British Rail Class 156
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British Rail Class 156 is a diesel multiple-unit train.
A total of 114 sets were built between 1987 and 1989 for British Rail by Metro-Cammell's Washwood Heath works. They were built to replace elderly first-generation DMUs and locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
The design of the Class 156 was more conservative than 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 Class 150 to ease acceptance
In late 1985, British Rail placed an order with Metro-Cammell for 114 two-carriage Class 156 units.
Each unit was formed of two driving carrages, one of which contained a toilet,
The vehicles are powered by 6-cylinder diesel engine giving the Class 156 a top speed of 75 mph (121 km/h).
Unlike the Class 150 units, the 156s have a single-leaf sliding door at either end of each coach. This reflected the expected longer journeys with fewer stops that the Class 156 was supposed to operate. As with the Class 150, all the doors are operable by passengers when released by the guard using one of two passenger door control panels; they are energised using a carriage key to turn a rotary switch situated on the cab bulkhead. Units operated by Abellio ScotRail have additionally been fitted with door-control panels near the centre sets of doors for the convenience of the guard.
On 10 November 1987, 156401 conducted its first test run from Washwood Heath to Banbury. The Class 156 was then introduced on new services from East Anglia to North West England as well as existing services services from Norwich and Cambridge to Birmingham. They also operated boat trains from Harwich to Blackpool and later Liverpool.
The new Class 156 was also delivered to Heaton, Neville Hill, Haymarket and Inverness replacing the Class 155 units being withdrawn due to faulty door mechanisms.
On 15 June 1989, 156502 was sent on holiday to the Netherlands as part of the Dutch Railways 150th celebrations. It returned on 10 July.
On 21 October 1993, 156405 became the first Sprinter to accrue 1 million miles, whilst working the 10:10 Great Yarmouth to Norwich service.
The first 100 were painted in Provincial sector's livery of blue and beige with light blue stripe. Twenty units, based at Tyseley depot, were painted into Regional Railways Express livery after the rebranding of Provincial Rail. The last fourteen units were operated by Strathclyde PTE, and carried an orange and black livery. Following the delivery of the Class 158s in the early 1990s, the 156s began to be cascaded to less important services.
As part of the privatisation of British Rail, the Class 156 fleet was sold with Angel Trains taking ownership of 76 and Porterbrook taking 38. These were leased to several train operating companies, mainly in Scotland, East Anglia, Northern England and the Midlands.
As usual with this channel we talk mainly about Scottish fleets. During the time of privatisation the Scottish fleet passed to the National Express owned ScotRail franchise, which used them until 2004 when the franchise was taken over by First ScotRail. All passed to Abellio ScotRail with the franchise in 2015. They operate both on short-distance commuter routes and on services of up to five and a half hours, such as Glasgow to Fort William and Mallaig.
14 units continued to be operated by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport and originally wore its orange and black livery. This was replaced with a carmine and cream livery in 1997. All have since been repainted into ScotRail's standard Saltire livery.
Despite their past liveries, the former SPT units were not confined to any specific route and thus worked in tandem with the rest of the 156 fleet on other routes and could be seen in many locations around Scotland.
Generally units work interchangeably on local and long-distance workings, however only the 15 Radio Electronic Token Block fitted units can operate on the West Highland Line from Glasgow Queen Street to Oban and Fort William / Mallaig.
In the event of severe disruption, Class 156s are known to make rare appearances to Perth and Dundee, where they operated regularly until 2005.
In September 2008 Transport Scotland announced that all ScotRail trains, including those of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport would be repainted in a new livery of blue with white saltire markings on the carriage ends. The first 156 was repainted in this livery by RailCare Springburn in February 2009.
In December 2014, 156478 was written off by Angel Trains after being damaged by floodwaters on the Glasgow South Western Line. The unit was repaired and it returned to service with Abellio ScotRail in October 2016.
I recently travelled on one from Fort William to Glasgow. Noisy and dated, yes, but to me it added to the charm. Combined with the incredible scenery of the West Highland Line, it felt like a real classic railway journey.
