I like the way some people still describe Class 165/166's as "Thames Turbos" when Thames Trains ceased to exist years ago.
Excuse the digression but they were known as Thames Turbos before Thames Trains existed as well...
I like the way some people still describe Class 165/166's as "Thames Turbos" when Thames Trains ceased to exist years ago.
I thought the 9 cars were being introduced on the Cheltenham services first?
I like the way some people still describe Class 165/166's as "Thames Turbos" when Thames Trains ceased to exist years ago.
Which makes it even more odd that the term is still used.
From tomorrow (13/06/18), the following North Cotswold services are planned to be 9 car IETs:
1W12 0547 London Paddington - Worcester FS 0815
1P22 0825 Worcester FS - London Paddington 1057
1W14 0652 London Paddington - Great Malvern 0937
1P25 0954 Great Malvern - London Paddington 1228
1W29 1421 London Paddington - Worcester FS 1644
1P42 1725 Worcester FS - London Paddington 1959
1W33 1622 London Paddington - Great Malvern 1924
1P47 1942 Great Malvern - London Paddington 2236
Of course they're subject to last minute change, but hopefully no teething issues will arise...
Jinxed it.
Not happening today due to TMS issues on the 9 cars. Diagram will be covered with a 5 car today; with resultant shortforms elsewhere to provide said 5 car. No HSTs spare either so shortforms preferred option to cancellations.
I don’t think there are Intercity services to Temple Meads from Cardiff bar one a day is there?
1W29 1421 London Paddington - Worcester FS 1644
1P42 1725 Worcester FS - London Paddington 1959
800304 confirmed running as this.
800304 has duly turned up at Reading!
A 9 car has certainly spread the passenger load. I’m in Coach C and there is probably only 10-15 people in here.
Departure delayed slightly by ‘a technical issue’
Further to the above, this was the /3 I saw
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C40075/2018/06/13
No, see Clarence Yard's post #896 on the previous page. Accepted 9 car sets are being used this week on the Hereford route due to a shortfall in availability of 5 car sets, which was causing short formation on other routes. Yesterday the 1730, 1800 and 1830 from Paddington on the Bristol route were all 5 car sets. The plan is that the 9 car sets will do what they are supposed to from next Monday, unless the plan changes again of course.Will Cheltenham see units before Monday then?
This was worked by an HST, 43124 + 43028.
Just had a message saying that nine-car 800305 is working the 06.52 Paddington to Great Malvern and 09.54 return today.
Just had a message saying that nine-car 800305 is working the 06.52 Paddington to Great Malvern and 09.54 return today.
Is there any reason that currently the 9 car sets are unable to work the 10 car diagrams on the Bristol and South Wales routes that do not involve joining/splitting?
Not sure whether you were replying to me, but I got the impression that 9 car sets are being used on off peak Cotswold routes where additional capacity is not required, leaving Bristol and South Wales services short formedThere is also the practical issue of long trains serving short platforms that have not yet been extended.
Work at Stonehouse is not complete yet and work has not even begun at any station between Oxford and Worcester. Using 2x5s would mean just one coach of each set in a 2x5 being on a platform at a number of places and there would no access to bike storage areas and issues over wheelchair access. Hence 9-cars are starting on these routes.
It has seen five-car sets since December 31 last year and nine-cars started to operate yesterday when 800304 worked the 14.21 to Worcester and 17.25 return.
Today 800305 worked the 06.52 Paddington to Great Malvern and 09.54 return and is currently doing another round trip on the 16.22 Paddington to Great Malvern and 19.42 back to London
Not sure whether you were replying to me, but I got the impression that 9 car sets are being used on off peak Cotswold routes where additional capacity is not required, leaving Bristol and South Wales services short formed
Are you saying that a HST is better than a 800? . . . . .All this means there isn’t the versatility of diagramming that GWR has enjoyed with it’s HST fleet. And the fuel range is also less than an HST.
Looks like it was the turn of the 05.47 from Paddington to Worcester for a nine-car this morning - the return 08.25 is showing on live departure screens down the Cotswold Line as a nine-car formation.
First class is at the rear, suggesting it is probably 800305, as 800304's first class coaches were at the London end of the formation when it was used on Wednesday.
The 06.52 Paddington-Great Malvern is a five-car today, according to the departure screens.