page_title: British Rail Class 314
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: British Rail Class 314 / Description
caption_attribution_description: Strathclyde Partnership for Transport British Rail Class 314 train at Gourock railway station
context_page_description: The British Rail Class 314 alternating current electric multiple units were built by British Rail Engineering Limited, Holgate Road carriage works in 1979. They were the third variety of British Rail's then-standard 1972 design for suburban EMUs, which eventually encompassed 755 vehicles and five classes. They operated on 25 kV overhead line, the fleet worked inner suburban services on the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport rail network in Scotland. The class ran to a top speed of 70 mph.
context_section_description: 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 October 1999, when the scrapping of most of the Class 303 stock resulted in their being transferred to Cathcart Circle services. 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 consisted of two outer motor cars with an unpowered trailer vehicle in the middle, giving a technical description of DMSO+PTSO+DMSO. The coaches were of integral aluminium alloy construction based on a steel underframe. Each 3-car set could seat up to 220 people, and following the standard practice in the Glasgow suburban sector, peak time services could be formed by operating two units in multiple to form a 6-car train.
caption: 314207 in Strathclyde Partnership for Transport carmine and cream livery at Gourock in May 2006
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