Class 707 - SWT: Introduction into service

43096 · 3 Mar 2018

The final pair, 707024/030, are out on commissioning runs to Reading today.

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WWTownEnth · 6 Mar 2018

Have 707021 and 707022 made it into service yet?

Driver@swt · 6 Mar 2018

Not yet, their last test run is due to be tomorrow.

Drsatan · 7 Mar 2018

Which routes are the 707s used on at weekends?

JonathanH · 7 Mar 2018

Drsatan said:
Which routes are the 707s used on at weekends?

Waterloo to Windsor
Waterloo to Hounslow via Brentford / Hounslow via Richmond / Weybridge via Brentford

The Windsor diagrams are (mainly) self-contained. The Hounslow loop services all interwork.

Some 450s and 458s also used.

TEW · 8 Mar 2018

All the Hounslow services should be 5-car 707s, Windsor is a mix of 458s and 707s. Subject to change due to engineering work, or events at Twickenham though. On Sundays the afternoon Waterloo-Kingston via Hounslow services are 455s.

TEW · 10 Mar 2018

707021 reported in service yesterday, 707022 seen in service today.
707027+707029 stabled in South Sidings at Waterloo for the weekend. These will come out on Monday for a new diagram, with more work on the Mainline rather than Windsor side. The diagram spends the day on Kingston Loop services, running 30 minutes ahead of the current 707 diagram on the Kingston Loop. In the evening it goes on to work on different routes though:
2D93 1801 London Waterloo-Epsom
5D56 1846 Epsom-London Waterloo
1D57 1924 London Waterloo-Dorking
1D66 2034 Dorking-London Waterloo
1J67 2136 London Waterloo-Hampton Court
1J74 2224 Hampton Court-Surbiton
2J69 2239 Surbiton-Hampton Court
2J76 2254 Hampton Court-London Waterloo

pompeyfan · 10 Mar 2018

Semi related, but has a 458 been displaced into a rounder diagram. Overtook a 10.458 at Wimbledon flyover which is the first time I’ve seen one on the mainline side with the exception of Woking area.

TEW · 10 Mar 2018

It's a Shepperton diagram, was discussed on this thread a few weeks back.

pompeyfan · 10 Mar 2018

TEW said:
It's a Shepperton diagram, was discussed on this thread a few weeks back.

Sorry, my bad for not looking but it’s difficult to pick up everything when skimming through threads.

Is there any plans to put the 707s on Guildford via Cobham?

TEW · 10 Mar 2018

2 services should be soon, 1207 and 2007 from Guildford.

TT-ONR-NRN · 10 Mar 2018

TEW said:
2 services should be soon, 1207 and 2007 from Guildford.

Awesome, I shall begin hunting for the former! Nice to see some 707 action in Surrey, hopefully they will be restored on the Epsom line again soon too.

pompeyfan · 10 Mar 2018

Okay thanks for the speedy response. I’ll keep an eye out.

TEW · 10 Mar 2018

TT-ONR-NRN said:
Awesome, I shall begin hunting for the former! Nice to see some 707 action in Surrey, hopefully they will be restored on the Epsom line again soon too.

That diagram hasn't run as a 707 yet so don't be too eager. The 1039 and 1839 from Waterloo to Guildford via Epsom will also be 707s.

TEW · 12 Mar 2018

The last 2 10-car 707 diagrams have gone over the 707 operation today, these are the two that cover more Main Surburban routes. The 0906 Waterloo-Hampton Court has just left formed of a 10-car 707.

Laurence Coles · 13 Mar 2018

There's a full day diagram for 707s now on the main side
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/all-swr-707s-now-delivered-and-in-service.161889/

GW43125 · 13 Mar 2018

Reported elsewhere that 7024 & 7030 have made an outing in passenger service this afternoon.

18:52 Waterloo Weybridge
20:33 Weybridge Waterloo

GW43125 · 15 Mar 2018

Noticed on 707011 this afternoon that she now says "the next station is..." rather than "the next stop is..."

