Suggestions for potential use of Class 365s

[hwl]

How will 365s to GWR solve the 769 issue?
The 769s are for diesel routes

They don't have enough 387s to be able to send all the future HEx ones away before TfL take over more services in December...
So need to plug the shortfall some how.

 

[4-SUB 4732]

It's an obvious one to me...

30 x 379s to GN. (9 more units than 365s)
29 x 387s down to Southern (and used on the West London Line)

Shortage on GN of 20 units. Throw up some 350/2s (17 left, more than enough for any experiments) to GN.

365s all go onto SE.

 

[cosmo]

I wonder if there'd be any mileage in Northern leasing them for stopping services down the East Coast from Morpeth down as far as, say, Darlington. Obviously finding paths would be the key issue but it would give Chester-le-Street a boost to its sparse service, and provide more stopping trains at the other ECML stations to Morpeth. Even a twice hourly service would be a boost, if Morpeth could handle the turnarounds.

 

[4-SUB 4732]

I wonder if there'd be any mileage in Northern leasing them for stopping services down the East Coast from Morpeth down as far as, say, Darlington. Obviously finding paths would be the key issue but it would give Chester-le-Street a boost to its sparse service, and provide more stopping trains at the other ECML stations to Morpeth. Even a twice hourly service would be a boost, if Morpeth could handle the turnarounds.

It’s the sort of traction that would work well in providing, say, a two-hourly Newcastle to Edinburgh ‘stopper’ replacing the Chathill terminator, as well as Morpeth stuff and indeed a service to somewhere like Darlo.

That said, Renatus 321s are just as good, or some 333/332 type stuff.

 

[geoffk]

How about a semi-fast Scotrail service
Carlisle - Lockerbie - Motherwell - Coatbridge Central - Cumbernauld - Larbert - Stirling

 

[4-SUB 4732]

WNXX reporting rumours surfacing of 365s going to SE - seems to have some gravity based on the fact that the Government now own the units and, more importantly, that they will potentially soon 'own' the franchise too.

 

[Clansman]

How about a semi-fast Scotrail service
Carlisle - Lockerbie - Motherwell - Coatbridge Central - Cumbernauld - Larbert - Stirling

Credit where credit's due - it's a service with many merrits and much potential, but one which is definitley not going to maximise the benefits if it were to use 365s.

 

[brad465]

According to the last paragraph on this site 365502 once briefly went to then-WAGN in 2002 with AC fitting to make up for the unit lost to Potters Bar, before returning January 2003 (before going back with the others in 2004). Assuming this is correct, does this mean the "reverse" power supply fitting can be done, if someone is actually prepared to do it and find somewhere to store them?

 

[4-SUB 4732]

According to the last paragraph on this site 365502 once briefly went to then-WAGN in 2002 with AC fitting to make up for the unit lost to Potters Bar, before returning January 2003 (before going back with the others in 2004). Assuming this is correct, does this mean the "reverse" power supply fitting can be done, if someone is actually prepared to do it and find somewhere to store them?

Relatively sure the bits are available (e.g. even the 'lids' for the pantograph wells). Shouldn't be massively difficult.