Southeastern are going to be short of stock when the 377/5s transfer back to Southern.
How do we know that the stored Networkers are going to work? Are they in warm store?
They were in warm store, but have now gone too Ely, which is cold store.
At the risk of going OT, as outlined in other threads, it's good to know they are staying. If SWR don't get their 701s into service, then, from what I've read here, the remaining 707s are not coming to SE.
Then I suppose any clapped out suburban rolling stock on the Maidstone East and Canterbury West circuits is better than no rolling stock at all....
If 701s don't enter service it would be the rail financial scandal of the century. The 12x 707s with SWR still are still destined for SE, but their arrival has been delayed. Networkers used to be a common sight on the Maidstone East line before 377/5s turned up, so it wouldn't be new, although there would be capacity limits.
The suggestions are that they aren't releasing any 377/5s until there are a) the remaining 707s transferred from SWR and b) service reductions.
The stored Networkers (eg the 16 465/2s) have been reported not to be coming back into service - they are finished.
The Networkers to displace 377/5s are those which are currently in service and scheduled for withdrawal but now won't be.
Apparently the 2x 377/1s that Southeastern have are going back to Southern this April (these are still in Southern livery somewhat which will help). Does your statement about the 465/2s also apply to the handful of 466s in store as well? Southeastern might want these back if Networkers return to the Maidstone East line, which is 6 car maximum without SDO. Either that or Southeastern invest in making Kemsing, Barming, Hollingbourne, Harrietsham and Charing have 8 car platforms.
