Which stock / line in particular?
Most asbestos was removed in the 80s.
Most of the current Scot fleet wouldn't have had any... If any of the fleet.
Thanks - sorry no idea of the stock - line is Kilmarnock to Glasgow Central.
Reason asking was metallic looking fibre floating in the carriage - and associated burning/smokey smell.
Wrong. BR was disposing of asbestos insulated stock in the 80s; think it was 1987 was the deadline for removing it or scrapping. BR certainly wasn’t buying new stock with it after they had removed all vehicles with it from service!KDA is right, the world stopped using asbestos in the late 1990s, not before. Any trains built in the 70s, 80s and 90s would contain asbestos.
1. The UK is not the rest of the World, most new use of Asbestos was banned in the the UK under the "Asbestos Regulations (1969)"Thanks everyone - again no expert but reading looks like 156s are from the mid to late 80s and all Asbestos was not banned till 1999.
Wrong. BR was disposing of asbestos insulated stock in the 80s; think it was 1987 was the deadline for removing it or scrapping. BR certainly wasn’t buying new stock with it after they had removed all vehicles with it from service!
1. The UK is not the rest of the World, most new use of Asbestos was banned in the the UK under the "Asbestos Regulations (1969)"
2. British Rail stopped using Asbestos for insulation purposes for new refurbished rolling stock in 1967.
3. In 1974 British rail started what was meant to be a 4 year intensive Asbestos removal programme for 7000 passenger vehicle which dragged on for longer than 4 years.
4. Passenger Rolling stock that was near end of life or very difficult to remove asbestos from was scrapped by 1987 (some locomotives survived longer e.g. 26s/27s? )
What you experienced was probably dust from brake blocks.Are Scotland carriages Asbestos free?
Concerned are travelling last week.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Given your location (Oceania) you may not be aware that the UK was substantially ahead of most of the rest of the world in restricting most new Asbestos use. British Rail was also one of the first user organisations in the world to acknowledge the dangers of blue asbestos.KDA is right, the world stopped using asbestos in the late 1990s, not before. Any trains built in the 70s, 80s and 90s would contain asbestos.
Hi - live in Scotland.
Been using the train since 1995. First time encountered smell and saw fibre floating.
My well have been from the breaks or doors - thought I saw cloud of stuff when waiting to get on the train.
I was not sure if asbestos had been left in situ and things could have deteriorated - realised exposure if any would have been short but wondered about stuff on clothing and also further risk using train daily.
Thanks for everyone’s input - taking it the insulation was never asbestos and if it was it would have been removed and likewise there would be no use of asbestos in the brakes, doors, ceiling etc. Again thanks for everyone’s input - really appreciated.
Try again...KDA is right, the world stopped using asbestos in the late 1990s, not before. Any trains built in the 70s, 80s and 90s would contain asbestos.