I saw a Southern slam door train at Clapham Junction today, so last
Friday wasn't the last ever.  I just missed it so I am not 100% certain
what service it was but if everything was on time it would have been
the 1747 from Victoria to Littlehampton.

Conductor in Charge of.......... wrote:


> I realise it was the last diagrammed one not the last ever but it was
> still ironic that every day since has seen slammers. At least when SWT
> ran the last diagrammed train no more slammers bar specials were seen.
> This excludes Lymington obviously.


SWT have 458s that can cover for Desiros. Southern don't.

Philip.

Please be advised as of Monday 05 September the SET CWN shows NO
planned diagrammed work for Mk.1 EMU.

There will of course be continued use of Veps on selected trains as
needed on a week by week asis under Control or otherwise short term
arrangements.

The Cep 1698 should have been stopped (again) by then as far as
*normal* traffic use is concerned.

Thus the three corresponding dates of ending planned diagrammed use
are/were :

SWT, from April 04
SN from - August 22
SET 05 Septemer.

So the cynics who said they'de never do it are proved wrong.


--
Nick

D7666 wrote:


> needed on a week by week asis under Control or otherwise short term


delete asis

--
Nick

In article ,
   D7666  wrote:

> > needed on a week by week asis under Control or otherwise short term

> delete asis


No, but I'll put a 'b' in front of it. :-))

-- 
David Wild using RISC OS on broadband

D7666 wrote:

> Please be advised as of Monday 05 September the SET CWN shows NO
> planned diagrammed work for Mk.1 EMU.
>
> There will of course be continued use of Veps on selected trains as
> needed on a week by week asis under Control or otherwise short term
> arrangements.
>
> The Cep 1698 should have been stopped (again) by then as far as
> *normal* traffic use is concerned.
>
> Thus the three corresponding dates of ending planned diagrammed use
> are/were :
>
> SWT, from April 04
> SN from - August 22
> SET 05 Septemer.



I think that's the the reverse of the sequence in which orders were
placed for replacement stock, even taking into account 458s?  Something
to do with ability to improve availability, or letting South Eastern
discover the teething problems?

David H Wild wrote:


> > > needed on a week by week asis under Control or otherwise short term
>
> > delete asis
>
> No, but I'll put a 'b' in front of it. :-))


It was getting late in a very long day, the possible urgency of the msg
seemed important enough to post even in gibber mode.

:o)

--
Nick

"D7666"  wrote in message 
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>
> David H Wild wrote:
>
>> > > needed on a week by week asis under Control or otherwise short term
>>
>> > delete asis
>>
>> No, but I'll put a 'b' in front of it. :-))
>
> It was getting late in a very long day, the possible urgency of the msg
> seemed important enough to post even in gibber mode.
>
> :o)
>
> --
> Nick
>
>

Better to run it and not cape it

"D7666"  wrote in message
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>
>
> This is exactly what SN are doing - August 22 was the date the CWN has
> everything is 319 377 455 456 but there are preferred trains that need
> to be and are easy to make 12Vep/Cig arranged by their Control, to/from
> Eastbourne and Littlehampton.
>


The 0747 Brighton to Victoria is still quite often formed as 12-VEP/CIG -
this morning, for instance.

D A Stocks