I like 151. Looks great wish they had made them in numbers
I remember riding them on the Matlock line.
@Eskel the Trainspotter & Roblox Yes they were but I can't remember what they were like inside apart from the seat moquette was something like the Pacers and contemporary road coaches (the striped design that was commonplace in the 1980s).
I always thought the 151s looked American in appearance and they had a very American spec as well with Cummins engines and a Twin Disc transmission that proved unreliable in the UK stop-start conditions...
The Cummins is an American engine built for long distance interstate trucking; UK buses and lorries (and the Pacers) with the Cummins engines were prone to breaking down...
I remember riding 150001 on the Matlock line and feel it should join the National Railway Museum collection alongside 142001 and 313001.
I also remember the Class 154 (Class 150 based testbed for the 158s) before it was converted back to a standard Class 150.
I think Northern should have retrofitted air conditioning in the 150 / 156s and 319/769s when they refurbished them...
Awesome video. These are the trains that go past my parents place at Livingston South, and I used to take them into Edinburgh all the time.
In Japan, the Japan Rail(JR) E130 series diesel railcar, which is similar to the British Rail Class 156, is in operation on the Japan Rail(JR) Suigun Line and Kururi Line.
Good Informative Video of the Class 156 Dmu but at 02:23 you have it in Reverse lol as the Giveaway is the 334 Arriving in the Background with Forward Lights and the Signal Changes
I’m currently working on these in Wolverton works.
Still ride on these to this day. Sheffield - Leeds / York line, northern rail. They are sometimes used for the Sheffield to York journey run 2x per day, in the morning only. Usually it's a single 142 / Pacer.
I jump on at an un-manned station, where the line switches from the Leeds line to the York line. You have to change route when returning as York station staff get confused by the tickets. I use this route to go to the NRM when I can.
I like DMU's but they are getting really tired now, bless em.
So interesting to read this comment! Nowadays there are zero 156s at York and Teesside is absolutely full of them. Occasionally 158s run around Teesside but it’s the odd 150, all of the 155s and a few 158s in York. The York-Leeds services are 195 Civitys. I wish there were still some pacers about, such a fascinating class.
I use them on the Norwich to Great Yarmouth/Lowestoft and Sheringham services, they do occasionally work the Cambridge services when the usual 170's are elsewhere
Will these remain with ScotRail or will it be cascaded to Northern or East Midlands Railway.
EssexLad 8919 a couple have went to emr but. They are staying with ScotRail if am right
I think the EMR ones will all be replaced by the 170s; the 156s would suit Northern to increase capacity and upgrade some trains (that suffer from overcrowding) from 2 to 4 cars...
3:59 speaking of class 158
Why isnt there a video of one?
SC Eclipse RSMRP Yeah!
I used these a lot between 1999-2002 when I lived in Dunlop
Excellent video.
I worked 101s and 156s from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Central via Shotts.
Both made in the same factory in Birmingham 30 years apart...
this is the train I get to school everyday good to know how it works and it's history
My Most Frequent Passenger Train Passing Through My Town Of Sanquhar In fact it’s my ONLY Passenger Train I Ever Get
1:05 it’s directly driven my the Diesel engine? Not electric traction motors?
My dad work's on the dumfries branch to Glasgow.
OH! i didn't know that Michael Jordan
21 October 1993. I just turned 3 that day.. 🙂
Adam 21 welcome to old life
how come some are in fsr and some are in absr livery
It helps to have the microphone in the same room.
The only thing wrong with them is capacity, if only the one 156 is used at peak time hours. But they are better ride quality than the old mark 1 class 101 slam door trains on suburban services they replaced.
Why you reverse the feed to the video? That looks wrong you could've just done it normally no? 2:22
And you missed out Greater Anglia, as living in the East Anglia area I'm offended that you haven't included Greater Anglia in this video, i do not see one red and white train!
0:29 speaking of a class 151
why isnt there of one?
