The Class 168 fleet is leased to Chiltern Railways.
The fleet operates commuter/regional services from its central London Terminus at London Marylebone along the M40 corridor to destinations in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, as well as long-distance services to the West Midlands along 2 routes.
The fleet is currently configured as 3 x 3 car units.
Features and Facts:
- Manufacturer: Adtranz
- Entry into service: 2000
- Fleet size: 9 vehicles
- Unit formation: DMSL-MS-DMSL
- Unit seating capacity: Standard Class: 199, Tip Up: 5
- Dimensions of unit: DMSL: 23.62m, MS:23.61M
- Traction type: Diesel
- Maximum speed: 100mph
- Maximum acceleration: 0.5 ms-2
- Accessible: TSI PRM compliant
- CET toilets: 1 x UAT
- Air conditioning
- At-seat power sockets
- Overhead luggage storage
- Bicycle storage
