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The British Rail Class 150 Sprinter is a class of diesel 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.
Northern Class 150 at Manchester Piccadilly in 2024
Interior of a refurbished Northern Class 150/1
During a demonstration run in the summer of 1985, unit 150001 stands in Platform 7 at St. Pancras
Northern Trains Class 150 at Bromley Cross in 2021
British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) was the railway systems engineering subsidiary of British Rail.
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An APT-P at Crewe in October 2006