Class 313 BR Blue livery

[darasafvatnia]

I was walking under the viaduct in Brighton today and I saw a Class 313 unit in its originally BR Blue livery. It looked amazing and I would love to take a ride in one! Does anyone know if it is featured on any diagram? I understand covid-19 might make things more difficult but generally speaking.

 

[gazthomas]

It's part of a common pool of 313s working Coastway services. The livery isn't exactly original as the doors have been painted a contrasting grey colour for accessibility reasons

 

[pdeaves]

It's 313201. The livery is a good 'what might have been' if the door colour regulations were in place 40 years ago.

 

[Islineclear3_1]

313.201 was repainted in December 2017 as part of a classified overhaul

It usually mixes in with other 313 diagrams on the South coast out of Brighton. The 313s work Brighton-Lewes-Seafords, Hove shuttles, West Worthing stoppers and Portsmouth semi-fasts. Also, the 313's work Littlehampton/Bognor Regis and Portsmouth & Southsea stoppers

For some reason, 313.201 tends to "like" the west coastway services more ....

And for a long time, it was kept reasonably clean, but this year - even before coronavirus, it has started to look unkempt

 

[norbitonflyer]

313201 was originally 313001, numerically the first 313 (I don't know if it was the first in service). Significant as the first dual-voltage unit on BR, and the first (other than the PEP prototypes) to have aluminium bodies. Sliding doors were also a new departure for BR - at least in England. Other than the LMS- and LNER-designed classes 502, 503, 306 and 506, only the Glasgow "blue trains" had previously had sliding doors - presumably because of the tunnel sections in the City Centre.

 

[jopsuk]

Significant as the first dual-voltage unit on B

First AC/DC, anyway- the AM2/Class 302s handled both 25kV & 6.25kV 50Hz AC, as did most of the rest of the AM-series of electrics.