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Since introduction in 1999, the ScotRail Class 170 Turbostar units have been operating on routes from Edinburgh Waverley, Glasgow Queen Street, and between Inverness and Aberdeen. A present they are not cleared to run north of Inverness, on the West Highland Line or on many routes out of Glasgow Central.

This page lists the routes within Scotland on which Class 170s are currently permitted to run. (Updated to January 2018)

Class 170 - Lines cleared for Passenger Operation

LoR code	Line of Route Description	Remarks
SC001	Gretna Jn – Glasgow Central (via Beattock)
SC003	Carstairs South Jn – Haymarket East Jn	Cleared June 2003
SC005	Carstairs Station Jn – Carstairs East Jn	Cleared June 2003
SC007	Midcalder Jn – Holytown Jn	Cleared October 2003
SC011	Law Jn – Uddingston Jn (via Holytown)	Cleared October 2003
SC029	Larkfield Jn – Shields Jn
SC093	Motherwell to Greenhill Lower Jn.
SC099	Whifflet North Jn - Rutherglen East Jn
SC101	Coatbridge Jn – Langloan Jn
SC103	Garnqueen North Jn – Cowlairs West Jn
SC105	Gartsherrie South Jn – Gartcosh Jn
SC106	Sighthill West Jn – Cowlairs South Jn (Chord Line)
SC107	Edinburgh Waverley – Glasgow Queen Street (via Falkirk High)
SC109	Polmont Jn – Greenhill Upper Jn (via Falkirk Grahamston)
SC110	Carmuirs East Jn – Larbert Jn
SC111	Newbridge Jn – Bathgate
SC113	Winchburgh Jn – Dalmeny Jn
SC115	Cowlairs West Jn – Knightswood North Jn (Maryhill lines)
SC115a	Maryhill Park Jn – Anniesland
SC116	Cowlairs East Jn – Cowlairs North Jn
SC119	Greenhill Upper Jn – Dundee
SC123*	Bathgate - Drumgelloch
SC123*	Bellgrove Jn - High St Jn
SC123*	Knightswood North Jn – Westerton Jn
SC129	Springburn – Bellgrove Jn
SC131	High Street – Shields Jn (City Union)	Cleared June 2003
SC147	Berwick – Haymarket West Jn (via Edinburgh Waverley)
SC149	North Berwick – Drem Jn
SC161	Newcraighall – Portobello Jn	Cleared June 2002
SC163	Portobello Jn – Niddrie West
SC164	Newcraighall North Jn – Tweedbank
SC165	Niddrie South Jn – Haymarket West Jn
SC167	Craiglockhart Jn – Slateford Jn
SC169	Gorgie Jn – Haymarket Central Jn
SC171	Edinburgh Waverley – Dundee (via Kirkcaldy)
SC173	Inverkeithing Central Jn – Thornton North Jn (via Cowdenbeath)
SC176	Inverkeithing North Jn – Inverkeithing East Jn
SC178	Thornton South Jn – Thornton West Jn
SC181	Ladybank Jn – Hilton Jn
SC183	Stirling – Alloa
SC191	Dundee – Aberdeen
SC193	Perth – Inverness
SC195	Aberdeen – Inverness
SC199	Keith branch platform
*	Partial LoR route only

Note: SC123* High Street Jn – Anniesland (via Glasgow Queen St Low Level station) in passenger use between 20 March and 8 August 2016 while Queen St High Level was closed.

Class 170 - Platform Restrictions

Inverness: Platforms 1-5 only
Glasgow Central High Level: Unrestricted (P.3-10 cleared January 2004)
Glasgow Queen St. High Level: Unrestricted (P.1 cleared June 2003)
Hartwood: Down platform prohibited (LoR SC007)

Class 170 - Lines cleared only for Non-passenger Operation (ECS)

LoR code	Line of Route Description
SC039*	Barassie Jn – Kilmarnock (Wabtec Works)	$ (Used since Feb 2016)
SC059*	Glasgow Central – Shields Jn
SC059*	Shields Jn – Barassie Junction	$ (Used since Feb 2016)
SC061*	Shields Jn – Corkerhill CSMD
SC117*	Grangemouth Junction (Turn-back moves only)
SC133*	Westerton Jn – Bearsden (to reverse at signal YH536 at Westerton Jn)
SC161*	Newcraighall East Jn - Millerhill EMU Depot
SC195*	Welsh's Bridge – Rose St Jn
SC203*	Rose St Jn - Inverness Platform 5
*	Partial LoR route only

$ Not yet shown in Sectional Appendix Route Clearance Module.

Route Clearance

• Route Availability
• Class 142 Route Clearance
• Class 158 Route Clearance
• Class 170 Route Clearance
• Class 185 Route Clearance
• Class 220 Route Clearance