any indications yet of the long term idea of numbers of 80X's avalible to run at any time with others out for these repairs?
Throughout the course of the day, 19 80x sets have been available and utilised by GWR. The number is expected to double tomorrow, but this will not be all at once (albeit hopefully most in morning). This presents a tricky customer information message because you can't advertise trains as the diagram might not be ready in time, but at the same time nobody likes short-notice changes and sudden reinstatements; although good you can't plan a message like that so trains might be somewhat empty!