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Abellio Greater Anglia Class 755s (Regional Trains)

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I can see patronage increasing before to long, so more frequent services and/or insertion of more intermediate cars might be required.

I can see that happening too. When I had a ride, everyone getting on was wowed with quite a few comments out loud - word will soon get around. It's really nice to see the European branch line concept coming to the UK rather than rotting hand-me-downs, and I'm sure people in south Wales will love them too.
 
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With the one power module how long a unit would be feasible?
Well the 3 car units have 2 engines and the 4 car units have 4 engines in the power module. So that would suggest a 4 car extended to 6 would have the same performance on diesel as a 3 car (probably slightly better as the weight of the power module is divided between 4 rather than 2 engines).
Of course there may be differences with traction motors etc that we don't know about, but I suspect everything like that is standardised to minimise manufacturing and maintenance costs.
Electric performance would suffer a bit, but they don't run much under wires and it's already better than the diesel performance so I doubt that would matter.
I guess the biggest issue might be just the 2 powered bogies. There again, the 745s have 4 powered bogies for a 12 car (no power module mind), so probably not a problem.
In short, anything up to 6 car should be relatively simple.
 

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First 156s leave for EMR next week with there being a steady rate of departure until the last week of December.
 

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First 156s leave for EMR next week with there being a steady rate of departure until the last week of December.
I guess that Abellio must be both pleased and displeased in equal measure on that?
FWIW the Sudbury unit has just gone OOU with a fault. Services currently 'suspended until the end of the day' :|
 

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I guess that Abellio must be both pleased and displeased in equal measure on that?
FWIW the Sudbury unit has just gone OOU with a fault. Services currently 'suspended until the end of the day' :|

Not much choice really - as of the timetable change EMR depends on them being available, as someone once declared to me 'just because you have a problem doesn't mean it becomes mine!'.
 

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*all* 153s are being withdrawn from service at the end of today so GA will have 9 156s and a 170 until next week when the number of 156s will reduce steadily.

I wish everyone the very best of luck from Monday onwards then, since last week many of the services out of Ipswich to Cambridge, Peterborough and Lowestoft were being run by 153s as there was nothing else that was available to run them.

If they really do persist with the recent idea of putting FLIRTS on the Felixstowe line and cancelling longer distance services then they have officially lost the plot, since in any shortage, the Felixstowe line can be easily replaced by a bus.
 

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*all* 153s are being withdrawn from service at the end of today so GA will have 9 156s and a 170 until next week when the number of 156s will reduce steadily.
That would corroborate exactly what I heard on my travels into GAGAland on Wednesday :|
Not much choice really - as of the timetable change EMR depends on them being available, as someone once declared to me 'just because you have a problem doesn't mean it becomes mine!'.
I wasn't suggesting that there was a choice! Good luck with the 156s.

New fans please.
 

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That would corroborate exactly what I heard on my travels into GAGAland on Wednesday :|

I wasn't suggesting that there was a choice! Good luck with the 156s.

New fans please.

Can't be any worse than our existing ice boxes :p:oops:
 

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There is no reliable link to the ECML from Suffolk at the moment, which is very poor indeed. The two-hourly interval just isn't good enough, although I appreciate there is no capacity for an hourly service. I can only hope the FLIRTS allow the service to (at least) function properly.

With this being a general election period, it would be interesting to see what local candidates think of the current farce!

Has anyone actually tried to timetable it I wonder? Nevermind NR saying no for whatever reason they can find like level crossings can the timetable be made to work with the track thats there?

I wish everyone the very best of luck from Monday onwards then, since last week many of the services out of Ipswich to Cambridge, Peterborough and Lowestoft were being run by 153s as there was nothing else that was available to run them.

If they really do persist with the recent idea of putting FLIRTS on the Felixstowe line and cancelling longer distance services then they have officially lost the plot, since in any shortage, the Felixstowe line can be easily replaced by a bus.

