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Pacer (train)
Pacer is the operational name of the British Rail Classes 140, 141, 142, 143 and 144 diesel multiple unit railbuses, built between 1980 and 1987. Intended as a short-term solution to a shortage of rolling stock (with a lifespan of no more than 20 years), as of 2015 many Pacer railbuses are still in use.〔
The Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations require that all public passenger trains must be accessible to disabled people by 2020. No Pacers currently meet this requirement and will therefore need to be withdrawn by that date unless they receive an extensive refurbishment. Porterbrook, which owns the Class 143 and Class 144 fleets, has proposed such a refurbishment,〔http://www.porterbrook.com/downloads/brochures/14x%20Brochure.pdf〕 while Angel Trains which owns the Class 142 fleet does not see such a refurbishment as a viable option. The Long Term Passenger Rolling Stock Strategy published in 2014 for the Rail Industry indicates no new DMUs will be ordered in the following 10 years, which means Pacers will need to be replaced by existing DMUs cascaded from newly electrified lines.
==Background==
(詳細はBritish Rail (BR) to create a train, with low running costs, for use on rural and suburban rail services. At the time, BR was under increasing financial pressure from the government including proposals to cut more rail lines. BR set a challenge to several companies to design a cheap, lightweight train similar to railbuses. Since then, 165 Pacer trains (totalling 340 carriages) have been built, with some over 30 years old by 2015.
Demonstrator units have toured the U.S., Northern Ireland, Belgium, Sweden, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, without producing sales. However Iran purchased redundant Class 141 units for use on suburban lines around Tehran, until 2005.〔
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