- The Regency Javelin Railtour
- RVAR Compliant Lavatories on Class 465
- 395015 "Live On" - Operation Javelin
- Class 375 Refurbishment Update Autumn 2015
- Blue 375 Livery Anomaly
- First Refurbished Electrostar in Service
- First Refurbished Electrostar Returns
- First Electrostar Away For Mid-Life Refurbishment
- Networkers with yellow doors - last handful
- Variety on the Amber Rudd Express
- Class 376 Moves to Ramsgate
- East Sussex Rail Summit - Class 395 excursion
- 12 Car Networker Workings Commence
- The Victoria Cross
- Class 375 Livery Variations
- Charing Cross 150
- Derailment at St. Leonards
- 395 Maidstone East Route Refreshers
- Class 465 Liveries
- 2012 Stock Alterations
- 395 Student Games Services
- 375 3car vice 4
- New 375 Livery Variation
- 395 Livery Variation
- Medway Valley High Speed Service
- Paddock Wood Post HS1 Domestic Services
- Refurbished 466 Returns
- 395 Maidstone West Test Run
- High Speed Route Learning
- 508s Go to Brighton
- The Javelin Starts
- 508 Maintenance Moves
- 375 Loans to Southern
- 508s Into Store
- January Diversions via The Old Road
- 395 Testing & Training
- 376 rescues 375
- 395 Driver Training
- Golden Jubilee 375 No Longer Golden
- 395 Testing
- End of Connex Livery
- 508 Livery Variation
- Electrostar in Stealth Livery
- First Javelin Flight!
- 508s To Be Reprieved?
- Class 376 On Display
Southeastern's six 508s to be reprieved?
From the December 10th 2006 timetable change the number of diagrams for class 508 units reduced from nine to just four diagrams, GI391- GI394. As a result half of the former fleet of twelve has being placed into "warm" store. 508202, 508206 and 508209 moved to Chart Leacon for store on 14th December 2006 and on 19th December 508204 piloted 508201 and 508205 from Gillingham to Chart. 508212 remains in storage at Gillingham Depot.
This unit has been out of service for many months and its Track Safety Certificate has expired. Additionally, it has been used as the depot's "Christmas Tree" (ready source of spare parts). 508204 is legendarily unreliable and it has now been exchanged with the stored previously better performing 508205. So the remaining fleet of six comprises 508203, 508205, 508207, 508208, 508210 and 508211, though 508210 is out of service and has recently exchanged a trailer with 508212. It was confidently expected that these would also be withdrawn in the near to medium term future however news is coming in that from 1st June these units are to have C3/C4 exams plus interior and exterior refurbishment done at Doncaster.
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Back in Connex days 508207 departs Gatwick Airport for Redhill on 12th May 2000 photograph by Colin Duff |
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22nd September 2005 and the only 508 unit in Southeastern livery, 508208, seen here at Redhill photograph by Belgian Marine |
