Class 157 ''Strathclyde Sprinter'' was the designation applied to a range of
diesel multiple unit trains of the
Sprinter family which were planned for regional use in the United Kingdom, in particular with the
Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive. As well as the class number,
British Rail reserved carriage numbers in the ''526xx'' and ''576xx'' series for these units.
As the
privatisation of British Rail
The privatisation of British Rail was the process by which ownership and operation of the railways of Great Britain passed from government control into private hands. Begun in 1994, it had been completed by 1997. The deregulation of the indust ...
began, the intended use of the new trains in the Strathclyde area on a range of both existing and newly reopened routes was shelved, owing to the lack of funding available for the reopenings that had been specified by the local authorities. An additional issue was Hunslet's attempt to transfer its intellectual property rights over a number of its engineering designs to another company throughout 1994.
In the end, the order for the new trains was cancelled
and due to this the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive ended up procuring a batch of
Class 170 diesel multiple units as replacements.
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Year 157 ( CLVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Civica and Aquillus (or, less frequently, year 910 ''Ab urbe condit ...
Abandoned trains of the United Kingdom