British Rail Class 143

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The British Rail Class 143 is a type of diesel multiple unit "Pacer" train built in the 1980s for use on regional and commuter rail services in the UK.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
British Rail Class 143 canonical 1
British Rail Class 14x 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pacer train ⓘ
diesel multiple unit ⓘ
railway vehicle class ⓘ
basedOn bus body design ⓘ
bodyConstruction bus-style bodywork ⓘ
bodyworkBy Walter Alexander ⓘ
brakeType air brakes ⓘ
builder Andrew Barclay ⓘ
Hunslet-Barclay ⓘ
carLength about 15 m per car ⓘ
countryOfOperation United Kingdom ⓘ
couplingType BSI automatic coupler ⓘ
designedFor branch line services ⓘ
low-cost operation ⓘ
regional services ⓘ
doorType slam doors ⓘ
engineType diesel engine ⓘ
enteredService 1985 ⓘ
1986 ⓘ
family Pacer ⓘ
formation 2-car set ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
introduced 1980s ⓘ
maximumSpeed 121 km/h ⓘ
75 mph ⓘ
nickname Pacer ⓘ
numberBuilt 25 units ⓘ
operatedBy Arriva Trains Wales ⓘ
British Rail ⓘ
First Great Western ⓘ
Great Western Railway ⓘ
Northern ⓘ
Northern Rail ⓘ
Regional Railways ⓘ
Transport for Wales ⓘ
Wales & West ⓘ
Wessex Trains ⓘ
operatorType commuter rail ⓘ
regional rail ⓘ
powerType diesel ⓘ
primaryRegionsOfOperation North East England ⓘ
South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England

Wales ⓘ
safetyComplianceIssue Persons of Reduced Mobility Technical Specification for Interoperability non-compliance ⓘ
serviceRole secondary passenger services ⓘ
successor British Rail Class 150 ⓘ
British Rail Class 150/2 refurbishment programmes ⓘ
British Rail Class 158 ⓘ
British Rail Class 170 ⓘ
British Rail Class 195 ⓘ
British Rail Class 197 ⓘ
trackGauge 1435 mm ⓘ
transmission mechanical transmission ⓘ
UICClassification Bo′2′ ⓘ
withdrawnFromService 2020s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Arriva Trains Wales → operatedRollingStockClass → British Rail Class 143 ⓘ
British Rail second-generation DMUs → includes class → British Rail Class 14x ⓘ
linked to: British Rail Class 143