page_title: British Rail Class 304
hierarchical_section_title: British Rail Class 304
caption_attribution_description: B.R. (L.M.R.) Class AM4/1 (later Class 304/1) 25k v ac overhead Standard Mk.I 4-car outer-suburban e.m.u. No.304 006 (ex-006) of BR Regional Railways/Greater Manchester PTE but still in BR blue &amp; grey livery at Manchester Piccadilly on a Stoke-on-Trent service, 10/92. Scanned from one of my photographs taken on a Canon ES-1 Programme.
context_page_description: The British Rail Class 304 electric multiple units were built for suburban use on the first phases of the West Coast Main Line electrification between Crewe and Manchester/Liverpool/Rugby. Originally classed as AM4 units, they later became Class 304 under the TOPS numbering system, and could be found in operation over most of the West Coast Main Line. The units conformed to the 1959-design for alternating current electrical multiple units, and were externally very similar to the Class 305, Class 308 and the 1,200 V direct current Class 504 units. No units survived into preservation, and all units were eventually scrapped.
context_section_description: The British Rail Class 304 electric multiple units were built for suburban use on the first phases of the West Coast Main Line electrification between Crewe and Manchester/Liverpool/Rugby. Originally classed as AM4 units, they later became Class 304 under the TOPS numbering system, and could be found in operation over most of the West Coast Main Line. The units conformed to the 1959-design for alternating current (AC) electrical multiple units, and were externally very similar to the Class 305, Class 308 and the 1,200 V direct current (DC) Class 504 units. No units survived into preservation, and all units were eventually scrapped.
caption: 304006 at Manchester Piccadilly in 1992
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