Now that 701s have been in service for a whole year (well, one of them has.........) I thought it timely to transfer the record of which units have run, and when, to a new thread instead of having it hidden halfway down the 701 thread in the "traction" area. I little thought when I started recording them that there would still only be six diagrams a year later
To date (January 9th) only seven units have been in passenger service. (EDIT - By the end of March it is still only nine)
Totals, first and most recent outings (if blank, was in service on the day of the latest update)
(2024 dates in bold) Number in parenthesis is the number of days in passenger service, regardless of whether it was a complete diagram or not.
701037 (303) 09/1/24, 29/10/25
701039 (303) 10/1/24, 1/11/25
701043 (307) 16/1/24, 1/11/25
701028 (3) 06/2/24, 09/2/24
701036 (302) 07/3/24,
701031 (220) 28/10/24, 31/10/25
701017 (245) 25/11/24,
701046 (146) 17/3/25,
701034 (159) 18/3/25,
701042 (126) 21/5/25,
701035 (119) 28/5/25,
701044 (117) 09/6/25, 1/11/25
701041 (109) 17/6/25,
701025 (93) 24/6/25,
701018 (88) 06/7/25, 31/10/25
701051 (91) 14/7/25, 28/10/25
701012 (75) 21/7/25,
701013 (66) 28/7/25, 24/10/25
701058 (73) 11/8/25,
701057 (68) 13/8/25, 1/11/25
701053 (48) 26/8/25,
701005 (60) 27/8/25,
701056 (47) 08/9/25,
701021 (42) 15/9/25, 31/10/25
701020 (21) 08/10/25, 1/11/25
701009 (14) 17/10/25, 1/11/25
701060 (2) 31/10/25, 1/11/25
Number in service - 27 (including 701028, which was only in passenger service for one week, in February last year)
Total number of outings - 3,244
Firsts
Windsor, 9/1/24 701037
Saturday 2/11/24 701043 (Rugby extra)
Sunday, 15/12/24 701036
Dorking, 24/3/25 701043
Kingston rbt, 1/1/25 701037
Hampton Court,
Chessington,
and Guildford, 19/5/25 701034
DfT operation, 25/5/2025 701046
Bracknell: 17/6/2025 (am) 701044 (Ascot special)
Reading 17/6/2025 (pm) 701042 (Ascot special)
Addlestone, 28/7/2025 701051
Woking 25/8/25 701037
Cobham line, 26/8/25 701035
I will endeavour to keep this updated.
EDIT - now re-ordered by date of entering service