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The British Rail Class 153 Super Sprinter are single-coach diesel-hydraulic railcars which were converted from two-coach Class 155 diesel multiple units in the early 1990s. The class was intended for service on rural branch lines, either where passenger numbers do not justify longer trains or to boost the capacity on services with high passenger volume.
At certain times Class 156 and Class 153 trains run coupled together. Many trains on this route continue southward from Nottingham to Leicester via the Midland Main Line . Some trains call at Newark Northgate (this is generally the first two and last two trains of the day) by running down the spur at the side of the East Coast Main Line and ...
The Class 153 railcars were converted from the two coach Class 155s. Class 150, 153, 155, and 156 units have no air-conditioning and a top speed of 75 mph (121 km/h); Classes 158 and 159 have air conditioning and a top speed of 90 mph (145 km/h).
The line is part of the Network Rail Strategic Route 18, SRS 18.12 and is classified as a rural line. [7] It is one of a number of British railway lines that is covered by a Community Rail Partnership, in this case known as the Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership. Like other Community Rail Partnerships around the country, the Partnership ...
Class Manufacturer Date Built Number Built Withdrawn Image Scrapped Class 150 Sprinter: BREL: 1984–7: 135 × 2-car and 2 × 3-car sets: Still in use: 2 (equiv.) Class 151: Metro-Cammell: 1985: 2 × 3-car units: 1989: Both Class 152: N/A: Never built: Proposed single car conversion of Class 156 [1] Never built: Never built: Class 153 Super ...
Network Rail: EMR Connect is a commuter service linking Corby with St Pancras. ... East Midlands Railway inherited a fleet of 28 Class 43, 21 Class 153, 15 Class 156, ...
Previously Class 175 "Coradias" operated the services provided by First North Western and TPE until 2006. Class 158s can also occasionally be seen on the route as a replacement for booked units. Services over the line are operated by the new Northern franchise, having taken over from First TransPennine Express in April 2016, however, four ...
The Class 153 units left West Midlands Trains at the end of 2020, [48] and the Class 170 units moved to East Midlands Railway, with the exception of the centre cars of the 170/6s which moved to CrossCountry to lengthen its 170/5s. [49] The first of these new units entered service on the Shrewsbury line on 17 October 2022. [50]