Pete_uk
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That's good, if you have everyone standing you can fit more in.
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Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway
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That's good, if you have everyone standing you can fit more in.
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Shhhhush... DafT are listening
Alot of unit types seem to have a special name and locos too. It's like a personality.
The cabs of 701 stock resembles a snake and looking at the photo of the first 10 car at Eastleigh Snake just came into mind.
444 stock are known as arkwrights
Class 66 sheds etc etc
trainmania100
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Few weeks ago there was a Rog 37 between Horsham / Crawley / Dorking for driver training, some people mentioned this was for future 701 training , is there any truth to this? Will 701s maybe be stored at Horsham whilst the rest of SWR fleet is still in service?
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Probably be more comfortable standing, too.
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I believe the intention was to swap out old units as 701s were delivered, with of course the additional capacity at Feltham also being utilised. That was of course before the world was turned upside down.
In all fairness standing on a train with more dedicated standing capacity would be more comfortable. I suppose the aisles of the 701 will be able to fit 2 standing across, like the current wide gangway stock in service. This is already an improvement on the 455/6s and 458s. I'd hope these have better handles/grab hold provisions than the Desiro city's too to make them better than 707s too.
Feltham won't be ready for some time yet.
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But there's no 'D' in Aventra
I seem to recall a staff competition was set up by SWR to come up with a new name for the fleet of 701s shortly before the pandemic took hold - not sure what's happening with that now.Goldfish62
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According to the planning application it was going to be this summer.
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Yes I think that the construction was exempt from the close down as being for essential work as was the nearby station works
Given the company said operational in 2021 in a brief to staff before lockdown...
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Appears to have slipped considerably then, even from the plan outlined in Modern Railways late last year.
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Just like every other SWR project then: train refurbishment, 442s, 701s....
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Yep...
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Apparently the 701 failed a test last night before even running on its own power. It was planned to run on its own power between Wareham and Weymouth but it wouldn't and it's now in a siding in Weymouth.
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Seems an odd choice as the power supply is not the strongest there.
Not usually that keen to have 10car 444s on that stretch so having a 10car 701 seems brave (even if it is fairly quiet line). Wonder how many amps a 701 can draw on full power. I thought I read it was rated at 4MW which is a hefty 5333 amps (but I might be wrong)
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I suspect it's because it's a stretch of third-rail electrification where test trains are in total isolation, with no danger of affecting other train operations if there's a fault with the train, the power supply or the signalling. The Weymouth line was previously used for regenerative braking testing using Class 458s and a Gatwick Class 460. The line can handle a longer electric formation if it's the only train drawing power - particularly on the climb through Bincombe out of Weymouth towards Dorchester.
what’s your source for this?
theres no paths in the system for last night to drag it down and I’m almost certain if there was a SPZ someone would have more formal details.
I’m not convinced
fgwrich
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Well, it certainly moved down to Wareham on the 6X70 20:36 Eastleigh Works to Wareham.
Realtime Trains - 6X70 2036 Eastleigh Works Gbrf to Wareham
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66775 Millbrook.
66775 ‘HMS Argyll’ works 6X70 20:36 Eastleigh Works to Wareham at Millbrook hauling 701002 inbetween barriers and 66745 on the rear. Sunday 14th June 2020.
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As the return path is showing as cancelled, I can only presume it didn't leave Wareham than Weymouth and is currently still down there.
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Well, it certainly moved down to Wareham on the 6X70 20:36 Eastleigh Works to Wareham.
Realtime Trains - 6X70 2036 Eastleigh Works Gbrf to Wareham
Realtime Trains provides live realtime running information for the Great British railway network using open data.
66775 Millbrook.
66775 ‘HMS Argyll’ works 6X70 20:36 Eastleigh Works to Wareham at Millbrook hauling 701002 inbetween barriers and 66745 on the rear. Sunday 14th June 2020.
As the return path is showing as cancelled, I can only presume it didn't leave Wareham than Weymouth and is currently still down there.
ive made myself look like a right twit... If anybody needs me I’ll be in the corner eating humble pie... sorry to the original poster that I was so quick to discredit.
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A chap posting in another forum said it was intended to remain in Jersey sidings after the test run anyway.Well, it certainly moved down to Wareham on the 6X70 20:36 Eastleigh Works to Wareham.
Realtime Trains - 6X70 2036 Eastleigh Works Gbrf to Wareham
Realtime Trains provides live realtime running information for the Great British railway network using open data.
66775 Millbrook.
66775 ‘HMS Argyll’ works 6X70 20:36 Eastleigh Works to Wareham at Millbrook hauling 701002 inbetween barriers and 66745 on the rear. Sunday 14th June 2020.
As the return path is showing as cancelled, I can only presume it didn't leave Wareham than Weymouth and is currently still down there.
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Don't worry, ive done it as well haha
fgwrich
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As I understand it, after the 66s were split off from the formation, only the Weymouth 5 took power. Several attempts to reset it were undertaken, but declared a failure.
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Is it still there then in Weymouth?
Signaller has certainly interposed 701 in the berth https://traksy.uk/live/M+29+WEYMTH+6
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Excellent any sort of ideas when it's leaving for it's first run tomorrow ( if it goes)
It more than likely wont, besides their is no path.