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South West Trains' "Last" Mk1 Mainline Run A special last main line run happened on Thursday 26th May when the 11.35 Waterloo - Weymouth service as far as Bournemouth Central was formed of 1396+3536+1398. (A class 442 units worked the service between Bournemouth and Weymouth). The units then ran ECS to Bournemouth TRSMD. The service was timetabled as follows: |
| Waterloo (dep) 11.35 Clapham Junction (pass) 11.41 Wimbledon (pass)11.44 New Malden (pass) 11.46 Surbiton (pass)11.48 Woking (arr)11.58 (dep)12.00 Farnborough Main (pass)12.08 Basingstoke (pass)12.18 Worting Junction 12.20 |
Winchester (arr) 12.32 (dep)12.33 Shawford (pass)12.36 Eastleigh(pass) 12.39 Southampton Parkway (arr) 12.41 (dep) 12.42 St Denys (pass)12.45 Southampton Central (arr) 12.49(dep)12.51 Redbridge (pass)12.54 Brockenhurst(arr)13.04 (dep)13:05 Bournemouth Central (arr)13.20. |
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(left) Before
departure, 1396 at the head of the train at Waterloo, |
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Graham Eccles, Chairman of South West Trains. speaks whilst the Minister of State
Dr. Stephen Ladyman looks on, |
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Greyhound Cig 1396 at the head of the 12
slam formation enters platform 4 at Woking. photograph by Anthony Poulton |
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A bit later the train approaches Basingstoke with one of the units' replacement Desiro types on an adjacent track. photograph by Stewart Watt |
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This page updated
15th April 2006 by Colin Duff. |