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The December LTP carriage working notices have a few 455 diagrams on them. But as @TEW said they are only temporary
 
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3 pairs for the first week. There's likely to be diagram changes the next week anyway as it's Christmas week, but probably some 455s diagrammed up to the 23rd, but not diagrammed after then. There's a lot of engineering work then until the New Year, so the 23rd is likely to be the last day.
 
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TEW said:
3 pairs for the first week. There's likely to be diagram changes the next week anyway as it's Christmas week, but probably some 455s diagrammed up to the 23rd, but not diagrammed after then. There's a lot of engineering work then until the New Year, so the 23rd is likely to be the last day.
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That's ironically when I was planning to go home from Manchester (to Surrey via London) and was going to spend the afternoon trying to get the 701s in the book. You mean I'm going to have to avoid 455s even then? :rolleyes::lol:

One last goodbye I suppose, hahahaha.
 
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So 23rd looks like the day. I’ll be quite emotional!

I wonder how long it will take next year to get all the withdrawn units off the SWR network. I’d assume about two months at the current rate of scrap runs.
 
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TEW said:
3 pairs for the first week. There's likely to be diagram changes the next week anyway as it's Christmas week, but probably some 455s diagrammed up to the 23rd, but not diagrammed after then. There's a lot of engineering work then until the New Year, so the 23rd is likely to be the last day.
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I wonder if any will actually be diagrammed for Monday 22nd, and Tuesday 23rd Dec, as not uncommon to shorten many mainline trains from 12 to 8car Christmas week, so possibly 450s as substitutes

Of course, it's possible some will be used as late substitutions that week.

Although big question is what happens Monday 5th January when everyone goes back to work, and some more companies limit working from home (and not hard to google companies that are saying back in office in 2026) Going to be big crowding if don't have more 701s available for service.
 
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Anyone know what happened to 2G45? Seems it failed at Wimbledon and was stuck there for an hour? Just gone ECS from Surbiton

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Anyone know what happened to 2G45? Seems it failed at Wimbledon and was stuck there for an hour? Just gone ECS from Surbiton

Realtime Trains | 2G45 1603 London Waterloo to Guildford | 01/12/2025

Real-time train running information for 2G45 1603 departure from London Waterloo to Guildford on 01/12/2025. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.
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The train in front of it, 2K45, was the one that failed at Wimbledon with a faulty door.

2G45 was trapped behind and had to do a wrong-direction move back a signal to get around it.
 
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Do you mean 2K43?
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Yes, looks like 2K43 was the culprit. Arrived at platform 8 in Wimbledon at 16:18 with no further reports. Indeed platform 8 then saw no more use until 17:38
2K45 then 2G45 seemed to have used platform 7 the down fast line iirc ?.
Several trains later.
2K47 was then the first down stopper reverting to the normal platform 8 (down slow) at 17:38, late but probably due to all the chaos.
Eighty minutes without platform 8 (down slow at Wimbledon) must have created carnage in the evening "rush hour" !.
 
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WWTownEnth said:
So 23rd looks like the day. I’ll be quite emotional!

I wonder how long it will take next year to get all the withdrawn units off the SWR network. I’d assume about two months at the current rate of scrap runs.
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Could Derby Litchurch lane run out of space before all the stock left can be dragged off SWR turf? If they are to be scrapped somewhere like Kingsbury then the best frequency I've seen is a rate of 4-cars per week, which would easily be insufficient to stop Derby filling up.
 
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Could Derby Litchurch lane run out of space before all the stock left can be dragged off SWR turf? If they are to be scrapped somewhere like Kingsbury then the best frequency I've seen is a rate of 4-cars per week, which would easily be insufficient to stop Derby filling up.
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Logically the space needed for the 455s would be slightly less than the storage space freed up by 701s replacing them (directly or indirectly) ?.
So I suspect that unless the UK is filling up with new trains faster than 455s come out of service then there will be some space somewhere !.
 
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Peter Sarf said:
Eighty minutes without platform 8 (down slow at Wimbledon) must have created carnage in the evening "rush hour" !.
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It was!! Seems a lifetime ago now that weekday evening stopped every hour at Wimbledon for Basingstoke. Back in the glory days of slam door traction that is.
 
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Peter Sarf said:
Logically the space needed for the 455s would be slightly less than the storage space freed up by 701s replacing them (directly or indirectly) ?.
So I suspect that unless the UK is filling up with new trains faster than 455s come out of service then there will be some space somewhere !.
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Ely definitely has space as both Networkers (for scrap) and 175s (for GWR) have left the site in recent months, without anything else going there. However sites seemed to be linked to ROSCOs, so I assume that determines storage location more than what space exists.
 
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brad465 said:
Ely definitely has space as both Networkers (for scrap) and 175s (for GWR) have left the site in recent months, without anything else going there. However sites seemed to be linked to ROSCOs, so I assume that determines storage location more than what space exists.
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Long Marston is the storage location of choice for Porterbrook. A bit of space has been cleared with the arrival at Wimbledon Park of more 701s, but it seems the space is being filled with 350/2s.
 
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Something (455 or 508 shaped) was being loaded on a truck at Wimbledon Park when I went past on the delayed 18:09 to Guildford at about 18:30. Lots of floodlights etc.
 
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What i have on the list unless already gone is 5728, 5711, 5739 and 5706. All due for scrap in the next coming moves
 
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What i have on the list unless already gone is 5728, 5711, 5739 and 5706
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All gone. You can check what’s still around on Pg1.

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South Western Railway inner-suburban fleet
AS OF 1/12/2025:

- 455/7
455701, 455708, 455709, 455710, 455712, 455714, 455716, 455717, 455719, 455720, 455721, 455727, 455729, 455730, 455732, 455734, 455737, in service, outgoing.

455702, 455703, 455704, 455705, 455706, 455707, 455711, 455713, 455715, 455718, 455722, 455723, 455724, 455725, 455726, 455728, 455731, 455733, 455735, 455736, 455738, 455739, 455740, 455741, 455742, 455750 done & dusted.

- 455/8
455863, 455869, 455870, 455871, 455873 in service, outgoing.

455847, 455848, 455849, 455850, 455851, 455852, 455853, 455854, 455855, 455856, 455857, 455859, 455860, 455861, 455862, 455864, 455865, 455866, 455867, 455868, 455872, 455874 done & dusted.

- 455/9
455901-920 done & dusted.

- 456
455901-920 done & dusted.

- 458/4
458401-428 in service.

- 458/5
458530, 458533, 458535 in service, outgoing.

458501-528*, 458529, 458531, 458532, 458534, 458536 done & dusted.
*converted to 458/4

- 701/0
701005, 701009, 701012, 701013, 701017, 701018, 701020, 701021, 701025, 701026, 701031, 701033, 701034, 701035, 701036, 701037, 701039, 701041, 701042, 701043, 701044, 701046, 701048, 701050, 701051, 701053, 701056, 701057, 701058, 701060 in service.

(Remainder of fleet awaiting delivery or acceptance into service)

- 707
707001-701030 transferred to SouthEastern.
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