304045_1979_04_Crewe
304045 is working Crewe – Liverpool local services on the 7th April 1979 and is seen here in one of the North bay platforms at Crewe.
Unit History
The class 304 electric multiple units were built for suburban use on the first phases of the West Coast Main Line electrification between Crewe and Manchester/Liverpool/Rugby. Originally classed as AM4 units, they were externally very similar to the class 305 and class 308 units built for the Great Eastern electrification and the class 504 Manchester – Bury units. Forty Five class 304 units were built by Wolverton Works, in three batches between 1960 and 1962. These units were arranged into four-car sets, consisting of: a Driving Trailer Brake Second Open, Trailer Composite, Motor Brake Second Open, and a Driving Trailer Second Open. In the early 1980s, a refurbishment program was carried out, this included the removal and scrapping of the Trailer Composite vehicles, reducing the units to three-car sets. Withdrawals commenced in 1992 and the last two sets (304002/033) were withdrawn in March 1996. All forty five units have been broken up with the last set (304021) succumbing to the cutters torch in November 2000
304045_1979_04_Crewe
304045 is working Crewe – Liverpool local services on the 7th April 1979 and is seen here in one of the North bay platforms at Crewe.
Unit History
The class 304 electric multiple units were built for suburban use on the first phases of the West Coast Main Line electrification between Crewe and Manchester/Liverpool/Rugby. Originally classed as AM4 units, they were externally very similar to the class 305 and class 308 units built for the Great Eastern electrification and the class 504 Manchester – Bury units. Forty Five class 304 units were built by Wolverton Works, in three batches between 1960 and 1962. These units were arranged into four-car sets, consisting of: a Driving Trailer Brake Second Open, Trailer Composite, Motor Brake Second Open, and a Driving Trailer Second Open. In the early 1980s, a refurbishment program was carried out, this included the removal and scrapping of the Trailer Composite vehicles, reducing the units to three-car sets. Withdrawals commenced in 1992 and the last two sets (304002/033) were withdrawn in March 1996. All forty five units have been broken up with the last set (304021) succumbing to the cutters torch in November 2000