British Rail Class 314

what is it?

The British Rail Class 314 is a retired class of alternating current electric multiple unit (EMU) trains built by British Rail Engineering Limited's Holgate Road carriage works in 1979. They were a class of units derived from British Rail's 1971 prototype suburban EMU design which, as the BREL 1972 family, eventually encompassed 755 vehicles over five production classes (313, 314, 315, 507 and 508). The Class 314 fleet was used to operate inner-suburban services on the Strathclyde Passenger Transport rail network in and around Glasgow, most typically on the Argyle, North Clyde, Cathcart Circle, Paisley Canal and Inverclyde lines.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 113 km/htop speed
• built 16made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 47 years ago, in 1979.
• ⌛Served for 40 years (1979–2019).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1979

in service from

1979

retired

2019

status

retired

number built

16

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

British Rail Engineering Limited, Holgate Road carriage works

operators

First ScotRail (2004-2015), National Express ScotRail, Scottish Region of British Railways, Abellio ScotRail (2015-2022), British Rail ScotRail

top speed

113 km/h

power

—

Dutch name

BR Class 314

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.