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On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:46:15 +0000, Mrs Redboots
wrote: Yeah, that bit I knew - I've been on the 319s of Thameslink often enough, and on Eurostar, too. But I hadn't realised the trains that I occasionally catch between West Brompton & Clapham Junctions weren't the usual Southern ones - and the Silverlink ones are so similar that I never noticed *that*, either! If you only catch them between West Brompton and CLapham Junction you won't have noticed the power change - it's further north. The Silverlink trains on that route are 313s; Southern used to use 319s (like Thameslink) that way as they can use both power supplies, but I believe they use Electrostars now. |
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(1577+2260) wrote: On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:46:15 +0000, Mrs Redboots wrote: Yeah, that bit I knew - I've been on the 319s of Thameslink often enough, and on Eurostar, too. But I hadn't realised the trains that I occasionally catch between West Brompton & Clapham Junctions weren't the usual Southern ones - and the Silverlink ones are so similar that I never noticed *that*, either! If you only catch them between West Brompton and CLapham Junction you won't have noticed the power change - it's further north. The Silverlink trains on that route are 313s; Southern used to use 319s (like Thameslink) that way as they can use both power supplies, but I believe they use Electrostars now. All are dual voltage but the very different Silverlink livery should give it away, surely? -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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Colin Rosenstiel wrote to uk.transport.london on Sat, 18 Dec 2004:
All are dual voltage but the very different Silverlink livery should give it away, surely? Well, obviously - but to some of us a 3x2 train with uncomfortable back-rests is a 3x2 train with uncomfortable back-rests no matter what sort of livery it is wearing! Nor, indeed, who is responsible for running it! -- "Mrs Redboots" http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/ Website updated 18 December 2004 |
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