Central Trains
Fleet at start of franchise

Central Trains

Section Title: Fleet at start of franchise
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Class	Image	Type	Top speed	Number	Routes operated	Built

mph	km/h

Class 150 Sprinter	150121 at Kidderminster.JPG	diesel multiple unit	75	120	29× 2 car 9× 3 car	Some Centro services. Dorridge/Shirley/Stratford Upon Avon/Leamington Spa – Worcester/Great Malvern/Hereford.	1984–1987

Class 153 Super Sprinter	153385 at Nottingham.JPG	diesel multiple unit	75	120	21	Lincolnshire and Mid Wales rural services, Stourbridge branch line, Skegness to Crewe & Derby to Matlock and Nottingham to Birmingham New Street/Shrewsbury via Derby	1987–1988

Class 156 Super Sprinter	-	diesel multiple unit	75	120	20	Aberystwyth and Chester to Birmingham New Street, Hereford to Birmingham New Street, Birmingham New Street to Leicester, Nottingham, Lincoln Central & Grimsby Town, Nottingham to Worksop, Crewe to Skegness.	1987–1989

Class 158 Express Sprinter	158751 at Westbury.JPG	diesel multiple unit	90	145	36	Norwich to Liverpool, Stansted to Birmingham, Nottingham to Cardiff, Grimsby to Birmingham, Birmingham to Liverpool	1989–1992

Class 310	-	electric multiple unit	75	121	10	Already being withdrawn at privatisation, remained as backup for the newly introduced Class 323.	1966

Class 312	-	electric multiple units	90	145	4	1976

Class 323	-	electric multiple units	90	145	26	Cross City Lines	1992–1993

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Class 310 and Class 312 trains were in the process of withdrawal at privatisation.

final_sentence: Class 310 and Class 312 trains were in the process of withdrawal at privatisation.