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