British Rail Class 175Coradia 1000 In service 2000–2023 Manufacturer Alstom Built at Washwood Heath Family name Coradia Constructed 1999–2001 Number built 27 trainsets Formation 2 (175/0) or 3 (175/1) cars per trainset Capacity 134 or 206 per trainset Operator(s) Transport for Wales Depot(s) Chester Car body construction Steel Car length Driving end vehicles 23.71 m (77 ft 9 in) Width 2.73 m (8 ft 11 in) Doors Swing plug at vehicle ends Articulated sections Flexible diaphragm within unit only Maximum speed 100 mph (160 km/h) Weight 97.85 t (96.30 long tons ; 107.86 short tons ) or 144.14 t (141.86 long tons; 158.89 short tons) per trainset Prime mover(s) Cummins N14 diesel - 450 hp (340 kW) 2100 rpmTransmission Voith T211 and ZF Voith final driveBraking system(s) Friction/Hydrodynamic Safety system(s) AWS , TPWS Coupling system Scharfenberg Track gauge 1,435 mm 4 ft 8 1 ⁄2 in ) standard gauge
175115 at Crewe on 1 November 2003 , with a late night First North Western service to Holyhead . 175110, at Manchester Picadilly on 17 April 2008 in the 'ghostly' livery trialled by Arriva Trains Wales 175108, at Cardiff Central , in de-branded First North Western livery 175008, at Newport , in the Arriva Trains Wales livery. The Class 175 Coradia is a model of diesel multiple unit passenger train used in the United Kingdom . They were built from 1999–2001 by Alstom at Washwood Heath in Birmingham . The fleet was based at Chester Depot. The fleet was used in North Wales on services from Holyhead, South Wales, normally going south or up to the North Wales Coast. Many also operated round the Manchester area.
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