Friday 14th May saw the final Great Northern Class 365 service leave London’s King’s Cross Station, with a commemorative headboard made and carried for the occasion. Read More
Where are they going next? Please don't say the scrapyard! It was hard enough finding out the 91s are already on their way there.
Not sure what's happening with them, Wikipedia says all 40 are stored so I'm guessing still life in them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_365
It seems a bit wasteful with all these mid-life units going to scrap or storage. They could do with a refurbishment but are otherwise ok. I wonder if they can be converted back to use 750V DC and operate back down south with Southeastern alongside the 465s.
There's a Surplus of EMUs at the moment - Electrification hasn't kept up. Thing is newer units with things like aircon are available now. Spares are starting to become an issue for GTO Traction. At almost 30 years old it's getting to the point that a rebuild/retractioning isn't worth it for the 10 years of design life left in them. The GEC 465s are likely to retired in the next few years for the same reason as the 707s are moving to South Eastern.
I suspect Southeastern could order more 707s to replace the entire 465/466 fleet soon, if they find their current 707 fleet satisfactory. Similarly Southern could order some 701s or 707s to replace their 313 and 455 fleet, with all 377s being dispersed back to mainline and coastway duties. Even still it feels like most units from the late 80s/early 90s could at least stay another 5-10 years before they really need replacing. I guess the TOCs like the appeal of promising new trains with air-con and wifi these days. Personally I don't mind old trains, they are alright as long as you're not on them during peak times whilst stationary on a hot day.