Clearly not all of Ipswich depot are ready yet for crewing the new trains. However some are and are being used to Cambridge. Its been said elsewhere that Norwich depot sign Felixstowe and that they are further ahead than Ipswich so there may well be the answer. Agree Felixstowe branch is easier to rail replace of all the routes though.
 

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*all* 153s are being withdrawn from service at the end of today so GA will have 9 156s and a 170 until next week when the number of 156s will reduce steadily.
Well at least I won't be getting one from Lowestoft to Ipswich tomorrow.
Hopefully something will turn up!
 

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How many trains do they need to run the timetable (without spares), and what's the greatest number of Flirts that have been out at one time so far?
 

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Has anyone actually tried to timetable it I wonder? Nevermind NR saying no for whatever reason they can find like level crossings can the timetable be made to work with the track thats there?

I may be wrong, but I imagine it is the bottlenecks beyond Ely which may be the issue. Presumably, if single line sections were doubled, then it would make a real difference.

On other matters, all Peterborough services seemingly suspended today.
 

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6.54 from Ipswich to Cambridge stuck at Elmswell. Believed to be software issue with doors. Has been terminated at Elmswell.

Meanwhile reports on the Lowestoft line that senior management are celebrating the withdrawals of the 153s that mean thousands of passengers are stranded.
 
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1Z99 approaching Diss, rescue on it's way?

The pantograph appears to be half up, in that I could only observe one straight arm angled upwards and no hinge.
The top of the pantograph is pointing downwards and towards the middle of the train instead of up
Lastly one of the metal arcs which form the top of the pantograph is bent upwards from it's normal orientation.
 

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Cameras failed on 412, overheard guard explaining to another passenger. Confessed she didn't understand why that had resulted in the inbound train becoming so heavily delayed.
 

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Meanwhile reports on the Lowestoft line that senior management are celebrating the withdrawals of the 153s that mean thousands of passengers are stranded.
Not for me. The 1007 Lowestoft to Ipswich is a Flirt, while the Norwich train was a156.
Certainly live up to expectation. Unfortunately don't really get to test the performance in this track. Jointed track a little noisy but I am over boogie. Seats quite firm but probably ok for distance. Does feel very well put together.
The difference from the 153 I previously got in this line is astronomical
 

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Not for me. The 1007 Lowestoft to Ipswich is a Flirt, while the Norwich train was a156.
Certainly live up to expectation. Unfortunately don't really get to test the performance in this track. Jointed track a little noisy but I am over boogie. Seats quite firm but probably ok for distance. Does feel very well put together.
The difference from the 153 I previously got in this line is astronomical

Maybe so, but the withdrawal of the 153s today mean that some people have no trains at all, because the 153s previously on the line you are on are having to be covered by taking trains from other lines.

With several 156s leaving GA very shortly and the 755 rollout now unlikely to finish until February according to an excellent source, things will not get any better and could get worse in the coming days.
 

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One minor criticism is the heating duct rubs on your calf, not unique to these trains though. Also no luggage racks that I can see? This might be dictated by the layout being low floor meaning there's no space to put one
 

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will today's panto incident mean that electric under wires will be stopped again, pending investigation ?
 

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One minor criticism is the heating duct rubs on your calf, not unique to these trains though. Also no luggage racks that I can see? This might be dictated by the layout being low floor meaning there's no space to put one
There are overhead luggage racks (very large, you'd get a medium sized suitcase on it easily), and there are some luggage stacks adjacent to some of the doors.
 

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will today's panto incident mean that electric under wires will be stopped again, pending investigation ?
Probably have all pantographs removed and curtail any plans for through East Suffolk or Stansted services mate. Usual overreaction seen across the railway these days.
 

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There are overhead luggage racks (very large, you'd get a medium sized suitcase on it easily), and there are some luggage stacks adjacent to some of the doors.
You could probably get luggage under the seats too
 

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