the surviving Class 205s, most of which now carried Network SouthEast livery, pass to the new Connex South Central franchise. In 1966, unit number 1102 was used in the film "The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery". When Govia won the South Central franchise in 2001, a franchise commitment was to replace all Mark 1 rolling stock by 2005, as it did not meet modern health and safety requirements. Southern ordered Turbostar trains of and (later converted to Class 171) from 2003 onwards to replace the Class 205s. The final units, nos. 205001/009/033 were withdrawn in mid-December 2004. Accidents and incidents On 31 July 1989, unit 205101 collided with a van on the level crossing at . At 0827hrs on Saturday the 15 October 1994, the Cowden rail crash occurred, involving a head-on collision between two trains in heavy fog. The branch line is from Hurst Green junction near Oxted, south to Uckfield and at this point is single track. The northbound train failed to wait at the Ashurst loop and entered the single line section at Blackham junction against the red signal at OD58. The southbound train driver, unaware of the train coming towards him on the same track, pulled away from and the two units collided around south of the station. Units involved were 205029 with 205032 and 205018 with 205001. Fleet details Unrefurbished Class 205/0 Refurbished Class 205/1 Refurbished Class 205/2 Departmental Units Preservation Due to a generous disposal policy by Porterbrook Leasing, nearly all of the final units in service were preserved. The only unit not preserved was no. 205012, which had poor bodywork and donated its engine to the only surviving unrefurbished Class 207 unit. 205001 - East Kent Railway (2-car unit) 205008 - (DTCsoL 60820) Preserved by the Hastings Diesels Group at St Leonards-on-Sea, on loan to the Lavender Line (Can operate with unit 205033) 205009 - Eden Valley Railway (3-car unit) 205018 - (DTCsoL 60828 from 205029) Lavender Line (2-car unit) 205023 - (DTCsoL 60822) and TSO 60669 (from 205024) at Swindon and Cricklade Railway. TSO 60669 will be stripped for spares to restore DTCsoL 60822 and then scrapped. DMBS 60122 at Lavender Line) 205025 - Mid-Hants Railway (2-car unit) 205027 - (DMBSO 60145) Stored at St Leonards Depot with DMBSO 60149 205028 - Dartmoor Railway, later Caledonian Railway (Brechin) (3-car unit) 205031 - (DMBSO 60149) Stored at St Leonards Depot with DMBSO 60145