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Anything Going On At Chart Leacon ?

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Hi All,

A couple of days ago when travelling back to my home town, I couldn't help but notice that Chart Leacon seemed a lot emptier than usual and very closed up. Is it being wound down for some reason ?
 
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Hi All,

A couple of days ago when travelling back to my home town, I couldn't help but notice that Chart Leacon seemed a lot emptier than usual and very closed up. Is it being wound down for some reason ?

Almost completely closed I believe, at least as far as the Bombardier works is concerned. This will be why you see stock such as SWT 455s going to Ilford nowadays.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-11211056
...has some details, they reckon 375s are still dealt with there, but I don't know if that is still up to date.
 

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Almost completely closed I believe, at least as far as the Bombardier works is concerned. This will be why you see stock such as SWT 455s going to Ilford nowadays.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-11211056
...has some details, they reckon 375s are still dealt with there, but I don't know if that is still up to date.

Thanks for the info SWT Passenger.

There were a couple of units there but it didn't look like a lot was going on.

Will be a very sad moment for Ashford. The end of an era :(
 

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I just hope there's enough activity to keep it going. Ashford being a railway town afterall.
 
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