BRITISH RAIL CLASS 115

These 41 high density sets operated the outer-suburban services from Marylebone to Aylesbury, High Wycombe and Banbury, which were known as the Chiltern Lines. Strangely, these were under Table 115 in the timetable!
Based on the basic Derby high density design, some sets were also built for the CLC line between Liverpool and Manchester, and they also worked from Tyseley in the later years.
The Marylebone sets, which were later transferred to Bletchley but remained on Chiltern Line duties, were declared surplus after the introduction of Class 165s, from '91 onwards. While at Bletchley depot the class was also used on the Barking to Gospel Oak line, units being formed as power twins. They were in turn replaced on this line by class 117 power twins.
The final Class 115 working out of Marylebone was in July '92. The Tyseley sets survived a bit longer until Feb '94.

Contents

Technical details

Preservation

References

Technical details

★ Builder: BR Derby

★ Introduced: 1960

★ Coupling Code: Blue Square

★ Body: 63ft 6in x 9ft 3in

★ Engines: BUT (Leyland Albion) of 230hp

★ Transmission: Standard mechanical

Preservation

16 vehicles are preserved.

References

★ The Railcar Association

★ Motive Power Recognition: 3 DMUs. Colin J. Marsden

★ British Railway Pictorial: First Generation DMUs. Kevin Robertson

★ British Rail Fleet Survey 8: Diesel Multiple Units- The First Generation. Brian Haresnape

★ A Pictorial Record of British Railways Diesel Multiple Units. Brian Golding