Mitchell Hurd
On Moderation
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- 28 Oct 2017
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Give it a rest please. As you are aware, I had a large hand in the ordering of these sets and the 9 cars were not ordered for the SW - only a few were and they were for jobs such as the Paigntons, where load 5 wouldn't do and load 10 was too much. You know why the far west got 5 cars from Plymouth outside of season and when the loads this year justify going load 9, you will see more load 9. At the moment, the overall loadings on that route are truly pathetic but some uplift is being seen and more predicted so the service and formations are being augmented on a steadily increasing basis.
As for "politically more important routes", that's utter rubbish. GWR (and the DfT) will put their resources where the majority of the revenue is but the south west has done very well for service improvements and new/refurbished stock in the last few years and that didn't happen by accident or without a lot of effort.
If you think GWR is going to put all their 9 cars onto the SW route at the expense of other routes to go load 5 on those others, forget it. Your oft stated wish isn't going to happen, no matter how many times you repeat it (in numerous threads) on here.
As you had a large hand in ordering these sets then I feel it's worth me saying thank you - I wasn't sure of these at first but certainly the 5x2 (10-car) sets are useful in particular for the trolley service as it doesn't mean one trolley negotiating 9 coaches.