Class 165 'Networker Turbo' Profile and Models
165134 at Didcot in September 2002. ©Steve Jones
The British Rail Class 165 Networker Turbo is a fleet of suburban diesel multiple unit passenger trains (DMUs), originally specified by and built for the British Rail Thames and Chiltern Division of Network SouthEast. They were built by BREL York Works between 1990 and 1992. An express version was subsequently built in the form of the Class 166 Networker Turbo Express trains. Both classes are now sometimes referred to as "Networker Turbos", a name derived some three years later for the project that resulted in the visually similar Class 365 and Class 465 EMUs. The class is still in service, now operated by Great Western Railway and by Chiltern Railways. When operated originally by Network SouthEast, along with that operator's Class 166 trains, the Paddington suburban units were initially known as Thames Turbos, while the units operated on the Marylebone suburban network were known as Chiltern Turbos. |
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Type of Unit |
Diesel Multiple Unit |
Builder |
York Holgate Road Works |
Build Dates |
1990 to 1992 |
Total Built |
76 sets |
Coaches Per Unit |
2 or 3-car |
Power Output |
700 to 1,050 hp |
Top Speed |
75 to 90 mph |
Passenger Capacity |
186 to 288 seats |
Operated By |
British Rail Chiltern Railways Great Western Railway |
Main Duties |
Regional Passenger |
In Service Until |
Present |
Surviving Examples |
75 sets |