🚆 The Story of the Class 314 🚆 Introduced in the late 1970s, the British Rail Class 314 became a familiar sight across the Strathclyde suburban network. Built by BREL at York, these 25kV AC electric units were designed to modernise commuter services around Glasgow, replacing life-expired first-generation stock. With their distinctive flat fronts, slam doors, and rapid acceleration, Class 314s were perfectly suited to frequent-stop suburban duties. For decades they quietly carried thousands of

🚆 The Story of the Class 314 🚆 Introduced in the late 1970s, the British Rail Class 314 became a familiar sight across the Strathclyde suburban network. Built by BREL at York, these 25kV AC electric units were designed to modernise commuter services around Glasgow, replacing life-expired first-generation stock. With their distinctive flat fronts, slam doors, and rapid acceleration, Class 314s were perfectly suited to frequent-stop suburban duties. For decades they quietly carried thousands of

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28K views · 338 reactions |  Another of our Class 314 trains heads for the scrapyard. Here's one being hauled away by rail yesterday from our Yoker Depot for the last time, after almost 40 years of service. | ScotRail | Facebook