DEMU 1302 arriving at Tunbridge Wells Central.
Class 207 type 3-D DEMU set no. 1302 is seen emerging from Grove Hill Tunnel into Tunbridge Wells Central with train 2L24 the 12.34 Eridge to Tonbridge.
1302 receive TOPS set number 207 002 in August 1986 as a 3-car set. From March 1992 it was reduced to a 2-car set for use on the Hastings - Ashford line and renumbered 207 103 with the intermediate trailer 60601 being scrapped in May 1992. Then in May 1995 the unit was selected for augmentation with a 4-CEP EMU centre coach 70286 and was reclassified as a 3-MAG (Marshlink Additional Gangway) and renumbered 207 203. Against all odds it then became the last class 207 unit in service being withdrawn in January 2005. It was saved for preservation as a 2-car formed of vehicles 60127+60901 as the intermediate EMU coach 70286 went to Immingham for scrap. The unit is now to be found on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway.
DEMU 1302 arriving at Tunbridge Wells Central.
Class 207 type 3-D DEMU set no. 1302 is seen emerging from Grove Hill Tunnel into Tunbridge Wells Central with train 2L24 the 12.34 Eridge to Tonbridge.
1302 receive TOPS set number 207 002 in August 1986 as a 3-car set. From March 1992 it was reduced to a 2-car set for use on the Hastings - Ashford line and renumbered 207 103 with the intermediate trailer 60601 being scrapped in May 1992. Then in May 1995 the unit was selected for augmentation with a 4-CEP EMU centre coach 70286 and was reclassified as a 3-MAG (Marshlink Additional Gangway) and renumbered 207 203. Against all odds it then became the last class 207 unit in service being withdrawn in January 2005. It was saved for preservation as a 2-car formed of vehicles 60127+60901 as the intermediate EMU coach 70286 went to Immingham for scrap. The unit is now to be found on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway.