The British Rail Class 143 are diesel multiple unit passenger trains, part of the Pacer family of passenger trains introduced between 1985 and 1986. During the 1980s, British Rail (BR) was interested in replacing its first-generation diesel multiple units, particularly in the use of railbuses to service its lightly used branch lines.

The Class 143 units were an intermediate development of the "Pacer" family, further improving on the Class 142 design by means of a slightly slightly superior body design by Alexander. The Class 143's and 144's are very similar, with 143's having Barclay underframes.

Pacer was the operational name of the British Rail Classes 140, 141, 142, 143 and 144 diesel multiple unit railbuses built between 1980 and 1987. They were inexpensively developed using a passenger body based on the Leyland National bus on top of a chassis based on the HSFV1 research vehicle.

The British Rail Class 143 is a diesel multiple unit, part of the Pacer family of trains introduced between 1985 & 1986. They originally worked around North East England but were later transferred to Wales. [1] The coaches are based on an Alexander bus body mounted on a chassis from a freight or Goods truck. [source?]

Latter focus has been on working on developing the original Sharpness freight sidings site, as the next phase towards a heritage railway operation towards Berkeley. The railway was donated two ex-GWR Class 143 sets in 2020, which were both initially outstationed at …

British Railways Class 143 is a PacerDMU and has been in service for 26 years. Built around the same time as the British Railways Class 142 the Class 143 is often refered to a s a bus on rails.

Nov 16, 2022 · We are delighted to announce the safe arrival of a new addition to our fleet today. This British Rail class 143 used to work locally to Barnstaple on a regular basis, being based out of Exeter TMD towards the end of its working life.

The Plym Valley Railway is pleased to announce that it will be receiving Class 143 No. 143618 from Great Western Railway. We would like to thank GWR for their consideration and cooperation as the unit will arrive in a superb condition and ready for use.

Feb 12, 2018 · Hi mark, I've just spent a day chasing 143 units around Exeter. Go to Exeter st David's, purchase a Devon day ranger for £12 and change and download/pick up a copy of GWRs D1 timetable leaflet. You can hop on and off trains anywhere between exmouth, Barnstaple, Paignton and Plymouth.

English: Images of British Rail Class 143s operated by Great Western Railway (First Group). The following 200 files are in this category, out of 362 total.