMS vehicles: DP239 150/2 DMSL vehicles: DP242 150/2 DMS vehicles: DP243
Fleet numbers	150/0: 150001–150002, 150/1: 150101–150150, 150/2: 150201–150285
Capacity	NT: 124, 131 or 149 seats GWR: 147 seats
Operators	Current: Great Western Railway Northern Trains, Transport for Wales, West Midlands Trains, Former First North Western, Arriva Trains Northern, Northern Rail, Arriva Rail North, Wales & West, Wessex Trains, Wales & Borders, Arriva Trains Wales, ScotRail (National Express) First ScotRail, Anglia Railways, One, Silverlink, London Overground Rail Operations, Central Trains London Midland
Depots	Current: Bletchley (Milton Keynes) Canton (Cardiff) Exeter Laira (Plymouth) Neville Hill (Leeds) Newton Heath (Manchester) Penzance Former: Etches Park (Derby) Haymarket (Edinburgh) St Philip's Marsh (Bristol) Tyseley (Birmingham)
Specifications
Car body construction	Steel
Car length	150/0 and /1 vehicles: 19.930 m (65 ft 4.6 in) 150/2 vehicles: 19.741 m (64 ft 9.2 in)
Width	2.816 m (9 ft 2.9 in)
Height	3.774 m (12 ft 4.6 in)
Floor height	1.144 m (3 ft 9.0 in)
Doors	Double-leaf pocket sliding (2 per side per car)
Wheelbase	Bogies: 2.600 m (8 ft 6.4 in) Bogie centres: 14.170 m (46 ft 5.9 in)
Maximum speed	75 mph (120 km/h)
Weight	Vehicles as built: 150/0 DMSL: 35.8 t (35.2 long tons; 39.5 short tons) 150/0 MS: 34.4 t (33.9 long tons; 37.9 short tons) 150/0 DMS: 35.6 t (35.0 long tons; 39.2 short tons) All 150/1: 36.5 t (35.9 long tons; 40.2 short tons) 150/2 DMSL: 37.5 t (36.9 long tons; 41.3 short tons) 150/2 DMS: 36.5 t (35.9 long tons; 40.2 short tons)
Prime movers	Unit 150001: 3 × Cummins NT855-R4 Unit 150002 before 1986: 3 × Rolls-Royce C6 305R 150/1 and /2 units: 2 × Cummins NT855-R5 (all one per car)
Engine type	Cummins: inline-6 4-stroke turbo-diesel Rolls-Royce: diesel
Displacement	Cummins: 14.0 L (855 cu in) per engine
Power output	213 kW (286 hp) per engine
Transmission	Unit 150001 and all /1 & /2 units: Voith T 211 r (hydrokinetic) Unit 150002 before 1986: SCG R.500 (epicyclic)
UIC classification	2-car units: 2′B′+B′2′ 3-car units: 2′B′+B′2′+B′2′
Bogies	BREL 150/0 powered: BX8P 150/0 unpowered: BX8T 150/1 & /2 powered: BP38 150/1 & /2 unpowered: BT38
Minimum turning radius	70 m (230 ft)
Braking systems	Electro-pneumatic (tread) ('Westcode' 3-step)
Safety systems	AWS TPWS
Coupling system	BSI
Multiple working	Within class, and with Classes 14x, 15x, and 170
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

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