Class 318
British Rail's three-car electric of 1986 for Glasgow's suburban lines, refurbished with power sockets, wifi and an accessible toilet. It works with the Class 320s.
- Type
- Electric multiple unit
- Builder
- BREL
- In service
- since 1986
- Operators
- ScotRail
- Formation
- 3 cars (DTSL-PMS-DTS)
- Fleets
- ScotRail: 21
- Top speed
- 90 mph (145 km/h)
- Power
- 25 kV AC overhead
- Profile
- main-line
- Seats per train
- 206
- Total capacity
- 206 seats and 2 tip-up
- Status
- In service: 21 three-car units.
Car types
| Code | Car | Length | Doors per side |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTSL | Driving trailer standard with toilet (DTSL) | 19.83 m | 2 double |
| PMS | Pantograph motor standard (PMS) | 19.92 m | 2 double |
| DTS | Driving trailer standard (DTS) | 19.83 m | 2 double |
Sources
- Class 318, Eversholt Rail (21 three-car units; BREL; in service 1986; formation; seats; 90 mph; 25 kV AC; refurbishment; works with the 320s)
- Vehicle Diagram Book No. 210 for Electric Multiple Units (including A.P.T.), with the Class 318 (EE227, EE228, EC207; October 1986) and Class 321 (EE236, EC210; October 1988) diagrams, British Railways Board, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Department (PDF copy by J. D. Faulkner, 2012, from the book lent by Eddie Knorn; copyright BRB Residuary Ltd), 1986-1988, pp. EE227, EE228, EC207; EC210 (the drawing: the Class 318's dimensioned diagrams (DTS(A), DTS(B), MS), measured; the Class 321 PMS as a cross-check of the MS)
- Identity Guidelines for Scotland's Railway, version 1.1: Rolling stock (pp. 14-36), with ScotRail's train outlines (livery sheets) and decals, Transport Scotland, 2023, pp. 15-17, 19 (the drawing's livery: the rules for colours, arrows, vignettes and the margin round the doors, and the Class 314 sheet they are measured from)
- Class 318 and 320 photographs ('Dalmuir - Scotrail 318257+318269.JPG', 'Shields - Scotrail 320309.JPG'), Wikimedia Commons (Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0), 2025-2026 (the drawing: the front without its gangway, the livery's layout and the cantrail line)
unverified the drawing's wheels and wheelbase: the diagrams draw them inconsistently (wheels 830-925 mm, wheelbase 2,570-2,720 mm); drawn at their means, the drawing's livery: the arrows and vignettes follow the guidelines' rules and their Class 314 sheet, and the cantrail line's height (about 3.18 m) and the grey roof's edge (about 3.35 m) are estimated from a photograph, the drawing's windows: from diagrams of 1986 and 1988; the accessible toilets fitted in the 2018-2020 upgrades may have changed the windows of one driving car, the drawing's front: the diagrams show the 1986 front with its gangway, removed in 2005-2007; drawn as the body's front without it, the drawing's cab side window: drawn as the 1986 diagrams draw it (2.04-2.83 m above rail); photographs of 318257 (2026) show it deeper since the cab was rebuilt, to about 1.7 m, the drawing's bogie frames and underframe equipment: a plain schematic, not drawn from a source (the diagrams draw only the wheels)