British Rail Class 170

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diesel multiple unit railway rolling stock class

The British Rail Class 170 is a widely used diesel multiple-unit passenger train in the UK, known for operating regional and intercity services across various rail franchises since the late 1990s.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
British Rail Class 170 design	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diesel multiple unit ⓘ railway rolling stock class ⓘ
brakeType	air brake ⓘ electro-pneumatic brake ⓘ
builtAt	Derby Litchurch Lane Works NERFINISHED ⓘ
carBodyConstruction	steel ⓘ
category	Bombardier multiple units NERFINISHED ⓘ British diesel multiple units ⓘ
configuration	multiple unit ⓘ
countryOfOperation	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
couplingType	BSI automatic coupler ⓘ
designedBy	ADtranz NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedFor	inter-urban services ⓘ regional services ⓘ
doorType	powered sliding plug doors ⓘ
engineType	diesel engine underfloor ⓘ
enteredService	late 1990s ⓘ
family	Turbostar NERFINISHED ⓘ
gauge	1435 mm ⓘ
introduced	1998 ⓘ
manufacturer	ADtranz NERFINISHED ⓘ Bombardier Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ
multipleWorking	British Rail Class 168 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Rail Class 171 NERFINISHED ⓘ Turbostar family units NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatingSince	1999 ⓘ
operatorType	train operating company ⓘ
partOfSeries	British Rail Turbostar family NERFINISHED ⓘ
powerType	diesel ⓘ
serviceType	intercity ⓘ regional ⓘ
successor	British Rail Class 172 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Rail Class 185 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Rail Class 195 NERFINISHED ⓘ
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
typicalFormation	2-car set ⓘ 3-car set ⓘ
usedBy	Abellio Greater Anglia (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ Anglia Railways (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Trains (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ CrossCountry NERFINISHED ⓘ East Midlands Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ First ScotRail (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ First TransPennine Express (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hull Trains (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ London Midland (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ London Northwestern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Midland Mainline (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Trains NERFINISHED ⓘ ScotRail NERFINISHED ⓘ Transport for Wales Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ West Midlands Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	passenger transport ⓘ
usedOn	CrossCountry network routes ⓘ East Anglia routes (historically) ⓘ Midlands regional routes ⓘ Wales and Borders routes ⓘ regional routes in Scotland ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

British Rail Class 171 → couplingDifferenceFrom → British Rail Class 170 ⓘ

British Rail Class 171 → derivedFrom → British Rail Class 170 ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Rail Class 170 design

Turbostar → hasSubclass → British Rail Class 170 ⓘ

British Rail Class 172 → improvedOver → British Rail Class 170 ⓘ

Anglia Railways (former) → operatedRollingStock → British Rail Class 170 ⓘ

subject surface form: Anglia Railways

British Rail Class 171 → relatedTo → British Rail Class 170 ⓘ

Class 755 bi-mode multiple unit → replaced → British Rail Class 170 ⓘ

subject surface form: British Rail Class 755

Hull Trains (former) → usedRollingStock → British Rail Class 170 ⓘ