Has a 153 ever been past Southampton?
Yesterday I was on 1F99 Cardiff to Portsmouth. There was a fault on the last car of 158955 (something like lights not working) so they put 153329 on the back as far as Bristol but there we were told to get off and join 150249 which was already rammed full. When I asked the guard the reason for the change of stock, he said "153's are not cleared past Southampton"
How different are they from 158's and 150/2's which are obviously OK.
Yesterday I was on 1F99 Cardiff to Portsmouth. There was a fault on the last car of 158955 (something like lights not working) so they put 153329 on the back as far as Bristol but there we were told to get off and join 150249 which was already rammed full. When I asked the guard the reason for the change of stock, he said "153's are not cleared past Southampton"
How different are they from 158's and 150/2's which are obviously OK.