Rolling Stock
First ScotRail currently uses Class 334 and Class 318 EMU trains on the Ayrshire Coast Line and the occasional Class 314 on the Inverclyde Line. In the proposals drawn up by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, Class 334 units are shown to work the route. However, speculation surrounds actual rolling stock plans for GARL with the likelihood of First ScotRail using 4-car EMUs rather than the traditional 3-car of the 318 or 334 units. First ScotRail currently uses 4-car Class 322 units on its Glasgow Central/Edinburgh Waverley to North Berwick service - themselves ex-airport rail link trains, having been originally built to serve Stansted Airport near London.
In April 2008, First ScotRail placed a bid to tender for a new build of railway carriages for the SPT network of 120 vehicles. These new trains likely to be 4-car sets will operate on the Ayrshire Coast Line and Glasgow Airport services releasing Class 334 units to operate other SPT routes rumoured to be the new Airdrie to Bathgate line in 2010.
On 11 July 2008, Transport Scotland announced that 38 Class 380 trains have been ordered for use on Ayrshire and Inverclyde services and also the Glasgow Airport Rail Link.
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