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Description - Technical - Service - Livery - Departmental - Preservation - Numbering - Postal
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From 1981-83, the units were refurbished, which included opening out the compartments, fitting gangways between the carriages, and moving first class seating from the intermediate trailer to one of the driving trailers. In this modified form, the technical description of the formation was BDTCOL+MBSO+TSOL+DTSO. Individual carriages were numbered as follows: 75878-75886
and 75896-75919 - BDTCOL 75920-75928
- BDTS When Tilbury Docks closed as a cruise liner terminal, these units were made redundant and withdrawn from service. In 1983, three units, nos. 314/319/321, were rebuilt as parcels units, with the removal of the intermediate trailer, and renumbered 308993-995. These units were replaced by three converted Class 302/9 parcels units in 1992. Class 308/3 These units were later reclassified as Class 308/3, and renumbered 308453-455. Unlike the first batch, these units contained no first-class seating. Each unit was formed of three carriages; two outer driving trailers, and an intermediate motor coach. The technical description of the unit formation was BDTS+MBS+DTS. Individual carriages numbers were as follows: 75741-75743
- BDTS These units were withdrawn in the late 1980s. These units over time became like many other AC EMU's 'common user' on GE Lines. On newer units coming to the GE lines, a number of the 308's were transferred to operate the newly electrified Leeds local services. Not all parts
of this class were standard, with the Class 308/2 being built for
the Tilbury lines, which had some special traffic partly due the
Cruise Liners calling at Tilbury. This resulted in the motor coach
being MLV unlike the standard MBS of the other 308. When these services
stopped, the units were reduced to 3 car with the DTS being converted
to DTLV and used on parcel services until the introduction of the
converted Class 302 parcels units.
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Designed by: BR Design Panel Built at: York 1961 Technical details: EE 770hp traction motors Equipment E.E. Overhead at 6.25 KV ac then 25KV ac Maximum Speed 75mph(120 Kph) Bogie type Gresley Gear Ratio 65:17 Coupling Buck-eye Brake Type Automatic Air & Electro-Pneumatic Dates and
details of refurbishments: Depots of
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| By the early 1990s, only the Class 308/1 units were still in service. These were gradually replaced on GE services by the new Class 321 units. Some of the displaced units were transferred to the LTS line, whilst others were transferred to the West Midlands to work commuter trains pending the introduction of new Class 323 units. The LTS units were later displaced by Class 312 units. In 1994/95, electrification spread north from Leeds to Bradford, Skipton and Ilkley. As no new stock had been ordered, BR decided to overhaul some Class 308 units for use on these services. The work was carried out at Doncaster Works, and involved reducing the unit length to three carriages, with the removal of the intermediate trailers, which were scrapped. The trains were also painted in the attractive WYPTE maroon and cream livery. In 1996, with the privatisation of Britain's railway network, the Class 308 fleet passed into the ownership of the Angel Trains and leased to Regional Railways North East franchise. This was originally operated as Northern Spirit, but the franchise was later taken over by Arriva and operated as Arriva Trains Northern. By the late
1990s, it was clear that the elderly Class 308 units needed replacing.
Due to their age, they were increasing unreliable and expensive
to maintain. Replacement came in the form of sixteen new 3-car Class
333 units, which were introduced from 2000. They slowly replaced
the Class 308 units, which were withdrawn and sent for storage
at Pig's Bay near Shoeburyness. The final three units, nos. 308138/157/158,
were withdrawn in late 2001, and were sent for scrap at Immingham.
Since then, the stored units have slowly been scrapped at various
locations, with the final vehicles disposed of in 2004. Officially
known as "SAS" stock ("SAS" stood for Shenfield
Augmentation Stock). One unit went through the sand drag at the end of the down loop at Broxbourne whilst working the 03.37 Liverpool St -Bishops Stortford service in 1976 and ended up in a field for nearly 6 months. Leeds:
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Started in Plain Green and later Blue Grey, NSE and WYPTE.
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Formation Differences
in subclasses: Unit Numbers 308
133-165 Numbering
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Set Numbers 308 991-4 Formation Vehicles
numbers Introduced Details
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