One unrefurbished unit, 303048, was restored to original blue livery in March 1991, and was used on special duties for a number of years. However it was scrapped in 1998. was one of the final 303s in service being withdrawn on 29th December 2002. It was used as a depot shunter at Shields following withdrawal before being taken for scrapping in January 2003. On refurbishment the domino route blind on the front was removed and welded over, and two marker lights fitted to the front end. Later the square headlight was added in the early 1990s. In practice, the Class 311 operated almost interchangeably with the Class 303 and could be found in service across the Glasgow electrified suburban network.

Electrification of principal main lines, in the Eastern Region, Kent, Birmingham and Central Scotland. The steam locomotives were replaced by electric locomotives The British government under John Major said that privatisation would help passenger services, but this did not happen until much later. Unit involved in the Bellgrove crash. trailer 75781 used to reform set 071. 61847 and 75837 were scrapped.

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units were built, initially classified as AM11 units, and numbered 092-110, the numbers following on from the Class 303. [5] This was later changed to Class 311 under the TOPS system, and the units were renumbered 311092-110. Each unit was formed of three carriages; two outer driving trailers and an intermediate motor coach. The technical description of the formation was BDTSO+MBSO+DTSO. Individual carriages were numbered as follows: [6] Two units collided in the tunnel near Bridgeton Depot, leading to the death of a driver and a guard. With the 18th anniversary of their last revenue-earning run fast approaching (30th December 2002), I thought it appropriate to start a thread on one of the best-known of the early EMU classes outwith the Southern Region 'slammers': the 303s aka 'The Blue Trains' aka AM3s. As the title suggests, you can share your fondest/most vivid memories of these fine units in service, what livery/liveries you think suited them best (or your fave livery on them, period), whether they looked better with their original wrap-around cab windows or the later flat-glass design etc. The 311s are of course also permitted (hence the thread title), given their similarities to their elder sister units and how they worked interchangably with the 303s (much in the same manner as the 318s & 320s do now).

Units 303001,3,4,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,16,19,20,21,23,27,32,33,34,37,43,45,47,54 ,65,70,77,79,80,83,85,87,88,90,91 were the 36 remaining units at the end of the year. This article lists every electric-powered multiple unit allocated a TOPS classification or used on the mainline network since 1948, i.e. British Railways and post-privatisation. For a historical overview of electric multiple unit development in Great Britain, see British electric multiple units. The British Rail Class 423 (or 4Vep) electric multiple units were built by BR at York Works from 1967 to 1974. They feature manually opening doors next to every seating row and mostly found working outer suburban services in South London, and rural services in Kent and Sussex, up to replacement in 2005.

Most of the remaining unrefurbished units were withdrawn at the end of the 1980s, following the introduction of new Class 320 units on the North Clyde route in 1989. In the early 1980s, following a decline in passengers in the Glasgow area, several Class 303s were transferred to north west England. Initially, they were used on the Crewe to Liverpool service but were soon transferred to the Manchester area, operating services from Manchester Piccadilly to Altrincham, Hazel Grove, Macclesfield, Alderley Edge, Crewe and on the line to Glossop and Hadfield - this line had recently been converted from 1,500 V DC. The 303s replaced the Class 506s. All but one of these, number 303048, were withdrawn by the mid-1990s. This unit was transferred north again to Glasgow, and retained in unrefurbished condition for special trains. It was originally intended to preserve this unit, but due to asbestos contamination it was scrapped in 1996. Ninety-one 3-car units were built by Pressed Steel at Linwood near Paisley, from 1959–1961, although they were not introduced into service until 1960. [5] A further 19 near-identical Class 311 units were built in 1967 following the Inverclyde electrification, although these units were built by Cravens in Sheffield. [5] August 2002 saw the withdrawal of 303009 after the motor coach caught fire at Springburn. It had been rumoured that motor coach

also became the subject of a trial using silicon rectifiers instead of the mercury rectifiers used by the other units. The trial was a success and all units were refitted with silicon rectifiers albeit smaller than the ones used in 071. The British Rail Class 86 was the standard electric locomotive built during the 1960s. It was made after the repeated testing of the earlier classes like the 81 and 85. The tests led to a much improved loco design.One complete unit has been saved for preservation. It is a hybrid unit consisting of the driving vehicles from set 303032 and the motor coach from 303023, which replaced 303032's own damaged motor coach. Unit 303023 was one of only four to carry the later SPT carmine/cream livery. The set has been modified to operate in multiple with a blue-star compatible diesel locomotive (typically a Class 27) so that it can be driven on an un-electrified heritage line.

when it was "preserved " by scotrail in 1991 had a high intensity headlight fitted inside the middle windscreen, and the route blind at the top of the windscreen removed. A notable reopening was the Robin Hood Line in Nottinghamshire, between Nottingham and Worksop via Mansfield, which reopened in the early 1990s. Before the line reopened, Mansfield had been the largest town in Britain without a railway station. A complete Class 311 unit, which were almost identical to the Class 303s, was preserved at Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life in Coatbridge, although one driving trailer has since been scrapped. The British Rail Class 207 (or 3D) versatile diesel-electric multiple units were built by BR at Eastleigh in 1962.a b c d e f g h i j "Vehicle Diagram Book No.210 for Electrical Multiple Units (including A.P.T.)" (PDF). Barrowmore MRG. BRB Residuary Ltd. ED211, EE214, EF212. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016 . Retrieved 22 February 2016.