A period of intense variation of rolling stock is happening on the Brighton Mainline at present with 319s, 377s and 387s on Thameslink services being replaced with Siemens class 700s. Class 442s on Gatwick Express and fast Brighton services are being replaced with class 387/2 units.
This has led to a couple of firsts on the West Coastway, firstly a driver training/ mileage accumulation test run of a pair of class 387/2 units ran via the West Coastway on one Bank Holiday instead of via Arundel. Additionally the very first (albeit loco-hauled) workings of class 442 units occurred, two units being dragged from Three Bridges to Eastleigh Works after coming off lease.
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| On Bank Holiday Monday 30/05/2016 387223 led 387223 with a driver training/ mileage accumulation trip that ran ran via the West Coastway to Littlehampton from Three Bridges vice via Arundel due to engineering work on the line via Arundel. |
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| On 02/11/2016 37884 ran light from Eastleigh to Three Bridges... |
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| ...in preparation for the next day, 03/11/2016, and dragging... |
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| ...442404 from Three Bridges to Eastleigh Works. |
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