Class 144, no. 144017 at York station on 3rd June 2004. This unit is one of ten 3-car units. It is painted in the latest West Yorkshire Metro livery.

The British Rail Class 144 "Pacer" diesel multiple units (DMUs) were built by BREL Derby from 1986-1987. A total of 23 units were built, replacing many of the earlier First-generation "Heritage" DMUs. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 723 KB)BR Class 144, no. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 723 KB)BR Class 144, no. ... Categories: British railway stations | Stub | North Yorkshire ... Metro is the title adopted by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority and Executive in England, made up of councillors from the five local councils: Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... A class 142 Pacer Pacer is the operational name of the British class 140, 141, 142, 143 and 144 railbuses, built between 1984 and 1987. ... A diesel multiple unit can be: a multiple unit powered by a diesel engine; one or more of these form a passenger train; a combination of diesel powered locomotives operating under the control of one engine-driver, coupled together consecutively, usually at the head end of the train, which further... for the singer see Jacques Brel BREL stands for British Rail Engineering Limited, which was the engineering division of British Rail Categories: Stub | British Rail(ways) ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A wide variety of Locomotives and Multiple units have been operated on Great Britains railway network. ...

Description

At the beginning of the 1980s, British Rail (BR) had a large fleet of ageing "Heritage" DMUs built to many different designs in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Some of the more reliable types were retained and refurbished. However, BR decided to replaced many of the non-standard or unreliable types with new 2nd generation units, built to modern standards. Two different types were persued; low-cost "Pacers" built using bus parts and used on short-distance services; and "Sprinters" built for longer-distance services. // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... A wide variety of Locomotives and Multiple units have been operated on Great Britains railway network. ... Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1960s. ... A wide variety of Locomotives and Multiple units have been operated on Great Britains railway network. ... A class 142 Pacer Pacer is the operational name of the British class 140, 141, 142, 143 and 144 railbuses, built between 1984 and 1987. ... British Rail and its privatised successors have been good at creating brand names for their new products, designed to catch the eye and imagination of current and potential travellers. ...

Twenty-three Class 144 units were built. The units are have a maximum speed of 75 mph and are externally similar to the earlier Class 143 units, built in 1985-1986. The first thirteen of the class, nos. 144001-013 were built at 2-car units. The remaining ten, nos. 144014-023 were built at 3-car units. These ten units are the only "Pacers" to contain intermediate vehicles. Miles per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of international miles covered per hour. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Units are formed of two driving motors, one of which contains a toilet. The 3-car units have an additional intermediate motor. All vehicles have second-class seating only. The technical description of the formation is DMS+(MS)+DMSL. Individual vehicles are numbered as follows.

• 55801-55823 - DMS
• 55850-55859 - MS (units 144014-023 only)
• 55824-55846 - DMSL

Current Operations

The class were built specifically for local services sponsored by West Yorkshire PTE (since rebranded as Metro). As such, the fleet was painted in the crimson/cream West Yorkshire Metro livery, although three units (nos. 144011-013) were later repainted into Regional Railways livery. Units were used on services such as York-Harrogate-Leeds, Leeds-Huddersfield, Leeds-Barsley-Sheffield, Wakefield-Pontefract and Leeds/York-Selby/Hull. Prior to 1994, they were also used on Leeds/Bradford-Ilkley and Leeds/Bradford-Skipton services. These lines were electrified in 1994, and passenger services were operated by Class 308 electrical multiple units. Metro is the title adopted by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority and Executive in England, made up of councillors from the five local councils: Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield. ... Metro is the title adopted by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority and Executive in England, made up of councillors from the five local councils: Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield. ... Categories: Rail stubs | British Rail(ways) ... The Harrogate line is a railway connecting Leeds, Harrogate, Knaresborough and York in the north of England. ... The Huddersfield line is a railway from Leeds to Liverpool and Manchester in England Within West Yorkshire it stops at the following stations (ordered going away from Leeds): Metrocard Zone 1 Leeds Metrocard Zone 2 Cottingley Morley Batley Metrocard Zone 3 Dewsbury Ravensthorpe Wakefield Kirkgate (Also on the Pontefract and... The Hallam Line is a railway connecting Leeds and Sheffield via Barnsley in the North of England. ... The Pontefract line is a railway connecting Leeds, Pontefract, Wakefield and Goole in the North of England. ... The York & Selby Lines is the name given to a group of services in the West Yorkshire Metro area, connecting Leeds with places to its north and east: as well as the Northern Rail local services to York and Selby, the services extend to: Newcastle by TransPennine Express and Virgin... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The Wharfedale line is a railway line connecting Leeds and Bradford with Ilkley in West Yorkshire. ... The Airedale Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ... The British Rail Class 308 electrical multiple unit was built by BR at York, in three batches, from 1961-62. ... A multiple unit is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors, either diesel (DMUs) or electric (EMUs), and do not need to be hauled by a locomotive. ...

Since privatisation, the fleet has been operated by several franchises. The first operator was Northern Spirit, which was later taken over by Arriva Trains Northern (ATN). ATN refurbished the fleet between 2003-2004, with units emerging in a new grey and red Metro livery. In December 2004, the fleet was transferred to the new Northern Rail franchise. Aside from removal of Arriva branding, little has changed to the fleet. Northern Spirit was a brand name used by a Train Operating Company in the United Kingdom in the 1990s, running trains in the north of England. ... An Arriva train in North Wales Arriva is a private company which runs public transport services throughout the United Kingdom. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Metro is the title adopted by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority and Executive in England, made up of councillors from the five local councils: Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield. ... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in December • 30 Artie Shaw • 29 Julius Axelrod • 28 Jacques Dupuis • 28 Jerry Orbach • 28 Susan Sontag • 26 Reggie White • 26 Sir Angus Ogilvy • 23 P. V. Narasimha Rao • 23 Doug Ault • 19 Renata Tebaldi • 16... Northern Rail is the new name of the passenger rail franchise operating local services in the North of England. ... An Arriva bus arriving at Telford Central An Arriva train in North Wales Arriva is a private company that runs public transport services throughout the United Kingdom. ...