Hello everyone, Are there any plans in the pipeline to add the class 455 for RH London to Brighton route for the stopping metro services out of Victoria and also the class 700 to cover the Thameslink services to Brighton?
The Class 700 will require a Siemens license as well as a Thameslink license also. As for the Class 455, we can hope this will come in the future. What we should get is AI Southeastern Class 375 and 465 layered at London Victoria and GWR Class 166 layered from Reigate via Redhill to Gatwick Airport. These would certainly give the line a busier feel.
Not just between Reigate and Gatwick but also at Brighton, GWR operate a couple of daily services between Bristol and Brighton via Salisbury, So'ton, Portsmouth and then along the West Coastway I'd also like to see some Class 66 services as there is a small CEMEX railyard just north of Three Bridges, but also some freight trains run along the line in both ways, I believe alot of them end and start at Newhaven in East Sussex
90% of the time yes, but as the 158 isn't in game yet they can be substituted with the 166 as the 166 does occasionally run the service
The Class 166 was recently trialled on Brighton services to check gauging etc. I believe the long term plan is for Class 165/166 to work most services from Brighton/Portsmouth to Cardiff once the Class 769 is fully running on the North Downs Line and Thames Valley branches. The Class 158 would then be cascaded to work services in Devon and Cornwall.
