Lightweight rail cars for low volume infrequent rail traffic
British Rail Railbuses
Waggon- und Maschinenbau railbus no. 79964 at York Railfest exhibition on 3 June 2004. This vehicle is preserved on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.
In service
Passenger: 1958–1968
Departmental: 1950–1997
Capacity
46–56 seats
Operators
British Rail
NI Railways
British Rail produced a variety of railbuses, both as a means of acquiring new rolling stock cheaply, and to provide economical services on lightly used lines.
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its first generation diesel multiple units, particularly in the use of railbuses to service its lightly used branch lines. It was decided to develop such...
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the 1980s, BritishRail (BR) was interested in replacing its first-generation diesel multiple units, particularly in the use of railbuses to service its...
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stops, using Argentine-built TecnoTren railbuses. Once fully opened in 2015, this will be the first commuter rail service in the city since railway privatisation...
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Balaghat-Jabalpur Narrow Gauge Line. Both were used to turn the railbuses serving on these lines. After railbuses were replaced by MEMUs, turntables were dismantled...
railway system, mainly to transport sugar products. From 1963 to 1966, BritishRail helped the national railway obtain newer locomotives which were based...