In message , at 09:39:02 on Sun, 8 May
2016, Roland Perry remarked:
There is still quite a lot of work to be completed at London Bridge
and Bermondsey before the new services can run because there isn't
capacity south of the river to run a full service north of the river -
the trains need somewhere to come from and go to. AIUI this work is
proceeding to schedule but won't be complete until 2018.

http://www.thameslinkprogramme.co.uk...ervice-changes

Is it still "early 2016" (perhaps May 15th is, officially)?

"The first new trains start to run on the Thameslink route from
early 2016."

There are a fair number of trains sitting in the sidings at Three
Bridges, and they sometimes venture out on to the main line.

In passenger service?

There's been a massive flurry of Tweets from Thameslink about their new
trains today. Still not completely clear whether or not there are (m)any
in passenger service though. Did a trip from Blackfriars to SPILL to see
if any were in evidence, but none were.

The unit I was on was a bright red Electrostar - is that ex-Gatex?
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Roland Perry