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Old December 20th 11, 03:29 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Broken Down Train - Major Rail Disruption on Brighton Line


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On Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:10:43 -0800 (PST)
EE507 wrote:
The empty Southern Railways service heading towards London broke down
just before Gatwick Airport around 6 am.

This halted north bound services out of Brighton including packed
trains to Victoria. The stricken train was cleared around 8 am but
there were huge knock-on delays.

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442s involved, quelle surprise...


How can an electric train consisting of 2 seperate units completely break
down? Surely even if one unit is declared dead the other would be able
to push/pull?

B2003


It was a single unit. 442421