WWTownEnth
Member
- Joined
- 21 Mar 2014
- Messages
- 697
Anyone know what kind of condition this unit is in? Is it going to be another in need of long term rehab at Farnham like 004?
-
Our new ticketing site is now live! Using either this or the original site (both powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!
Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates
- Thread starter WWTownEnth
- Start date
Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; click here to register, or click here to log in
R
RailUK Forums
I'd hope not, it's been at the place where it was manufactured
WWTownEnth
Member
- Joined
- 21 Mar 2014
- Messages
- 697
On a separate note, is there a new 701 diagram next week in the STPs?
I am assuming (maybe wrongly) that a 450 main line diagram will go over to a 701, and we will see another cascade of 450s to the Windsors and the loss of another 458/4 diagram.
I am assuming (maybe wrongly) that a 450 main line diagram will go over to a 701, and we will see another cascade of 450s to the Windsors and the loss of another 458/4 diagram.
Airfrance_A318
Member
Just seen 701003 connected to a loco (missed the class) in Wembley sidings while passing on a AWC service
WWTownEnth
Member
- Joined
- 21 Mar 2014
- Messages
- 697
That brings us to 53 in service, 4 in commissioning and 3 on training duties. My uneducated guess is the full fleet of 10 cars in traffic by the end of August.
Peter Sarf
Established Member
+
Hauled by 57306. That is all sixty of the 701/0s on SWR and near London (unless any left at Farnham).
WWTownEnth
Member
- Joined
- 21 Mar 2014
- Messages
- 697
Pretty sure 004 was the last to leave Farnhan about a week ago. All 60 are now in service, Wimbledon or Clapham.
Peter Sarf
Established Member
Not quite in service but one more in service would make 90% of the 701/0s in service.
I also noticed yesterday how Clapham Junction Yard is in danger of having more 701/5s in it than 701/0s. This was about 19:00 and so regular passenger units would have been out and about, that would have included 701/0s. Time was (probably longer ago than I care to face up to) it was mainly 701/0s there in the evening !.
At a glance it looked like long time regulars 701528 (& 701529) were in their usual home nearest to platform 7 at Clapham Junction - I guess still doing the coupling training for 5cars !.
GeoffS
Member
528 (& 529) did indeed do a quick uncoupling/coupling manoeuvre earlier in the afternoon!
There are still a few 70110 car courses for outer depots, especially Guildford running. There will always be the need for trainee drivers to have 701 reaction training too, that's never going to go away.
As for the 5 car course there are a few rumours about that November is the current plan for passenger use. I'd expect a lull in proceedings whilst the t's are crossed and i's dotted on the training course with drivers getting trained after the summer holiday. Crew are always thin on the ground when the schools are off and the sun is out.
As for the 5 car course there are a few rumours about that November is the current plan for passenger use. I'd expect a lull in proceedings whilst the t's are crossed and i's dotted on the training course with drivers getting trained after the summer holiday. Crew are always thin on the ground when the schools are off and the sun is out.
Big Jumby 74
Established Member
A percentage of diagrams with between the peaks down time were (in my day) just stabling, as opposed to maintenance, which allows for such initiatives to be planned on a STP basis, that said the suburban fleet(s) were more intensively used, so there were fewer such diagrams when compared to either 400 stock days or Desiro diagrams.
mansonlo49
Member
just wonder where the 701/5's will go? is it any new routes where no 10 cars operating? such as replacing the desiros on Guildford Farnham? or the ascot aldershot shuttle?
Last edited:
they will run in pairs predominantly, they needed the flexibility during engineering works to be used in the kingston bay and stations like clandon which cannot accomodate a 10 car if reversing.
mansonlo49
Member
so does it means certain routes use a single 5 coach only, if I didn't get wrong
only during engineering work / possibly some off-peak services.
DelW
Established Member
- Joined
- 15 Jan 2015
- Messages
- 5,934
See post #17,587 above for current status of all units.
norbitonflyer
Established Member
As for reliability, you can get some indication from the figures in this post
701 operation
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...
www.railforums.co.uk
Obviously the ones that have been in service longest have had more days in service, but there are some outliers which seem to have had fewer days' use than their entry into service would suggest was typical.
The cheap build quality of the 701’s they will be life expired in about 10 years!!!
Oh the wisdom of the speculative crystal ball !
Goldfish62
Veteran Member
- Joined
- 14 Feb 2010
- Messages
- 13,116
We have this nonsense every time a new train is introduced. Exactly the same was said about the Class 455s.
Dstock7080
Established Member
Travelled on 1C54 701.044 yesterday from Feltham to Waterloo, no working AC or even blowing fans along the whole train.
Once the rugby crowd boarded at Twickenham pfm.3 it became stifling!
A call for medical assistance was made at Vauxhall but thankfully this was short lived and were on the move fairly soon.
Once the rugby crowd boarded at Twickenham pfm.3 it became stifling!
A call for medical assistance was made at Vauxhall but thankfully this was short lived and were on the move fairly soon.
HamworthyGoods
Established Member
- Joined
- 15 Jan 2019
- Messages
- 4,465
That’s exactly what people who worked on the 4SUBs said about the 455s when they replaced them!
That sounds like external smoke mode was operated and left in. Shuts down ventilation so not to fill the carriages with smoke filled air.
I do notice waiting on Platform 8 at Vauxhall that some of the toilets have a noticeable chemical loo smell from the outside of the train. A few of the trains the WiFi also doesn't seem to be working, but otherwise they seem to be settling in quite nicely in my experience