British Rail Class 157


Class 157 was the designation applied to a range of Diesel multiple unit trains of the Sprinter family planned for regional use, in particular for the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive. As well as the class number, British Rail reserved carriage numbers in the 526xx and 576xx series for these units.

Unfortunately, as the privatisation of British Rail began, this project became unviable, and Strathclyde ended up receiving a batch of Class 170 units.

British Rail diesel Sprinters
20 m:
  • Class 150
  • Class 151
  • Class 154
23 m (Super Sprinter):
  • Class 153
  • Class 155
  • Class 156
  • Class 158
  • Class 159
unbuilt:
  • Class 152
  • Class 157
Diesel multiple units of the United Kingdom
First generation units:
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
First Generation
Original TOPS:
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 145
  • 147
  • 148
  • 149
  • 150
  • 160
  • 161
  • 162
  • 163
  • 164
  • 166
  • 167
  • 168
  • 169
  • 171
  • 172
  • 173
  • 175
  • 176
  • 177
  • 178
  • 179
  • 180
  • 182
  • 183
  • 185
  • 186
  • 188
  • 189
First generation units
(pre-TOPS):
  • British United Traction
  • Derby Lightweight
  • Metro-Cammell
  • Railbus
  • GWR railcars
  • LMS railcars
Second generation units:
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 150
  • 151
  • 152
  • 153
  • 154
  • 155
  • 156
  • 157
  • 158
  • 159
  • 165
  • 166
  • 168
  • 170
  • 171
  • 172
  • 175
  • 180
  • 185
Diesel-electric units:
  • 201
  • 202
  • 203
  • 204
  • 205
  • 206
  • 207
  • 210
  • 220
  • 221
  • 222
  • 251
  • 252
  • 253
  • 254
  • 255
  • 261
Southern Region designations:
  • 3D
  • 3H
  • 3R
  • 3T
  • 4L
  • 6B
  • 6L
  • 6S
Families
  • Pacer
  • Sprinter
  • Networker
  • Turbostar
  • Coradia
  • Desiro
  • Voyager
  • British railcars and diesel multiple units
  • Diesel locomotives
  • Electric locomotives
  • Miscellaneous locomotives
  • Diesel multiple units
  • Electric multiple units
  • Departmental multiple units

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