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Thameslink's policy on this, in line with their "new" corporate mentality of "being transparent and minimalist" means that the new branding will only appear on new things, and that they won't bother spending excessively to replace the previous branding where un-necessary. I don't know whether...

Nice! What sort of work is involved at the depot between that hand-off and actually being ready for test runs?

If you're already on the Catford Loop, your only options are Victoria (1-8) or the Bay Platforms at Blackfriars (3-4). If you've not made it to Beckenham Junction yet, you can switch on to the Hayes line and get to London Bridge that way, but I'd imagine that's already timetabled to capacity so...

That's a good improvement up from the mere 4 in service that we had not too long ago. Thanks for the updates. Despite the impressions given by some people around here, there are a few of us who do appreciate your insights. :-)

I saw a rather surreal event at Victoria the other week. There was a 377 parked on Platform 7, with all of the BIL lamps on both sides of the train all flashing at the same time. Not too sure what was going on there. Is there a reason other than pulling the passcom that would cause this to happen?

I might not be correct, but I think I found the offender: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/X06789/2016/08/15/advanced It's marked as a Southern service from "Three Bridges TL" and it boomerang'd via Victoria and then went on the Chatham Mainline via Beckenham Junction to Sevenoaks. So if...

That's good to hear, thanks. I figured getting some hand-me-down 377s would be the alternative, given that most SE Mainline drivers are already familiar with them.

My spies at Bromley South have informed me that they've started seeing 700s come through in the evening, empty, presumably on testing and/or training for the Sevenoaks - Kentish Town/Bedford routes. Not sure whether they're confusing them for the 387s, but those are already in service (however...

One of my colleagues described a 700 on his journey from St Pancras to Luton the other day. He seemed quite impressed with the PIS and the loading information, but did comment on the lack of tables and hardness of the seats. He didn't appear bothered about the lack of power sockets or Wi-Fi...

With this "new" plan (although, there were rumours about them eyeing the 319s quite some time ago), they'd have about 15-20 or so spare 465s that would be going to Dartford and other SEML Metros they want to bolster, and the 465/9s would remain to continue doing the outer-suburbans as they were...

I was informed by one of my sources that Southeastern are still hoping to get a handful of 319s (their drivers are already trained for them) for them to use on the Orpington and Sevenoaks Metro routes, so that more of the 465s can be freed-up to to work the Dartford and Hayes services. That also...

If it's night, or the weather is otherwise so bad that the visibility is poor, the staff are known to use handheld torches at Bromley South to do their dispatching. I've noticed they're nice enough to shine them downwards into the cab, rather than dazzling the driver. :-)

They've also sorted out the table-tops and the toilets, too. It also looks like they've fixed and/or replaced some of the dot-matrix indicators, because they seem a lot brighter now and all the pixels seem to work. It's fantastic to see they've actually listened to the customers for a change...

Got a fantastic story via one of my colleagues. He was aboard a 375 when the train had to stop and the traction current had to be shut down due to an emergency ahead - the passengers were kept informed in a very reasonable fashion over what was happening. Some time whilst they were sitting...

So, looks like 375301 is now back home and sporting its shiny new predominantly-blue livery. It seems pretty radical compared to the white that Southeastern and Connex SE have been sporting since forever (the Javelins being an obvious exception, of course). https://flic.kr/p/suFTbh One...

Bickley was the most vandalised station in the UK a couple of years ago. I don't know if this has changed since then.

Bromley South also fits the two-terminals list: Victoria Blackfriars (plus St Pancras low-level and occasionally City Thameslink if that counts) A number of years ago, the station did also server Cannon Street, but this was withdrawn. It is situated such that they COULD opt to serve London...

If you're having problems with JWs, or any other Christian bible toter, then just say to them, "I'm sorry, but I'm dis-communicated." They will leave you alone very quickly. We've been having them at Bromley South for a few months now and they're starting to get annoying. They're not rude, of...

(Couldn't see a prior thread for this anywhere except on Dave's, so figured there'd be no danger in opening one here...) I just spotted this on the BBC this evening: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29878913 I'm not about to instantly dismiss them, but there's just something about...

I occasionally board the 1722 from Olympia and take it as far as Clapham and it's always a 377/2. It is nothing short of terrible - I regularly find myself stuck under someone else's armpit and some people aren't even able to board the train there or at West Brompton. Having that extra coach...