Fleet Details
Units are numbered 442401–424 and are formed of two outer driving trailers, two intermediate trailers, and an intermediate motor vehicle. In accordance with Southern Region practice, the units only carried the last four digits of their unit numbers when in service with South West Trains. Units refurbished for Southern now carry the full six digits.
Individual vehicles are numbered as follows:
- 77382–77405 - DTS - Driving Trailer Standard (formerly DTFo )
- 71818–71841 - TSO - Trailer Standard Open
- 62937–62960 - MLC - Motor Luggage Composite (formerly MBLS )
- 71842–71865 - TSW - Trailer Standard Wheelchair
- 77406–77429 - DTS - Driving Trailer Standard
The motor buffet vehicles were all modernised in a works programme at Crewe in 1997/98. At the same time units were repainted from their original Network SouthEast livery into South West Trains' Express livery. During 2006 South West Trains sent some units to Bombardier at Ilford, where the livery was modified to make it Disability Discrimination Act friendly; however, not all trains were modified as it was later announced that the trains were to be withdrawn from service. In 2008, units started to go to Wolverton works for refurbishment. The refurbishment included the removal of the buffet from the motor coach, all new seats, and the removal of first class from the front of the train to the motor coach. Door controls were also placed in the driving cabs so doors could be released and closed by the driver, although Gatwick Express intends on only using this for door release.
The description of this formation is DTS+TSO+MLC+TSW+DTS.
During the years of Network SouthEast and South West Trains various units have received names. Most of these were towns or places along the routes that they worked, but a few were for publicity purposes. When the South West Trains lease expired all nameplates were removed.
The complete fleet list is shown below, with details of vehicle numbers, former names and livery.
Unit number | Former name |
Livery | Individual coach numbers | Date withdrawn |
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DTS | TSO | MLC | TSW | DTS | ||||
442401 | Beaulieu | Gatwick Express | 77382 | 71818 | 62937 | 71842 | 77406 | 22/01/2007 |
442402 | County of Hampshire | Gatwick Express | 77383 | 71819 | 62938 | 71843 | 77407 | 16/02/2007 |
442403 | The New Forest | Gatwick Express | 77384 | 71820 | 62941 | 71844 | 77408 | 17/01/2007 |
442404 | Borough of Woking | Gatwick Express | 77385 | 71821 | 62939 | 71845 | 77409 | 15/01/2007 |
442405 | City of Portsmouth | Gatwick Express | 77386 | 71822 | 62944 | 71845 | 77410 | 15/02/2007 |
442406 | Victory | Gatwick Express | 77389 | 71823 | 62942 | 71847 | 77411 | 15/01/2007 |
442407 | Thomas Hardy | Gatwick Express | 77388 | 71824 | 62943 | 71848 | 77412 | 22/01/2007 |
442408 | County of Dorset | Gatwick Express | 77387 | 71825 | 62945 | 71849 | 77413 | 17/01/2007 |
442409 | Bournemouth Orchestras | Gatwick Express | 77390 | 71826 | 62946 | 71850 | 77414 | 12/01/2007 |
442410 | Meridian Tonight | Gatwick Express | 77391 | 71827 | 62948 | 71851 | 77415 | 24/01/2007 |
442411 | The Railway Children | Gatwick Express | 77392 | 71828 | 62940 | 71858 | 77422 | 29/01/2007 |
442412 | Special Olympics | Gatwick Express | 77393 | 71829 | 62947 | 71853 | 77417 | 12/02/2007 |
442413 | Gatwick Express | 77394 | 71830 | 62949 | 71854 | 77418 | 02/02/2007 | |
442414 | Gatwick Express | 77395 | 71831 | 62950 | 71855 | 77419 | 24/01/2007 | |
442415 | Mary Rose | Gatwick Express | 77396 | 71832 | 62951 | 71856 | 77420 | 10/11/2006 |
442416 | Mum in a Million 1997 - Doreen Scanlon | Gatwick Express | 77397 | 71833 | 62952 | 71857 | 77421 | 31/12/2006 |
442417 | Woking Homes | Gatwick Express | 77398 | 71834 | 62953 | 71852 | 77416 | 19/01/2007 |
442418 | Wessex Cancer Trust | Gatwick Express | 77399 | 71835 | 62954 | 71859 | 77423 | 24/01/2007 |
442419 | BBC South Today | Gatwick Express | 77400 | 71836 | 62955 | 71860 | 77424 | 12/02/2007 |
442420 | City of Southampton | Gatwick Express | 77401 | 71837 | 62956 | 71861 | 77425 | 12/01/2007 |
442421 | Gatwick Express | 77402 | 71838 | 62957 | 71862 | 77426 | 26/01/2007 | |
442422 | Operation Overlord | Gatwick Express | 77403 | 71839 | 62958 | 71863 | 77427 | 11/01/2007 |
442423 | County of Surrey | Gatwick Express | 77404 | 71840 | 62959 | 71864 | 77428 | 18/04/2007 |
442424 | Gerry Newson | Gatwick Express | 77405 | 71841 | 62960 | 71865 | 77429 | 22/01/2007 |
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