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.[3] 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 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.[4]
In the end, the order for the new trains was cancelled[5] and due to this the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive ended up procuring a batch of Class 170 diesel multiple units as replacements.
^Webber, B. (1999). "Class 323 Electric Multiple Units". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. 213. p. 49, Table 1 'Chronology'. doi:10.1243/0954409991531029. S2CID 109704714. Hunslet TPL (Engineering and Project Management) becomes Holec Ridderkerk (Birmingham) Limited, latterly Holec Ridderkerk UK Limited: 15 March 1994
^Williams, Philip (23 March 1994). "Hunslet has had enough of 'misery line' battles". Birmingham Post. Midland Independent Newspapers. p. 9. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^"The all-time guide to the UK Traction Classification System Part 3: Diesel Multiple Units" (PDF). The Railway Centre. 2 May 2006. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^"STRATHCLYDE FEARS HITCH MAY JEOPARDISE LEASING". Local Government Choice. 25 February 1994. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
^"A Brief History of the Hunslet Engine Co". Leeds Engine Builders. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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