Farewell Thameslink

phat2003uk · Post by **phat2003uk** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:34 pm

Today was the last day of operation for the 'Thameslink' brand. First Capital Connect will take over from 02:00 on 1st April. After school today I went down to Harpenden station to get some shots of the last day of operation:
http://www.richard-armstrong.fotopic.net/FarewellTL

Whitemoor · Post by **Whitemoor** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:50 pm

farewell to wagn aswell, i reckon a 365 will look good in First livery?

charlierc · Post by **charlierc** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:18 pm

Whitemoor wrote:farewell to wagn aswell, i reckon a 365 will look good in First livery?

Anything but good seeing as it's First.

I don't think a 319 will look much better either.

hertford · Post by **hertford** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:02 pm

Whitemoor wrote:farewell to wagn aswell, i reckon a 365 will look good in First livery?

WHAT?
Are you out of your mind? The ECML has changed enough.
What with the GNER trains with the red doors? The Network South East livery on 313's nearly all gone?
The 3 GNER Eurostars, all gone!

salopiangrowler · Post by **salopiangrowler** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 7:19 pm

hertford wrote:
Whitemoor wrote:farewell to wagn aswell, i reckon a 365 will look good in First livery?
WHAT?
Are you out of your mind? The ECML has changed enough.
What with the GNER trains with the red doors? The Network South East livery on 313's nearly all gone?
The 3 GNER Eurostars, all gone!

Welcome to the real world buddy, 365's are staying just in a different livery, i hope its the new livery they're using on the 185's and FGW HST's that looks cool. Ivr always had a soft spot for funky modern art.

hertford · Post by **hertford** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:11 am

Wagn is not bankrupt!?

trains2 · Post by **trains2** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:16 am

Is it me or are First taking over all small TOCs? Eg Thameslink, Wessex Trains, and all the others they have already got? Are First going for world domination.

Whitemoor · Post by **Whitemoor** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:29 am

hertford wrote:Wagn is not bankrupt!?

WAGn wasent bankrupt, just been took over by first group. 365505 will be rolled out in the new livery on monday, and is expected to work 1045 KX-KL.

djhedge · Post by **djhedge** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:52 am

One of my workmates used Thameslink to commute to Blackfriars - according to him their service was dire. I too, on my odd journey that side of the city have found it to be pretty appauling!

salopiangrowler · Post by **salopiangrowler** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:00 pm

trains2 wrote:Is it me or are First taking over all small TOCs? Eg Thameslink, Wessex Trains, and all the others they have already got? Are First going for world domination.

Well they now own 55% of the public transport in the UK
Then its Northern with 20%
Tfl with 10%
South Eastern & Southern 10%
Arriva with 2%
One with 1.5%
SWT 1%
C2C 0.5%

hertford · Post by **hertford** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:42 pm

Whitemoor wrote:
hertford wrote:Wagn is not bankrupt!?
WAGn wasent bankrupt, just been took over by first group. 365505 will be rolled out in the new livery on monday, and is expected to work 1045 KX-KL.

Well, a 365 is going into first livery, but what about the other 365's, the 313's, 315's and 317's?

BR7MT · Post by **BR7MT** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:47 pm

I expect the 365's will get re-painted soon as they are also in need of corrosion repairs like the 465's.

The 315's don't operate as part of the new First Capital Connect service.

I also think the 317's will get re-painted as some of them are looking diabolical with bare metal showing in patches.

313's - I expect them to get re-painted if the life extension program gets the go-ahead.

At least Thameslink won't get called that derogatory name anymore

Regards,

Dan

Whitemoor · Post by **Whitemoor** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:18 pm

a 317 is also being rolled out in it tomorrow, the rest of the fleet will take time, and wont happen overnight, although some people would like that.....................

allypally · Post by **allypally** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:28 pm

Some 313s are still in rather tatty NSE livery too aren't they? Think 1 or 2 at the most though...

Rather like 158750 in RR livery as a hanger on with First!

250787 · Post by **250787** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:30 pm

salopiangrowler wrote:
trains2 wrote:Is it me or are First taking over all small TOCs? Eg Thameslink, Wessex Trains, and all the others they have already got? Are First going for world domination.
Well they now own 55% of the public transport in the UK
Then its Northern with 20%
Tfl with 10%
South Eastern & Southern 10%
Arriva with 2%
One with 1.5%
SWT 1%
C2C 0.5%

So GNER and the National Express Group (Virgin, Central, Midland Mainline) dont exist then