British Rail Class 150

British Rail Class 150
*Sprinter*
British Rail Class 150; Sprinter
	Northern Trains Class 150 at Manchester Piccadilly in 2024
	Interior of a refurbished Northern Trains Class 150/1
In service	5 November 1984–present
Manufacturer	British Rail Engineering Limited
Order no.	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
Constructed	1984–1987
Number built	137
Number in service	122
Number scrapped	7 units (equivalent)
Successor	Class 170; Class 172; Class 230; Class 398;
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 Rail; London Northwestern Railway; Former; First North Western; Arriva Trains Northern; Northern Rail; Arriva Rail North; Wales & West; Wessex Trains; Wales and Borders; Arriva Trains Wales; ScotRail (National Express); First ScotRail; Anglia Railways; One; Silverlink; London Overground; 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 mover(s)	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 system(s)	Electro-pneumatic (tread); ('Westcode' 3-step)
Safety system(s)	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

The British Rail Class 150 Sprinter is a class of diesel-hydraulic multiple unit passenger trains, developed and built by British Rail Engineering Limited at York Carriage Works between 1984 and 1987 for use on regional services across Great Britain. The type is a second-generation design, built to more modern standards and based on BR's Mark 3 body design for longer-distance services. It was developed alongside the lower-cost Pacers, which were built using bus parts, for use on short-distance services. Two prototype units were built, followed by 135 production units in two batches. Subsequently, further members of the Sprinter family were developed and introduced to service, including the Class 155, Class 156, Class 158 and Class 159.