British Rail Mark 3 coaching stock

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The British Rail Mark 3 coaching stock is a high-speed, air-conditioned passenger carriage design introduced in the 1970s that became a mainstay of intercity rail services in the UK.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Rail carriage design ⓘ
railway passenger coach ⓘ
brakeType air brakes ⓘ
builtAt Derby Litchurch Lane Works ⓘ
linked to: Derby railway works
carbodyMaterial steel ⓘ
configuration fixed-formation HST sets ⓘ
locomotive-hauled coaches ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
designedFor high-speed services ⓘ
inter-city services ⓘ
enteredService mid-1970s ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasFeature air conditioning ⓘ
automatic slam doors (original build) ⓘ
disc brakes ⓘ
monocoque body construction ⓘ
pressure-sealed body ⓘ
retrofitted power-operated plug doors (on some sets) ⓘ
secondary air suspension ⓘ
hasSubclass Driving Van Trailer (DVT) derivatives ⓘ
Mark 3A ⓘ
Mark 3B ⓘ
Mark 3C ⓘ
height approximately 3.78 metres ⓘ
inception 1970s ⓘ
inspired design of later British coaching stock ⓘ
introduced 1975 ⓘ
length approximately 23 metres ⓘ
manufacturer British Rail Engineering Limited ⓘ
notable became mainstay of British intercity rail services in late 20th century ⓘ
operator British Rail ⓘ
predecessor British Rail Mark 2 coaching stock ⓘ
refurbished multiple times during service life ⓘ
safetyUpgrade retrofitting of central door locking on many vehicles ⓘ
serviceRole first-class coach ⓘ
restaurant/buffet coach ⓘ
sleeping car (Mark 3 sleeper variants) ⓘ
standard-class coach ⓘ
stillInService yes (on some UK routes, 2020s) ⓘ
successor British Rail Mark 4 coaching stock ⓘ
topSpeed 125 mph ⓘ
200 km/h ⓘ
usedBy Abellio Greater Anglia ⓘ
linked to: Greater Anglia

Chiltern Railways ⓘ
CrossCountry (post-privatisation) ⓘ
Great Western Railway (post-privatisation) ⓘ
Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) (Mark 3 derivative) ⓘ
InterCity sector of British Rail ⓘ
Transport for Wales (HST sets, historically) ⓘ
usedOn Cross-country services ⓘ
East Coast Main Line (early HST era) ⓘ
Great Western Main Line ⓘ
High Speed Train (HST) ⓘ
InterCity 125 ⓘ
West Coast Main Line services ⓘ
weight approximately 35–40 tonnes per coach ⓘ
width approximately 2.74 metres ⓘ

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Mark 2 coaching stock → successor → British Rail Mark 3 coaching stock ⓘ
British Rail Engineering Limited → notableWork → British Rail Mark 3 coaches ⓘ
linked to: British Rail Mark 3 coaching stock
CAF Mark 5 sleeping coaches → replaced → British Rail Mark 3 sleeping coaches ⓘ
linked to: British Rail Mark 3 coaching stock
British Rail Mark 1 coaching stock → replacedBy → British Rail Mark 3 coaching stock ⓘ
Mark 3A → partOf → British Rail Mark 3 family ⓘ
linked to: British Rail Mark 3 coaching stock
Mark 3A → subtypeOf → British Rail Mark 3 ⓘ
linked to: British Rail Mark 3 coaching stock
Irish Rail Mark 3 derivative → basedOn → British Rail Mark 3 coach ⓘ
subject linked to: Irish Rail (Mark 3 derivative)
linked to: British Rail Mark 3 coaching stock
Mark 3B → partOf → British Rail Mark 3 ⓘ
linked to: British Rail Mark 3 coaching stock
British Rail Mark 2 sleeping coaches → successor → British Rail Mark 3 sleeping coaches ⓘ
linked to: British Rail Mark 3 coaching stock
British Rail Class 317 → derivedFrom → British Rail Mark 3 coach design ⓘ
linked to: British Rail Mark 3 coaching stock
Crown Point TMD, Norwich → maintainedClass → British Rail Mark 3 coach ⓘ
linked to: British Rail Mark 3 coaching stock
British Rail Class 321 → basedOn → British Rail Mark 3 coach design ⓘ
linked to: British Rail Mark 3 coaching stock