[Flying Pig]

Well 465s can't work the route to Bedford as they're DC only traction. And they couldn't be hauled by 365s as a stipulation of the Thameslink Corridor is that trains on half-power (which is effectively what a 365+465 on the AC would be) shouldn't work through due to the steep gradients. 365s of course currently work over the Great Northern route, not the Thameslink route.

Perhaps 'The Railway Magazine' got confused. Certainly 319 stock will be working over Southeastern metals, as Phase 2 of the Thameslink Programme would see FCC trains running to Dartford and Ashford, but FCC is due to keep all class 319s since they have the Dual Voltage capability and their seat layout is well suited to the Airport services, ie: baggage space. This is expected to be until 2011 when a completely new fleet is to be introduced.

There is some confusion that at the moment when 319s are running on SE, they and their crews are effectively subleased to Southeastern, but they're still owned by FCC.

(It gets even more complicated with 377s. If you see an FCC liveried 377 on the Southeastern, it's been temporarily leased to FCC by Southern who actually bought it, and then FCC are Sub-leasing it to Southeastern whilst it's on their metals).



Hope this makes it clearer.