The days of the Scotrail Class 305's which operate from Edinburgh to the East Lothian seaside resort of North Berwick are now numbered following the building of new class 334 EMU's for Scotrail's Strathclyde operations.
Introduction of these new units will see the demise of the ageing Scotrail Class 303's currently used in and around the Strathclyde (Glasgow) area and will also displace some of the Class 318's currently operating on the Glasgow to Ayr line. While the Class 303's will be destined for scrap, the displaced Class 318's will see re-use on the Edinburgh - North Berwick line, replacing the ageing Class 305's which will also be destined for scrap, as well as on other local services within the Glasgow area.

In this view, vunerable 305501 passes through the South Lanarkshire countryside at Auchengray with an empty coaching stock (ECS) movement from Glasgow Shield Road to Edinburgh on a sunny Tue 14th September 1999 at 11:24.

Photo and Scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk)
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