Strings Of Class 171 Trains On Test
I took these photographs of four or possibly six of Southern Class 171 trains running in a long formation, just south of South Croydon station
These were probably the units from Scotrail, which are going to be working Southern’s diesel-operated services.
- London Bridge to Uckfield on the Oxted Line
- Hastings to Ashford on the Marshlink Line.
To use these Class 171 trains was the original plan, but I do wonder if these routes will be run using Class 387 IPEMUs.
On the other hand, their may be more important uses for the Class 387 trains, as I wrote about in Are The TOCs Arguing Over The Class 387 Trains?
Or the IPEMUs might not be ready yet?
Who knows?
But whatever happens, someone is going to get a string of Class 171 trains in Southern livery.
The Anonymous Widower 
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