Incidents and Accidents
The Class 303s were involved in many accidents in their 42 years of service:
- 30/08/73 -
- 303091 involved in Gower Street Collision while working 21:35 Wemyss Bay to Glasgow Central.
- 31/5/75 -
- 303007 crashes in to cement train at Rutherglen while working 08:25 Glasgow Central to Hamilton Circle.
- 20/06/75 -
- 303022 crashes into buffers at Lanark while working 14:33 Glasgow Central to Lanark.
- 16/04/79 -
- 303074 involved in Gilmour Street Collision while working 19:40 Glasgow Central to Wemyss Bay.
- --/--/80 -
- 303002 runs away at Neilston Station and becomes the first unit to be scrapped.
- 07/03/85 -
- 303072 strikes girder placed on track at Singer whilst working 22.46 Airdrie to Balloch. Front bogie of 75782 is ripped off.
- --/--/86 -
- 303057 Motor Coach fire
- 11/09/86 -
- Two units collide in the tunnel near Bridgeton Depot, leading to the death of a driver and guard.
- 30/01/87 -
- 303051 runs away and collides with 37011 near Dalmuir
- 06/03/89 -
- Head on collision between 303005 and 303071 at Bellgrove junction.
- 01/05/91 -
- Motor Coach of 303038 explodes at Shields Depot
- 21/07/91 -
- 303037 involved in Newton Crash.
- --/06/94 -
- 303046 hits object placed by vandals on track on Wemyss Bay branch.
- --/--/99 -
- 303058 Motor Coach blew up in service
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