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Networker 4 classes

British Rail's Networker family: the diesel Networker Turbos (Class 165 and 166) and the electric Networkers (465 and 466).

4classes
286trains
1991first in service
3lines and operators

The classes side by side

Whole trains at one scale. Each name links to its class page.

Class 465 Networkerabout 269 ft (82 m) · 4 cars · 327 seats Southeastern · since 1992
Class 165 Networker Turboabout 228 ft (69 m) · 3 cars · 265 seats Chiltern Railways, GWR · since 1991
Class 166 Networker Express Turboabout 228 ft (69 m) · 3 cars · 246 seats GWR · since 1993
Class 165 Networker Turboabout 152 ft (46 m) · 2 cars · 161 seats Chiltern Railways, GWR · since 1991
Class 466 Networker indicative: some dimensions are estimated, from photographs and published figures.about 137 ft (42 m) · 2 cars Southeastern · since 1993

Schematic side elevations from each train's recorded dimensions, standing on the same rail. Choose 1× to see them at the stated 10 px per metre, or 2× or 4× to look closer, and scroll or drag sideways; Full screen shows the line-up alone. Drawings labelled indicative are estimates, from photographs and published figures, where no dimensioned drawing has been published. Lengths are over couplers where published; “about” marks one added up from the cars and the couplers between them, as drawn. People are seats plus standing at five per square metre, where both are published; otherwise seats are shown where published, so sorting by capacity puts a seats-only figure among the people figures, and trains with neither come last. Compare any two or three trains →

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The classes

ClassLines and operatorsSinceTrainsFormationPowerCar lengthDoors per sideSeats
Class 165 Networker TurboChiltern Railways, GWR1991752 or 3 carsDiesel76 ft 3 in23.25 m to 77 ft 1 in23.50 m2161
Class 465 NetworkerSoutheastern19921474 cars (DMOS-TOS-TOSL-DMOS). Four subclasses: the 465/0 (50 units) and 465/1 (47), built by BREL at York and now with Hitachi traction equipment; the 465/2 (16) and 465/9 (34), built by GEC-Alsthom at Washwood Heath, the 465/9s with a first-class section behind one cab, marked by a yellow band above its windows. The drawing shows a 465/0 or 465/1; the GEC-Alsthom units differ beneath the body750 V DC third rail65 ft 10 in20.06 m to 68 ft 6 in20.89 m2327
Class 166 Networker Express TurboGWR1993213 carsDiesel76 ft 3 in23.25 m to 77 ft 1 in23.50 m2246
Class 466 NetworkerSoutheastern1993432 cars (DMOS-DTOSL)750 V DC third rail; four 280 kW GEC-Alsthom G352BY traction motors on the driving motor (1,120 kW a unit)68 ft 3 in20.80 m2

What they share, and how they differ

Shared

  • Car width: 9 ft 3 in (2.81 m).
  • Doors per side: 2 on every class.

Different

  • Car length: from 65 ft 10 in (20.06 m) (Class 465) to 77 ft 1 in (23.50 m) (Class 165).

Sources

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Each class's own page lists the sources for its figures.

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