Can you do the 158
Liked the likes looked like hard working design. Simliar to a tube train only in rectangular shape
Well most tube trains in the 1970s-80s were made by Metro-Cammell. I think the 1972-73 tube stock would have suited the Isle of Wight if it wasn't for the modifications to allow the D78 stock...
I didn't know the narrator was Nigel thirnberry well that's
SMASHING
2:26 Something's not right here...
The playback of the video used in the video is reversed possibly because of copyright
Yeah tail lights at the front.
yeah think it was reversed cause there is no driver
Class 156s are my favrot loco
It is ridiculous how you can ride on one of these from Nottingham to Liverpool for 3hrs and pay over £50.
They worked Norwich - Liverpool trains when new in the 1980s.
Is it David mitchel talking
3:03 BRUH IT IS GOING TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER TRAIN
its not it will stop short of it. they do it all the time.
HM???
which Train in the backround in this at 4:24
MisterTnT2 that is a class 334 EMU
Class 334
MisterTnT2 334
334
MisterTnT2 334 OK?
2:23 what the red lights thats the back of the train
the clip is reversed
FOR SOUTHBOUNDS OF TRAIN.
Can you please do one on the class 158 (one of my favorite trains)
You should do some Irish/Northern Irish railways stuff
These are still common sight in Wales
Please do a 158 video. Scottail were using them a fair bit till the 170s came. I used to use them on the inverness-aberdeen line as lived in elgin
Hi thanks for your comment, I have just started doing the Class 158 video and will have it out very shortly.
I never knew Julian Clary was into trains...
Are Britain even building any trains of their own design anymore?
TheBrickGuy7939 idk 🙃
I just hope my sprinters stay with me 😄
Green Pudding
My favorite is the class 175
Green Pudding
Same
Yes the Bombardier Aventras are built in Derby.
Zippy from rainbow?
Seymour Beaver what?
Probably as well the odd - looking Met-Camm 151 wasn't adopted. The running gear looks like the original design put under LT's "D78" Surface Stock. All the running gear was changed on those, as it had cracking frame problems. One of the old guards I worked with spent a lot of time on the Derby/Matlock line where they were tested.
I remember riding the 151s on the Derby - Matlock line; looking back I feel they were very American looking...
Class 170's are going to Nothern Rail
Gordon Prentice really
@@domestosbleach6905 Yes. 170 453-478 are now with Northern as of 25/02/2019
Note: 470 and 471 are still with ScotRail.
Not all of them are in saltire livery
Work horses
the class 156 go by my house on the kilmarnock to troon line but they are to be replaced by the class 158 and 170 i love the class 156
CLASS156433 why do the class 156 love working in multiples of 3? Whats wrong with class 150 or 153
@@FuliCuddlesFangirl idk the 1s what go by my house are 2 cars
CLASS156433 arriva trains wales?
@@FuliCuddlesFangirl nope scortrail
CLASS156433 that was an opportunity for the class 175
It looks like 158
The 158’s also have different front ends compared to the 156’s
Mheee 380
They are freezing
Did not deserve to be on the ugly list!
LadOfTheNight Exactly!
156s are better than 385s
These trains were the poxiest crappy trains ever to run on British Rail lines. Stinky toilets, manky carpets, no ventilation, noisy engines, crowded seats and too-short trains run on most lines leading to hellish overcrowding. Hell on rails.
The Merseyrail Class 142?
The Portsmouth to Cardiff train in the 90s took some beating for sheer misery of overcrowding, but perhaps there were worse ones. I love travelling by train normally but all things have their limits.
YoshLee i think he is on about the 156
I know but the description matches the 142 not the 156 XD
156's are really good.
156’s Are Fantastic Because Of The Refurbishment.
Horrible, noisy ugly trains, the sooner they're scrapped and replaced the better
Sounds a bit harsh… yeah, it’s looks are unattractive and it’s high time new rolling stock came and replaced them… but they still get the job done. After all my local line, the Glasgow and South Western line isn’t yet electrified, so these will maybe stick around for a bit longer on my local line or maybe be replaced by the Turbostars
Better than the Pacers they replaced at Nothern!