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The new edition of Modern Railways has some information on the new 387 Electrostar Southern has ordered for Thameslink.
The 29x four car dual voltage 110mph capable units will start to arrive from October 2014 with them entering passenger service from May 2015 and will be similar to the 377/6 and /7 fleets.
Due to the requirement for higher reliability of 40k between incidents (MTIN) the units will have a new communications backbone according to Southern's Fleet Director which means they won't work with 377s expect in an emergency.
So this means that during 2016 you end up with 4 completely different fleets working Thameslink together.
Depot allocation will change with the 387 fleet being based at Lovers Walk (better for Thameslink diagrams), the 377 at Selhurst and 442/455 at Stewarts Lane.
In the long term the new Field Sidings at Selhurst will be used for class 700 stabling.
The 29x four car dual voltage 110mph capable units will start to arrive from October 2014 with them entering passenger service from May 2015 and will be similar to the 377/6 and /7 fleets.
Due to the requirement for higher reliability of 40k between incidents (MTIN) the units will have a new communications backbone according to Southern's Fleet Director which means they won't work with 377s expect in an emergency.
So this means that during 2016 you end up with 4 completely different fleets working Thameslink together.
Depot allocation will change with the 387 fleet being based at Lovers Walk (better for Thameslink diagrams), the 377 at Selhurst and 442/455 at Stewarts Lane.
In the long term the new Field Sidings at Selhurst will be used for class 700 stabling.