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Old October 30th 11, 08:22 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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On Oct 30, 8:07*pm, wrote:
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'D A Stocks[_2_ Wrote:
;123973'] *Don't Southern run some 12-car trains as 4 x 3-car?


Yes, used to be quite common on Brighton fast services.


In the days of nationalised British Railways most Brighton fast services
were 12 car trains; and they didn't stop at Clapham Junction either.


But they weren't 4 x 3-car, which was the question I was answering.


There were mixed 2, 3 and 4 car formations of SR slam-door stock, but
I don't know if it was possible to run more than 3 units coupled in
service ,,,


3 car SR units had disappeared by the time I was a lad.

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There would have been some SR DEMUs well into the 90s, no? Off the top
of my head, the 204, 205 and 207s were all three-car.