Sprinter

E144345

Sprinter is a family of British diesel multiple-unit passenger trains widely used on regional and local services across the UK rail network.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sprinter canonical 12
Express Sprinter 5
Sprinter family 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British train family ⓘ
family of diesel multiple units ⓘ
brakingSystem air brakes ⓘ
carBodyConstruction steel ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
designedBy British Rail Engineering Limited ⓘ
designedFor better reliability ⓘ
higher performance on regional routes ⓘ
improved acceleration ⓘ
doorType power-operated doors (later subclasses) ⓘ
slam doors (early subclasses) ⓘ
hasSubclass British Rail Class 150 ⓘ
British Rail Class 153 ⓘ
British Rail Class 155 ⓘ
British Rail Class 156 ⓘ
British Rail Class 158 ⓘ
British Rail Class 159 ⓘ
introduced 1980s ⓘ
introducedBy British Rail ⓘ
nicknameOrigin marketing name used by British Rail ⓘ
operatesOn non-electrified lines ⓘ
rural routes ⓘ
secondary routes ⓘ
operator Great Western Railway ⓘ
Northern Trains ⓘ
ScotRail ⓘ
South Western Railway ⓘ
Transport for Wales Rail ⓘ
operatorArea Great Britain ⓘ
powerCollectionMethod onboard diesel engine ⓘ
primaryUse local rail services ⓘ
regional rail services ⓘ
propulsionType diesel ⓘ
purpose replacement of first-generation DMUs ⓘ
railwayNetwork National Rail ⓘ
region England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
safetySystems AWS ⓘ
TPWS ⓘ
serviceType passenger ⓘ
status in service ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ
trainType diesel multiple unit ⓘ
typicalMaximumSpeed 75–90 mph ⓘ
usedBy multiple UK train operating companies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Rail Class 158 → family → Sprinter ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 158 Express Sprinter
British Rail Class 158 → nickName → Express Sprinter ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 158 Express Sprinter
linked to: Sprinter
British Rail Class 156 → family → Sprinter ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 156 Super Sprinter
British Rail Class 156 → nickName → Super Sprinter ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 156 Super Sprinter
linked to: Sprinter
British Rail first-generation DMUs → successor → Sprinter family ⓘ
linked to: Sprinter
British Rail Class 150 → family → Sprinter ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 150 train
British Rail Class 150 → nickName → Sprinter ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 150 train
British Rail Class 158 → family → Express Sprinter ⓘ
linked to: Sprinter
British Rail Class 158 → brandedAs → Express Sprinter ⓘ
linked to: Sprinter
British Rail Class 158 → family → Sprinter ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 158
British Rail Class 158 → nickName → Express Sprinter ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 158
linked to: Sprinter
British Rail Class 150 → family → Sprinter ⓘ
British Rail Class 156 → family → Sprinter ⓘ
British Rail Class 156 → family → Sprinter ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 156 diesel multiple unit
British Rail Class 158 → family → Sprinter ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 158 diesel multiple unit
British Rail Class 158 → alsoKnownAs → Express Sprinter ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 158 diesel multiple unit
linked to: Sprinter
British Rail Class 150/2 → family → Sprinter ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 150/2