First service with New Door XC HST set will be the 07:25 Newcastle to Taunton on Sept 17th.
Reported on HST gen that the sliding door set may indeed enter service on the 17th September, but on 1V52 07:00 Edinburgh - Exeter St Davids, which makes more sense as that run is booked HST anyway.And what is this source? Unless a VSTP path goes in there is no way of it getting from Craigentinny to NCL as an ECS (So would therefore not be the first service.) Also the 0725 would need to be retimed for HST timings and it is running to Exeter not Taunton as you stated.
IF it enters service on Monday that will be the one it's on.Reported on HST gen that the sliding door set may indeed enter service on the 17th September, but on 1V52 07:00 Edinburgh - Exeter St Davids, which makes more sense as that run is booked HST anyway.
Because (as explained in the GW and Scotrail threads) the experience of fitting power doors to the WSMR/Chiltern mark 3s was that in reality every single door had to be made to measure individually.
ah, the issue with sticking a unit like that into the existing hole would be the resulting door aperture would be too narrow for modern accessibility requirements- not even just for wheelchairs, in general too.
There is a thread in the Allocations section that can give daily fleet numbers.Any news on when a service down to Plymouth/Cornwall will be booked for a sliding door set? Just curious as I normally see a HST stationed at Plymouth on my way home (I assume it's running the 16:25).
Hi, this project is being undertaken to meet accessibility legislation for passengers with reduced mobility (PRM).Does anyone know why this particular option for fitting powered doors was adopted?
I think the question was about the reason for the specific design chosen, ie as compared to the Chiltern solution, as was explained in post #96.Hi, this project is being undertaken to meet accessibility legislation for passengers with reduced mobility (PRM).
I think the question was about the reason for the specific design chosen, ie as compared to the Chiltern solution, as was explained in post #96.
XC03 is allocated to work 1V50 and 1E63 today. Meaning it's likely to drop onto 1V44/1S51 tomorrow subject to not breaking.
yes..Was today it's first day in public service? Can't wait for some pics.
yes..
Probably extra space for wheelchair areas and priority seating.Just calculated that - 446. Might only be 11 less seats (55 in total eventually on each set) but I remember one Sunday a little while ago this year someone catching the 12:11 from Leeds to Bristol and reporting no seats. Hard to believe this was an HST but I think it was.
What makes me laugh is XC don't want to lose seats. Yet by removing 11 in each set is (unless someone can correct me) XC being a bit hypocritical.
If there's a good reason behind the reduction then fine but that's odd.I
Looks like they'll have to update their online HST seating layout.
It's to fit the pockets for the doors.Probably extra space for wheelchair areas and priority seating.
The fault was more to do with the battery which caused faults. It's also running round with all 4 doors in coach F LOOU.Running shortformed as 2+6 since yesterday after one of the Trailer Standards developed a door fault. Something that I suspect will be a recurring issue until there is more than one set (plus one spare vehicle) available for use.
1S51...43357 + 43304 with slidings doors just left New Street on 1S52. Didn’t check the coaches/doors.