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Yeah, slight delays in London Bridge can cause chaos and affect all services. It becomes a nightmare, as every train I was filming was at least 5 minutes late from 5pm.

Nevertheless, it was a bloody good video! It was odd to see a 377/6, 377/3 and 377/4 all together for the 18:17 East Grinstead.

Richard King Thanks! That was the strangest 377 combination I have seen. It was very strange seeing a 3-car, 4-car and a 5-car paired up together to form 12 coaches!

TurboFintan I knew the 377/6s run down to East Grinstead, but it was a very interesting sight seeing that lot together. Unfortunately, we don't get the 377/6s or 7s on the East Coastway.The 442 does make up for it though.

European Rail HD Thanks!

Sam Iles They go to London Bridge on weekdays at peak hours only.

+Chris Baverstock Thank you. I had a staff who came up to me and asked if I was filming but walked away when I said yes. I didn't use a tripod so not sure how they react to that at London Bridge but ask them at the ticket gates if you can take pics and use a tripod, which is what I usually do.

Ok. So u i just go up to them. Tell them I'm there and what I'm doing then I'll be fine?

+Chris Baverstock I don't know what exactly will happen but as long as you let them know what you're doing then they shouldn't hassle you on the platform.

Ok thanks

+Robski T Nowadays most staff will refuse to sell them or not know that they exist

agent00x They do also run to Victoria as well but the Southern services are certainly slower than of South West Trains!

@@TurboFintan I saw a electro star heading towards Guildford via my local station, leatherhead because I was going to stansted airport

+Lewis Watson Thanks

Yeah during peak hours some Class 442s work on Southern services and the rest on Gatwick Express duties. In this video, they were working to Brighton which is a Southern service.

+TurboFintan sometimes a 442 working a southern service will run to Eastbourne. I have a few vids of a 442 running to Eastbourne:)

Gatwick express run now half a hourly to brighton,so there is a frequent train from London to brighton(including Thameslink and hove trains)@@TurboFintan

Southern used to run 3 trains an hour between London and Brighton, (one was non-stop from Victoria to East Croydon) when GX trains only ran as far as Gatwick Airport. Then around 2010 the peak GX trains were extended to Brighton (this was the case at the time of filming) then several years later the extension ran at off-peak times as the half-hourly service you mentioned.

+the ship spotter Not sure, as staff there can be a bit dodgy but I will try hopefully in the summer.

thanks +TurboFintan also in the summer can you please do Weymouth Or Poole or Bournemouth ?

the ship spotter I will try to film at those places soon

+TurboFintan tell me when you do it

they go to guildford

​@@insertnamehere3357Southern no longer go to Guildford

​@maddiei7303 yeh that's been a cut service ever since covid come in

TSguy0100 Sorry I didn't see your comment, I got the headcodes from Working Timetables on the Network Rail website.

Jack The Philpott Gaming the class 442 sound

Paul King I have done one at Victoria but if you mean the Southern side then that would be too difficult. I can try to do Battersea Park instead.

Oh - I have yet to see that. My mistake - apologies. Thinking about it, you're right about it being to difficult at Victoria: it's not as open as London Bridge (now). I know you have already done Clapham Junction, but that was during the amended timetable period due to the works at London Bridge. Could you do Platform 13 at Clapham Junction on a weekday evening? That would be extremely interesting - the view from Platform 13 is amazing, as we saw in your aforementioned video at the station! If you don't want to do that one again, Battersea Park would be a great alternative.

Paul King Thanks for that information but from that platform it sounds like you want to focus on Southern trains rather than both them and South West Trains. I don't mind but I prefer to film Southern trains in one visit and SWT trains on a different day.

TurboFintan Well, I am more familiar with Southern units as my local station is only served by them (and Thameslink units). Obviously, it is completely up to you. I think seeing the activity of both companies on a normal working evening will be very interesting!

+TheBoshMeister99 Not really, they have 455s empty to and from Stewarts Lane because they are stabled there during off-peak times.

Oh. So it was not in service?

+TheBoshMeister99 Yeah they run empty and out of service if they go or come from Stewarts Lane which is a stabling point for Southern trains and depot for Gatwick Express 442s.

Siemens 407 There are a lot of commuters and passengers who have finished work and are returning home in large numbers at the end of the day. The large number of trains and their long length handle lots of people. Sometimes it is not enough and overcrowding happens.

Ah ok thx. Bwt cool vid. 😉

Samuel Iles That must be really cool, do you get discounts for rail travel cause your dad is a driver?

Samuel Iles That train was 13 carriages long I thought they could only be up to 12?

Trainboy350 It was 12 coaches, 3+4+5 is 12.

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Trainboy350 Not really as they are used on any 377 operated services as the /7s have replaced them on AC duties. However some were given to Thameslink so there are less 377/2s operated by Southern. You could say that a pair of 377/2s coupled together (there were two of them in that set) is quite rare.

TurboFintan Have you got anywhere in mind for a next video? Rush hour at South Kenton can be good.

Trainboy350 I might do one at Clapham Junction again but South Kenton is a good idea, will look into that!

Alex Crosby Most of them were waiting at the ticket barriers, and would board their trains a few minutes before their departure time but it does look like there is hardly anyone though!

JAGTESHWAR SOHAL Go to Clapham junction in rush hour, then you will see Britain’s busiest railway station in action

They are no longer on GX trains although I think the newer 387s are a downgrade from the 442s. Honestly for me the 460s were the best for Gatwick Express duties.

Except that they were simply not designed for GatEx and suffered for it.

@@TurboFintan 442s now work for South Western Railway

@@nathansrailwayphotography8125 they been scrapped because of Covid-19 and health/safety reasons