Icky Qualms
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we should probably start a thread lamenting the loss of the 170's
'Due to a train fault' Felixstowes 'will be suspended from 10.58 for the rest of the day'.
Not all cancellations yet shown in Journey Check so perhaps some hope that they will be reinstated later?
156422 was the unit in question.Well there are 27 local services cancelled this morning and that is with the 170 in service. That's over 30 reasons to keep it for longer.
A 156 has gone today.
156422 was the unit in question.
Bag of nails, then?Wish EMR the very best with that particular unit.
How come there are turds and toilet paper decorating the line at Diss this morning? Thought everything through here had retention tanks?
Oh yes of course. How obvious! Particularly embarrassing as I'm sat on one right now!The non Renatus bins ?
Rebranded or debranded?Have seen a number of rebranded Mk3s and a rebranded 90 (90011) running in service this morning.
Temporary reprieve from retirement or preparation for imminent replacement by 745s?
Debranded. Corrected my autocorrected postRebranded or debranded?
Perhaps they're vehicles they weren't intending to use again but have been resurrected due to ongoing shortages.Debranded. Corrected my autocorrected post
What's known as making the best of a bad job?Perhaps they're vehicles they weren't intending to use again but have been resurrected due to ongoing shortages.
That would be due to the engineering works north of Broxbourne.Surprised to see 379’s on a Stratford to Meridian Water service today.
Surprised to see 379’s on a Stratford to Meridian Water service today.
They went & came back.Interesting that a GA 156 (forgot unit number but it is on the Sudbury shuttle this weekend) has already got the EMR network maps and branding internally before it has left GA.
Ah, did not know that. Did they come back because of the chronic rolling stock shortage?They went & came back.
closure all weekend between Broxbourne Junction and Stansted JunctionNo Stansted Express today probably.
Yes nice bit of cooperation between EMR & GA via DfT. The they had been renumbered as 156/9s so a 4 was hastily put back.Ah, did not know that. Did they come back because of the chronic rolling stock shortage?
Any reason they could not send the 153s to Greater Anglia. Has the traction knowledge lapsed? It maybe is good cross industry cooperation but it is also showing total contempt to East Midlands passengers that yet again we are getting stuck with some of the worse rolling stock in the UK (the 153s) because another company messed up its procurement. Feel strongly about this as it is always the East Midlands getting shafted. (Lose the 158s centre cars, dft gets the specifications wrong for EMT result not enough trains)Yes nice bit of cooperation between EMR & GA via DfT. The they had been renumbered as 156/9s so a 4 was hastily put back.
I have no idea why but it was a logical thing to do. One TOC was in far more of a crisis than the other and was offered some short term relief. If a few bitter people cannot understand that then shame on them. Let's hope they never find themselves in that position as what goes around...Any reason they could not send the 153s to Greater Anglia. Has the traction knowledge lapsed? It maybe is good cross industry cooperation but it is also showing total contempt to East Midlands passengers that yet again we are getting stuck with some of the worse rolling stock in the UK (the 153s) because another company messed up its procurement. Feel strongly about this as it is always the East Midlands getting shafted. (Lose the 158s centre cars, dft gets the specifications wrong for EMT result not enough trains)
if the 153s went greater anglia would still have trains and EMT would see some small improvements to its service. Rather than the current message you are unimportant - greater anglia deserve decent trains you can only have rolling stock no-one else wants. They will get new trains your area is only allowed cast offs.
rant over.
We have. For the entire duration of the EMT franchise. No cross industry support just buses as people get left behind on the platforms.I have no idea why but it was a logical thing to do. One TOC was in far more of a crisis than the other and was offered some short term relief. If a few bitter people cannot understand that then shame on them. Let's hope they never find themselves in that position as what goes around...