Southeastern And Gwr Ai On The Upcoming Brighton Mainline Route

Hello,
I hope this is something that has already been thought about by the DTG team, but I think that if we were to have the class 375 and class 465 as an extra AI service layer on the BML out of London Victoria, it would really liven the scene that necessary bit more on arrival and departure from the London terminus, as an entirely Southern and Gatwick Express station would not be the most interesting of things. Also, GWR run services on two sections of this route: services out of Brighton towards the west, and a service that goes between Gatwick Airport and Redhill. Of course, the service out of Brighton would be another AI service, but the service between Gatwick and Redhill could be driveable, which would add the commuter diversity to the route that is not possible with just electrostars. Also of course, these GWR services would colour the route more, and it would be good to see GWR stock on another route, as it has just been stuck on GWE for the past 4 years. Thank you for reading, and please do like this suggestion if you think these few services would add a lot to the route.

 

Not to mention ECW also factors in at Brighton Station, with the Class 377 and Class 313.

 

Also the WCW , with the class 313 , 377 and maybe even class 166 AI potentially being added

 

I think it is the GWR Class 158 that runs the WCW.

 

And the Class 66, I forgot to mention.

 

i’m not too sure as off current, but i know the 166s ran there a few year backs, and i think they still might alternate with the 166s

 

166s have been withdrawn from the North Downs line. 166s now just operate in the further west around Westbury - up to Cardiff, down to Portsmouth etc. They also run services to Basingstoke. 165s are the only turbos supposed to be running the North Downs Line at the moment while GWR sorts out its accumulating stock and the 165/1s continue reliably anyway.

 

Excellent idea indeed and speaking of Class 166 on BML you can possibly do Reading Depot runs to Reading Station then onwards to Gatwick Airport if DTG decided to link BML Gatwick Redhill section to GWML London Paddington Station to reading. The more realistic option they have is link the two via North Downs line which is a suggestion in this forum

 

There are a few 158’s and a few 166’s that both run GWR services on the WCW

 

Out of the two, the 158s dominate those services.

 

Would be nice to see 313 Ecs

 

And that's quickly becoming popular.

 

The Class 313 drives only at Brighton and not in London Victoria

 

True, but they could still do ECS and stabling moves to and from Lovers Walk depot and moves to and from ECW just to add some flavour

 

What I said in my post was ecs move

 

class 166 also does