I don't think they've ever been to Victoria however I did here once of one making it to Watford Junction from a former schoolmate.Just a basic quick question regarding the above, I’m aware SWTs 170s would have, but never seen or heard of Southern doing so.
Just a basic quick question regarding the above, I’m aware SWTs 170s would have, but never seen or heard of Southern doing so.
They did run around the area briefly. There was the proposed Wandsworth Road to Ealing Broadway service using the West London Line and Poplar lines to the GW relief lines. This required a class 171, as part of the route isn't electrified. There were trial runs in 2010, but the service didn't get approval as the 171s couldn't be rescued easily IIRC. The 171s have Dellners, the GW Turbos are all 16x BSI.Just a basic quick question regarding the above, I’m aware SWTs 170s would have, but never seen or heard of Southern doing so.
on rare occasions 171s do operate down to East Grinstead on ECS moves, like earlier this week where a 171 operated on an ECS from uckfield to east grinstead around midnight and back up to uckfield at 4-5AM due to late night engineering works blocking the line (don't ask me why they didn't just keep it at uckfield because I have no idea.) I don't think it would be wrong to say that 171s probably have operated services to victoria from east grinstead before now, presuming they're allowed to.
Uckfield is not a permitted berthing location so not allowedon rare occasions 171s do operate down to East Grinstead on ECS moves, like earlier this week where a 171 operated on an ECS from uckfield to east grinstead around midnight and back up to uckfield at 4-5AM due to late night engineering works blocking the line (don't ask me why they didn't just keep it at uckfield because I have no idea.)
EDIT: i've found photos on flickr which show 171s operating the service to london bridge, which now only operates in peak times with thameslink, i'm uncertain that these services called at clapham junction but i'm pretty sure they did
I know I live in EG lol, but if these photos are true they seemed to occasionally operate the now gone SN EG-london bridge services.171’s don’t work Grinny services, only Uckfield-London Bridge via Sydennah corridor so nowhere near Clapham Junction
they're could have been, honestly I have no clue, but I have found news reports and press releases from summer 2015 about it, but none of the photos are from around that time, most are from 2016 but one is from 2008, all of which were taken in daylight on weekdays and mention nothing about a diversion to EG, even so if the line is closed I believe they just end the service short at oxted or hurst green.
on rare occasions 171s do operate down to East Grinstead on ECS moves, like earlier this week where a 171 operated on an ECS from uckfield to east grinstead around midnight and back up to uckfield at 4-5AM due to late night engineering works blocking the line (don't ask me why they didn't just keep it at uckfield because I have no idea.) I don't think it would be wrong to say that 171s probably have operated services to victoria from east grinstead before now, presuming they're allowed to.
EDIT: i've found photos on flickr which show 171s operating the service to london bridge, which now only operates in peak times with thameslink, i'm uncertain that these services called at clapham junction but i'm pretty sure they did
EDIT: i've found photos on flickr which show 171s operating the service to london bridge, which now only operates in peak times with thameslink, i'm uncertain that these services called at clapham junction but i'm pretty sure they did
They're not "no more" - they never were!ah ok, seeing as the london bridge service has now moved over to thameslink i'm assuming that means that 171s at clapham junction are pretty much no more.
Not any longer, but it was for a short period when the 0530 service was introduced a number of years' ago, with crews being taxied down from Selhurst. Subsequently it was changed so the first service was stabled at OXT and ECS'd down to UCK...Berthing of rolling stock is not permitted at Uckfield.
Berthing of rolling stock is not permitted at Uckfield.
Is this because if something was berthed there it would in effect be blocking the whole line from Uckfield to Crowborough?Not any longer, but it was for a short period when the 0530 service was introduced a number of years' ago, with crews being taxied down from Selhurst. Subsequently it was changed so the first service was stabled at OXT and ECS'd down to UCK...
Is this because if something was berthed there it would in effect be blocking the whole line from Uckfield to Crowborough?