BR Mark 1 Profile and Models
M25385 Standard Open coach at Bury on the East Lancashire Railway in January 2009. ©David Ingham
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The Mark 1s were the first standardised coach design by British Railways. Following nationalisation, BR was still producing rolling stock to designs created in the Big Four era. The Mk1 was intended to be an amalgamation of the best features from previous designs, incorporate a much stronger body and be a standard coach suitable for use on all lines. BR produced thousands of examples, with a huge range of body styles and they saw use across most of the UK. The design proved to be very successful and remained in general passenger service until 2001. To this day, many Mk1 examples can be seen in use on mainline charter trains, in departmental usage with Network Rail and of course on a myriad of preserved lines across the UK. |
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Type of Vehicle |
Coach |
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Builder |
BR Workshops Cravens Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company |
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Build Dates |
1951 to 1963 |
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Total Built |
1000s |
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Passenger Capacity |
Varies by coach type |
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Wheel Configuration |
Bogies (BR1, BR2, Commonwealth or B4 types used) |
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Operated By |
British Railways Network Rail Royal Mail Regional Railways First Great Western West Coast Railway Co Various heritage & mainline charter operators |
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Main Duties |
Passenger services Mail & Parcels Departmental |
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In Service Until |
Present (Charter trains & departmental only) |
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Surviving Examples |
Many preserved or in mainline use |
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)
GWR chocolate and cream
Royal Train
Pullman
Royal Mail
SR olive green
LNER teak
LMS crimson lake
SR malachite green
BR crimson and cream
BR crimson
BR non-standard
BR green with coaching stock roundel
BR departmental olive
BR chocolate and cream
BR maroon
BR blue and grey
BR blue
Sealink
BR engineers yellow
BR research department
Intercity
ScotRail (BR)
BR Highland green and cream
NSE - Network SouthEast
Provincial
Regional Railways
RES - Rail Express Systems
Central Services
DRS - Direct Rail Services
Anglia Railways
WCRC - West Coast Railway Company
Network Rail
Awaiting Categorisation
Private Owner
Harry Potter - Hogwarts Railways
(Fictitious) N Gauge
BR bauxite
Hunslet-Barclay
O Gauge (1:43 Scale)
GWR brown
Unpainted
HO Gauge (1:87 Scale)
TT gauge (1:120 scale)
