All of them.
Are they actually needed.... ? considering they will be replaced in a couple of years anyway.
All of them.
Are they actually needed.... ? considering they will be replaced in a couple of years anyway.
Are they actually needed.... ? considering they will be replaced in a couple of years anyway.
Theres still at least one pair out and about - was on one of the Royston peak extras one morning this week
Catching a Cambridge Express today, sort of expected a 387... got a 317x2.
* This timetable isn't getting any improvements as a result of SDO. All the London-Cambridge (now North) stopping services (XX04) are generally 4 cars only still, a mix of 365 or 387. Likewise the evening XX04 and XX52 services which stop at Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton remain 4 cars only, mainly 1x387 as far as I can see.
* This timetable isn't getting any improvements as a result of SDO. All the London-Cambridge (now North) stopping services (XX04) are generally 4 cars only still, a mix of 365 or 387. Likewise the evening XX04 and XX52 services which stop at Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton remain 4 cars only, mainly 1x387 as far as I can see.
The platform extensions at Shepreth and Foxton won't be ready for the May timetable change, so Cambridge stoppers will have to remain as 4-cars at least until these are done (later in the year, I think?). The diagrams *might* be designed in such a way that they can be converted to 8-car with only minimal timetable alteration.
One presumes the 387s require less maintenance than 317s/321s.
Nearly the end? This morning 2R35, the 0835 Letchworth to King's Cross is 387s 119 and 114. This is (or was) one of the two remaining 317 diagrams. Does anyone know if this means that the 317s no longer have any diagrammed work? If so, they haven't quite finished as 3R41, an ECS from King's Cross to Letchworth was a pair of 317s.
Nearly the end? This morning 2R35, the 0835 Letchworth to King's Cross is 387s 119 and 114. This is (or was) one of the two remaining 317 diagrams. Does anyone know if this means that the 317s no longer have any diagrammed work? If so, they haven't quite finished as 3R41, an ECS from King's Cross to Letchworth was a pair of 317s.
Apologies if I've missed something, but what's the net gain in units from the 317/321 days to now having the 387s?
When do we first see a class 700 in service on GN? One x 8 car then releases 2 x 4 to lengthen more trains. Well I assume that's the plan?
Unfortunately the plan may well be One x 8 car then causes 2 x 365 to be stored. Sadly.
Is there a specific date by which the 21 "currently spare" units have to be taken out of service?
I've been on a 377/5 from Wimbledon to St Pancras with the last coach locked out (due to what the driver said was a major technical fault) but never saw if it was shown as 3-car (or 7-car in this case).
Today under train formation updates:
13:56 Cambridge to London Kings Cross due 15:20
This train is being delayed from Cambridge and is now expected to be 10 minutes late.
Will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 4. First class is declassified.
This is due to a fault on this train.
That's interesting - presuming a 387 missing a coach? Surely they haven't done the unthinkable and sent a 313 up to Cambridge!
Highly unlikely - don't think 313s are route-cleared beyond Royston due to their shoegear.
It's Peterborough where the 313s are not allowed, north of St Neots if I remember rightly.
That will change though as the Class 700s also have fixed shoegear.