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Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates

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Today's testing:
5T95 Clapham Yard-Guildford via Richmond, Chertsey & Woking
5T96 Guildford-Epsom & back
5T97 Guildford-Reading via Woking, Chertsey& Virginia Water shunt.
5T98 Reading-Clapham Yard via Virginia Water shunt, Chertsey & Weybridge.

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Realtime Trains | 5T95 0936 Clapham Yard Sidings to Guildford | 10/06/2025

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701s have been cleared from Staines to Reading! Comes into effect on the 15th, just in time for the royal ascot as predicted
 
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701043 failed at Waterloo ahead of 2U41 14.33 Windsor
-edit: not terminal, away 21' late, first stop Feltham.
 
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GW43125 said:
Today's testing:
5T95 Clapham Yard-Guildford via Richmond, Chertsey & Woking
5T96 Guildford-Epsom & back
5T97 Guildford-Reading via Woking, Chertsey& Virginia Water shunt.
5T98 Reading-Clapham Yard via Virginia Water shunt, Chertsey & Weybridge.

Sorry don't have the links to hand at the moment
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701028 is on this.
 
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I travelled on a 701 on Saturday between Waterloo and Feltham and was suprised to see the non commercial guard doing a ticket check complete with yellow iPhone for contactless
 
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5Q77 1618 Bicester to Wimbledon Park (via Willesden South West Sidings) is running today (Tues 10.06.25) powered by 69013, can anyone say what is being conveyed please.
 
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JourneyCheck looking pretty dire this morning, lots of short forms.

I'm not clever enough with RTT to know if this is more issues with the 701's or older stock falling apart.
 
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SWT_USER said:
JourneyCheck looking pretty dire this morning, lots of short forms.

I'm not clever enough with RTT to know if this is more issues with the 701's or older stock falling apart.
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Think it's probably partly due to the fatality that ruined the service late last night. I doubt much stock that needed depot attention ended in the correct location.
 
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SWT_USER said:
JourneyCheck looking pretty dire this morning, lots of short forms.

I'm not clever enough with RTT to know if this is more issues with the 701's or older stock falling apart.
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If you look at Journeycheck and it says 4 instead of 8 coaches it's not a 701 as there are no 8 coach 701s.

The 5 instead of 10 coaches today is 458/5s, as it was yesterday.
 
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Haven’t seen a 701 storage move to Long Marston for a while, perhaps is due to some coming out from Bicester recently
 

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Bigfoot said:
Think it's probably partly due to the fatality that ruined the service late last night. I doubt much stock that needed depot attention ended in the correct location.
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Not forgetting that the incident train (8.450) will need deep cleaning as well as a thorough inspection, so that’s a further two diagrams uncovered.
 
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mansonlo49 said:
Haven’t seen a 701 storage move to Long Marston for a while, perhaps is due to some coming out from Bicester recently
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U.701056 Bicester to Wimbledon Park with 69013 yesterday.

U.701055 Eastleigh Depot to Long Marston with 69013 today.
 
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Todays visitors to Waterloo so far!

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Snow1964 said:
As this is a 701 thread, does that mean they ran some 5car 701s instead of 10car.

I wasn't aware of any 5cars in service yet.
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There are no 5 car sets in service
Short forms will be the other types of fleets.
 
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Snow1964 said:
As this is a 701 thread, does that mean they ran some 5car 701s instead of 10car.

I wasn't aware of any 5cars in service yet.
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Turns out probably mostly connected with the fatality last night leaving stock miss placed for this morning.

BUT a plausible connection with 701s would have been been if 701s failed (or crew problems etc) and other services got short formed to cover the gaps.
But it is a fairly healthy turnout of nine (aiui ?) 701s today (by current standards).
 
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Thanks all. Wasn't aware of the fatality last night so that does explain things.

Genuinely good news that all 9 are out to play today, and that they are cleared to Reading now in time for Ascot. Hope the introduction keeps on at this pace.. and hope to see a few on the Hounslow loop soon too.
 
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Is there anywhere on the suburban network where they are not yet cleared for passenger use, or are we now just waiting for the throughput of more signed off drivers?
 
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adc82140 said:
Is there anywhere on the suburban network where they are not yet cleared for passenger use, or are we now just waiting for the throughput of more signed off drivers?
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Surbiton to Guildford via Woking and surbiton to effingham junction. Virginia water to chertsey and Byfleet and new haw.
Also Guildford to Farnham/alton and the ascot to aldershot branches.
 
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