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The British Rail Class 165 ''Turbo'' is a fleet of suburban diesel multiple units (DMUs), originally specified by and built for British Rail. They were built by BREL York Works between 1990 and 1992.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chiltern Railways: About us - Our train fleet )〕 The trains belong to the Networker family of trains, and were originally known as ''Networker Turbos'' to distinguish them from the electrically propelled members of that family. An express version was subsequently built in the form of the Class 166 ''Turbo Express'' trains. The class is still in service, and is operated by First Great Western on services out of London Paddington station and by Chiltern Railways on services out of London Marylebone station. The trains operated by First Great Western, along with that operator's Class 166 trains, are often known as ''Thames Turbos'', while the units operated by Chiltern Railways are known as ''Chiltern Turbos''. ==Description== Two batches of units were built for different subdivisions of Network SouthEast to replace elderly "Heritage" DMUs as well as locomotive-hauled trains on services out of London Paddington and London Marylebone. The fleet is wide-bodied to take advantage of the gauges of the former Great Western Railway and Great Central Railway on whose lines it runs. As a result, it is restricted to these routes. Both have a Perkins 2006-TWH diesel engine on each car, Voith Turbo-transmissions, and Gmeinder final drive. When new, the units were branded as either ''Chiltern Turbo'' or ''Thames Turbo'' between the two first class windows of the DMCL carriage. Class 165 units were some of the first trains in Britain to be designed for Driver Only Operation- in cases where a Guard is required, the Guard must carry out their door operation duties via a bell system to signal the Drivers to close doors and start the train. This requires the Guard to return to a vacant cab at each station to carry out these duties. Examples of this include Chiltern Railways services north of Banbury or First Great Western services on the Cotswolds and Reading to Gatwick lines. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「British Rail Class 165」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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