Unit Focus
w/c 9/5 – 153307, 153328, 153331 and 153352 Ely Papworth to Landore by road. All four of the off-lease ex-northern units have been sold to Transport for Wales for potential re-use.
CLASS 170
9/5 – 170638 5M57 14.36 Tyseley-derby Etches Park. The Crosscountry unit is now on a four-month loan to EMR to help alleviate its stock shortage caused by the late introduction of the Class 196s with West Midlands Railway and subsequent release of its remaining Class 170s.
CLASS 196
21/4 – 196007 + 196011 + 196006 5Q81 11.44 Bletchley-tyseley.
3/5 – 37800 + 196110 5Q66 14.35 Long Marston-tyseley.
4/5 – 37800 + 196011 + 196007 + 196006 5Q94 10.00 Tyseley-long Marston.
5/5 – 37800 + 196108 5Q96 13.39 Long Marston-tyseley.
CLASS 231
25/4 – 92042 + 66001 + 231001 + 231003 6L22 17.30 Dollands Moor-ripple Lane.
26/4 – 66001 + 231001 + 231003 5Q99 02.56 Ripple Lane-cardiff Canton.
2/5 – 92042 + 66001 + 231005 + 231006 6L22 17.30 Dollands Moor-ripple Lane.
2/5 – 66001 + 231005 + 231006 5Q99 21.54 Ripple Lane-cardiff Canton.
CLASS 317
April – 317723 scrapped at Eastleigh Works by Raxstar.
20/4 – 37800 + 317708 5Q76 09.51 Ely Papworth-sims, Newport.
22/4 – 37800 + 317710 5Q76 09.51 Ely Papworth-sims, Newport.
29/4 – 37884 + 317719 5Q76 09.51 Ely Papworth-sims, Newport. Last of the Class 317/7 sub-class to go for scrap.
CLASS 318
9/5 – 37884 + 318264 5Q06 08.32 Kilmarnock Bonnyton-yoker.
9/5 – 97884 + 318259 5Q08 13.59 Yokerkilmarnock Bonnyton.
CLASS 319
April – 319374 Long Marston to Sims, Newport by road.
CLASS 321
26/4 – 37800 + 321406 + 321434 5Q16 08.50 Clacton-worksop. Last of the non-prm compliant Class 321s to be removed from store on the Great Eastern.
CLASS 345
April – 345016 and 345017 made up to nine-car formation at Old Oak Common, with 345038 reformed to nine cars in early May, leaving 345042, 345054 and 345064 as the sole-remaining seven-car sets in traffic.
CLASS 360
11/5 – 47739 + 360120 5Q80 10.54 Cricklewood-eastleigh Works.
11/5 – 47739 + 360116 5Q81 15.58 Eastleigh Works-cricklewood.
CLASS 365
25/4 – 37601 + 37608 + 365506 5Q76 23.45 Doncaster Belmont-sims, Newport, although it actually departed at 00.01 on Tuesday 26/4, running through the night and morning. This was the last full Class 365 set to go for scrap.
CLASS 373
April – Power car 731020 from Eurostar set 373102 has been temporarily relocated to Worksop while the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure in Birmingham undergoes refurbishment.
CLASS 377
14/5 – 377163 + 377164 5P46 11.40 Ramsgate-victoria, 5Y47 14.13 Victoriaselhurst. The sub-lease of the two sets to Southeastern has ended with both returned to Southern to help facilitate the upcoming withdrawal of the Class 313s later in the year.
CLASS 465/466
22/4 – 66728 + 466002 + 466041 5Q88 21.33 Wabtec, Doncaster-slade Green.
23/4 – 66728 + 465919 5Q89 11.30 Slade Green-wabtec, Doncaster.
CLASS 701
21/4 – 47739 + 701503 5Q91 08.00 Derby Litchurch Lane-derby Litchurch Lane via Sheffield, turning move.
27/4 – 47727 + 701038 5Q50 09.52 Derby Litchurch Lane-worksop.
29/4 – 47727 + 701031 5Q10 08.05 Derby Litchurch Lane-arriva, Eastleigh.
6/5 – 47739 + 701046 5Q11 10.50 Derby Litchurch Lane-worksop.
9/5 – 47749 + 701026 5Q12 1257 Worksopderby Litchurch Lane.
CLASS 720
21/4 – 47739 + 720528 5Q90 12.00 Derby Litchurch Lane-wembley, unit then to Ilford under its own power on 25/4.
28/4 – 47739 + 720526 5Q90 07.50 Derby Litchurch Lane-wembley. Unit then undertook further commissioning runs on the WCML in an effort to cure persistent failures.
9/5 – 720105 into passenger service, noted paired with 720553 on 1N15 07.05 Clactonliverpool Street.
CLASS 730
22/4 – 37601 + 730007 5Q65 08.47 Derby Litchurch Lane-oxley.
22/4 – 37601 + 730006 5Q57 13.37 Oxleyderby Litchurch Lane.
28/4 – 37601 + 730001 + 37608 5Q60 07.29 Old Dalby-central Rivers, 5Q58 16.12 Central Rivers-old Dalby.
29/4 – 37601 + 730008 5Q65 09.10 Derby Litchurch Lane-oxley.
6/5 – 37608 + 730006 5Q65 09.12 Derby Litchurch Lane-oxley.
CLASS 769
20/4 – 37601 + 769927 + 37510 5Q70 11.35 Long Marston-wolverton.
20/4 – 769928 + 769923 5Q10 10.51 Eastleigh Works-long Marston.
6/5 – 769939 + 769940 5Q11 09.33 Long Marston-eastleigh Works.