And after an initial period when the 455 diagrams went up of a few diagrams regularly being 4-car daily, 455 short forms are once again very rare.
I agree that in general this is true, but by a quirk of unfortunate timing, this is from journeycheck this morning;
Train Formation Updates
05:54 Hampton Court to London Waterloo due 06:31
06:54 London Waterloo to Guildford due 08:04
08:45 Guildford to London Waterloo due 09:55
10:06 London Waterloo to Hampton Court due 10:42
10:54 Hampton Court to London Waterloo due 11:32
11:54 London Waterloo to Guildford due 13:02
13:45 Guildford to London Waterloo due 14:55
15:17 London Waterloo to Chessington South due 15:51
16:04 Chessington South to London Waterloo due 16:40
17:03 London Waterloo to Guildford due 18:09
18:34 Guildford to London Waterloo due 19:37
19:50 London Waterloo to Woking due 20:42
21:03 Woking to London Waterloo due 21:52
22:06 London Waterloo to Hampton Court due 22:45
23:45 London Waterloo to Chessington South due 00:23
00:27 Chessington South to Wimbledon due 00:45
Will be formed of 4 coaches instead of 8.
06:24 Hampton Court to London Waterloo due 07:01
07:24 London Waterloo to Dorking due 08:14
08:32 Dorking to London Waterloo due 09:25
09:36 London Waterloo to Hampton Court due 10:12
10:24 Hampton Court to London Waterloo due 11:01
11:24 London Waterloo to Dorking due 12:14
12:32 Dorking to London Waterloo due 13:25
13:36 London Waterloo to Hampton Court due 14:12
14:24 Hampton Court to London Waterloo due 15:01
15:24 London Waterloo to Dorking due 16:14
16:32 Dorking to London Waterloo due 17:25
17:36 London Waterloo to Hampton Court due 18:12
18:24 Hampton Court to London Waterloo due 19:01
19:24 London Waterloo to Dorking due 20:14
20:32 Dorking to London Waterloo due 21:26
21:36 London Waterloo to Hampton Court due 22:12
22:24 Hampton Court to London Waterloo due 23:02
23:12 London Waterloo to Shepperton due 00:03
Will be formed of 4 coaches instead of 8.
06:49 Epsom to London Waterloo due 07:25
07:36 London Waterloo to Hampton Court due 08:12
08:24 Hampton Court to London Waterloo due 09:01
09:24 London Waterloo to Dorking due 10:14
10:32 Dorking to London Waterloo due 11:25
11:36 London Waterloo to Hampton Court due 12:14
12:24 Hampton Court to London Waterloo due 13:02
13:24 London Waterloo to Dorking due 14:14
14:32 Dorking to London Waterloo due 15:25
15:36 London Waterloo to Hampton Court due 16:12
16:24 Hampton Court to London Waterloo due 17:01
17:24 London Waterloo to Dorking due 18:14
18:32 Dorking to London Waterloo due 19:25
19:36 London Waterloo to Hampton Court due 20:12
20:24 Hampton Court to London Waterloo due 21:01
22:32 Dorking to London Waterloo due 23:30
23:53 London Waterloo to Guildford due 01:00
Will be formed of 4 coaches instead of 8.