Class 314 - soon to be gone - Part 1

British Rail Class 314 alternating current (AC) electric multiple units (EMU) were built by BREL at York works from 1978 to 1979. They were the second variety of British Rail's then-standard 1972 design for suburban EMUs, which eventually encompassed 755 vehicles and five Classes (Class 313/314/315/507/508). Able to operate from 25 kV overhead line current collection only, the fleet works outer-suburban services on the Strathclyde Passenger Transport rail network in Central Scotland.

Sixteen Class 314 3-car units were introduced in late 1979 to operate on the then newly opened Argyle Line, and were used on both this and the North Clyde Line routes until 2002, when the scrapping of the elderly Class 303 stock led to much stock cascading within the SPT network. The Class 314 was based on the experimental Class 445 or "PEP" unit, the design of which spawned the sister Class 313 and Class 315 units which are used extensively in the London commuter area.

In line with the other PEP-based classes, the Class 314 units consist of two outer motor cars with an unpowered trailer vehicle in the middle, giving a technical description of DMSO+PTSO+DMSO. The coaches are of integral aluminium alloy construction based on a steel underframe. Each 3-car set can seat up to 220 people, and following the standard practice in the Glasgow suburban sector, peak time services can be formed by operating two units in multiple to form a 6-car train.
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by accident there is a couple of 318's flying past on video and a 334 apart from its pure 314 :)

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[lindsaymobil22]

nice, i remember years ago my grandpa used to take me down to Woodhall on these trains, good memories! :)

[scottishrailways]

yeahh glad they stickin around longer than they are supposed to now:P

[veolia215]

The welsh asembly is looking at running some of the local service out of cardiff with emus if the gw mainline is electrified from London to Swansea. Maybe we could grab a few of these units and use them instead of sending them for scrap

[scottishrailways]

that would be awesome mate!

[thomsonfly645k]

i think that they should grab a handful of classes:

313,314,315 and preserve them

[scottishrailways]

definatly!

314 will now be around untill 2014 heard a couple of days ago pheww!

[ryanrfc100]

dont want 2 c them go bad enough when 303s were scrapped and now another good auld train has 2 go

[editedbyfailure]

can't wait for these to be scrapped, i hate these trains. awful interior, 318, 320 and 334 will do me fine thanks. I want some of the destination blinds out em though, raid the fuck out em at the scrapyard

[RFCKB2K9]

I was on one of them the other day :)

[soundseeker63]

I take it the 380s are supposed to be replacing these?

[pianoshizzle]

what type of train will they use to replace after these?

[lindsaymobil22]

no i think this paisley gilmour street if im correct?

[SilsdenCougar]

Driving Motor Standard Open.

[Sugababeslover]

What's a DMSO?