List of British Rail diesel multiple unit classes

British DMU classification system

This is a list of British Rail diesel multiple-unit train classes.

For a historical overview of diesel multiple unit train development in Great Britain, see British railcars and diesel multiple units.

Pre-nationalisation designs

• GWR railcars
• LMS railcars

First Generation

Early BR DMUs (79xxx series)

TOPS classes

Second generation

Lightweight railcars

Pacers

Sprinters

Turbos

Networker

Turbostar

Coradias

Desiro

Civity

Diesel-electric multiple units (DEMUs)

Southern Region DEMUs

Second Generation

Voyager-style express DEMUs

High-speed trains

See also

• List of British Rail electric multiple unit classes
• British Rail locomotive and multiple unit numbering and classification
• British Rail coach type codes

References

1. The all-time guide to the UK Traction Classification System Part 3: Diesel Multiple Units^[usurped] - the Railway Centre
2. Class 155 Super Sprinters
3. Fleet Survey - 156 Super-Sprinter
4. Rail magazine, Bauer Media, Issue 766, February 2015 ^{[page needed]}
5. "Flex 319s to be Class 769s". Today's Railways (187): 73. July 2017.

External links

• Media related to Diesel multiple units, motor coaches and railcars of the United Kingdom at Wikimedia Commons