Photo Class 172104 Chiltern Railways 2-Car DMU Train Banbury 2014

Class 172104 'Turbostar' DMU, Banbury Station

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Chiltern Railways Trains, Class 172104 Turbostar diesel multiple unit (DMU), resplendent in bright and whit livery, stabled until needed in its usual role as a commuter train at Banbury station in 2014.

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Photo Class 168005 Chiltern Railways Clubman DMU Train Banbury 2017

Class 168005 Clubman DMU Waits at Banbury Station

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Chiltern Railways diesel multiple unit, (DMU), Class 168005 Turbostar, waits for the green light at Banbury station before heading off to Moor St. station, Birmingham, in May 2017.

Clubman diesel multiple units, such as Class 168005 commuter passenger trains, were constructed between 1998 and 2004, with the earliest examples entering service on the 20th May 1998.

In all, 19 trainsets were built with 2/3/4 cars per set.  With a top speed of 100 mph (160 km/h), 4-car unit Class 168005 offers 272 seats with air-conditioning throughout.

The 168 Clubman Class of dmu can be found operating on the Chiltern Main Line, London to Aylesbury Line, London Marylebone - Oxford, Princes Risborough - Aylesbury Line.

Network South East, then operated by British Rail, originally planned the Class 168 for their expansion of services on the Chiltern Main Line to Birmingham Snow Hill or New Street stations. In the event, privatisation put and end to the NSE plans. 

 

 

Video Clip - Class 168005 DMU Leaving Banbury Station

 

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Photo Class 165020 Chiltern Railways Network Turbo DMU Train Enters Banbury 2014

Class 165020 Chiltern Railways 'Network Turbo' DMU

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2-Car Network Turbo diesel multiple unit Class 165 020, passenger commuter train, built at BREL between 1990-92, in Chiltern Railways livery, photographed entering Banbury station with a commuter service from Marylebone, London, in June 2014.

 

 

 

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Night Photo Chiltern Railways Class 172103 and Class 172101 DMU Train Banbury 2018

Class 172103 and 172101 DMU, Banbury

 

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Chiltern Railways Turbostar DMU 2-car units, Class 172/1 172103 and Class 172/1 172101, allocated to AL - Aylesbury TMD, standing coupled together at platform 3 Banbury station forming the 22:55 commuter service to Reading via Oxford on the evening of the 13th April 2018.

                       

Class 172/1 172101 at Banbury Station April 2018     
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The unit coach numbers for Class 172103 are as follows: 59113  59213.
The unit coach numbers for Class 172101 are as follows: 59111  59211.

Both trains were built between 2009 and 2010.

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