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The design of the Class 156 was more conservative then Metro Cammell's earlier Class 151 design, the bodyshell was made of steel instead of Aluminium, and the cab design was deliberately similar to the BREL Class 150 to ease union acceptance. These units were all built as two-car sets, numbered 156401-514. Each unit was formed of two driving motors, one of which contained a toilet. Individual carriages numbered as follows:

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  • British Rail Class 156
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  • The design of the Class 156 was more conservative then Metro Cammell's earlier Class 151 design, the bodyshell was made of steel instead of Aluminium, and the cab design was deliberately similar to the BREL Class 150 to ease union acceptance. These units were all built as two-car sets, numbered 156401-514. Each unit was formed of two driving motors, one of which contained a toilet. Individual carriages numbered as follows:
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  • 114(xsd:integer)
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  • 2(xsd:integer)
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  • 156409(xsd:integer)
interiorcaption
  • The interior of a refreshed National Express East Anglia Class 156
carbody
  • Steel
Service
  • 1987(xsd:integer)
safety
Name
  • British Rail Class 156 Super Sprinter
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  • 300(xsd:integer)
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  • A National Express East Anglia Class 156, No. 156419 at Norwich
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  • 156401(xsd:integer)
Gauge
  • Standard gauge
Weight
  • DMS: 35.5 t
  • DMSL: 36.1 t
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Operator
Family
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  • #012545
Engine
  • Cummins NT855-R5 Diesel
transmission
  • Voith Hydraulic T211r
yearconstruction
  • 1987(xsd:integer)
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  • BSI
abstract
  • The design of the Class 156 was more conservative then Metro Cammell's earlier Class 151 design, the bodyshell was made of steel instead of Aluminium, and the cab design was deliberately similar to the BREL Class 150 to ease union acceptance. These units were all built as two-car sets, numbered 156401-514. Each unit was formed of two driving motors, one of which contained a toilet. Individual carriages numbered as follows: * 52401-52514 - Driving Motor Standard Lavatory (DMSL) * 57401-57514 - Driving Motor Standard (DMS), containing an area for storing wheelchairs, bicycles, bulky luggage etc. The vehicles are powered by 6-cylinder Cummins NT855-R5 diesel engines through Voith T211r hydraulic automatic transmissions and Gmeinder final drive units. They have a top speed of mph (), although in practice speeds of up to have been observed on level track,[citation needed] though not in regular service. Unlike the Class 150 units, the 156s have a single leaf sliding door at either end of each coach - this feature reflected the anticipated longer journeys with fewer stops that the Class 156 was supposed to operate. Similar to the Class 150, only the doors closest to the cabs have passenger door control panels and require to be armed from within the cab itself, so that the Guard can only operate the door controls from a vacant cab. Units operated by First Scotrail have been fitted with door control panels in the centre sets of doors for ease of the Guard. The first 100 units were all ordered by the Provincial sector of British Rail, and therefore carried the sector's livery of blue and beige with light blue stripe. Twenty units, numbers 156401-419/422 based at Tyseley depot, were later repainted into Regional Railways Express livery after the rebranding of Provincial. The last fourteen units, numbers 156501-514 were ordered by Strathclyde PTE, and carried a distinctive orange black livery. This was later replaced by an attractive carmine and cream livery, reminiscent of the 1950s livery carried by Mk.1 coaching stock.
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