DeeGee
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I've been thinking about my days travelling round Network South East in slam-door stock. I've been looking at Wikipedia to try and find out what was what, but I'm confused by Beps and Ceps and TOPS and stuff. I'm not really an enthusiast, but I want to show my boy what the EMUs were like that I travelled on. If I have class numbers I might be able to find photos.
There are four main sorts, all third rail EMU from what became Connex. I'd have been using them in the dying days of Network South East, and the beginning of Connex.
The main journeys I made were on the Maidstone East Line. Those were slammers with, I think three doors to a carriage. They were orange inside, had small luggage racks above the windows which had a sort of pinch latch. Doors had a handle which rotated.
When I began commuting, it was from Sevenoaks. Those had doors in every bay of four, with droplights.
I used to occasionally make journeys on the Brighton Mainline. The main thing I remember of those is that there was a buffet on board. Did they also have bars on the windows to prevent people leaning out?
Finally, were the EMUs on the Chatham Mainline that got replaced by the Networkers any different from the Sevenoaks ones? Were they also the ones used on the Medway Valley Line at that time?
Sorry I'm so vague, I'm reminiscing out loud if anything...
There are four main sorts, all third rail EMU from what became Connex. I'd have been using them in the dying days of Network South East, and the beginning of Connex.
The main journeys I made were on the Maidstone East Line. Those were slammers with, I think three doors to a carriage. They were orange inside, had small luggage racks above the windows which had a sort of pinch latch. Doors had a handle which rotated.
When I began commuting, it was from Sevenoaks. Those had doors in every bay of four, with droplights.
I used to occasionally make journeys on the Brighton Mainline. The main thing I remember of those is that there was a buffet on board. Did they also have bars on the windows to prevent people leaning out?
Finally, were the EMUs on the Chatham Mainline that got replaced by the Networkers any different from the Sevenoaks ones? Were they also the ones used on the Medway Valley Line at that time?
Sorry I'm so vague, I'm reminiscing out loud if anything...