Recently, I was on a Southeastern class 707, and realised that these pretty new trains (under 10 years old), have had a pretty interesting history, operating with 3 different TOCs, and being unwanted before they even entered service! Here's a video I've made on them; youtu.be/a1BczTBRZZ8
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The Train NOBODY Wanted!? (Until Southeastern wanted them) | A History of the Class 707
The Class 707 Desiro trains were intiailly ordered by South West Trains in 2014, to bolster capacity out of London Waterloo on suburban services. However, just 3 years later, the class 707s were…