TT-ONR-NRN · 16 Mar 2018

I would really appreciate the 707 diagrams for tomorrow if anyone has them please?

GW43125 · 16 Mar 2018

In a nutshell (these are booked, taken from the CWN, subject to change):
All Weybridge services are booked a single 707.
05:58 Waterloo-Windsor- double 707
06:28 Waterloo-Windsor- double 707
^The above two repeat every two and a half hours.
Pretty much all Waterloo-Brentford-Twickenham-Waterloo (and reverse direction) rounders are a single 707.

Beware though, there's Rugby at Twickenham with a kick off (is that even what it's called?) of 14:45, so all Windsor services may be busy, particularly midday-6pm (and probably later).

Peter Mugridge · 16 Mar 2018

The 16.04 from Epsom to Waterloo ( 15.28 from Guildford ) was a pair of 707s this afternoon; I didn't think that was one of the booked workings?

GW43125 · 16 Mar 2018

Peter Mugridge said:
The 16.04 from Epsom to Waterloo ( 15.28 from Guildford ) was a pair of 707s this afternoon; I didn't think that was one of the booked workings?

8/455 according to the CWN so I guess there was a shortage of 455s or something

Peter Mugridge · 16 Mar 2018

GW43125 said:
8/455 according to the CWN so I guess there was a shortage of 455s or something

Thanks; yes - it was a bit of a surprise seeing a pair of them at that time.

TEW · 17 Mar 2018

Peter Mugridge said:
The 16.04 from Epsom to Waterloo ( 15.28 from Guildford ) was a pair of 707s this afternoon; I didn't think that was one of the booked workings?

It isn't, the 1604 from Dorking is the booked diagram for 707s.

TEW · 17 Mar 2018

GW43125 said:
In a nutshell (these are booked, taken from the CWN, subject to change):
All Weybridge services are booked a single 707.
05:58 Waterloo-Windsor- double 707
06:28 Waterloo-Windsor- double 707
^The above two repeat every two and a half hours.
Pretty much all Waterloo-Brentford-Twickenham-Waterloo (and reverse direction) rounders are a single 707.

Beware though, there's Rugby at Twickenham with a kick off (is that even what it's called?) of 14:45, so all Windsor services may be busy, particularly midday-6pm (and probably later).

Likely to be completely different with Rugby at Twickenham. Expect 10 cars on all Weybridge and Hounslow Loop services, with a mix of 707s and 458s. Windsor may have the odd 455 diagram, it used to when Rugby was on, but that was before the 707s came on to stream fully.

GW43125 · 17 Mar 2018

TEW said:
Likely to be completely different with Rugby at Twickenham. Expect 10 cars on all Weybridge and Hounslow Loop services, with a mix of 707s and 458s. Windsor may have the odd 455 diagram, it used to when Rugby was on, but that was before the 707s came on to stream fully.

Currently on a nicely doubled up Weybridge

2S03-7029 7026
2S05-7024 7018
2S07-7022 7015

Guard believes all Weybridges have been doubled up. I’ll report back on the Windsor situation in about 20 minutes.

2U09-450088 & unknown
2U12-458526 & unknown

Peter Mugridge · 17 Mar 2018

TEW said:
It isn't, the 1604 from Dorking is the booked diagram for 707s.

Thanks, but it couldn't have been that one as I saw it just after four between Epsom and Ewell West - so it had to be the 15.28 off Guildford I saw.

STEVIEBOY1 · 22 Mar 2018

I travelled on one of these for the first time a couple of days ago. Seemed similar to those on Thameslink, apart from the OLE/3rd supply. Seat did seem a bit hard though.

Goldfish62 · 30 Mar 2018

A pair of 707s is on the Reading circuit today. Observed on the 0712 from Reading.

lewisf · 30 Mar 2018

So what's happening with the 455s on the mainline side that have been displaced by 707s?

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