FLIRTfan18
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I've noticed today that Transport for Wales have been operating more trains stopping at all stations in the morning and evening on the line between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, like they did on Sundays pre-pandemic. And that has resulted tonight in a Class 175 (of which I believe there is usually just one diagram per week on a Sunday night) operating a stopping service on the line. The first purpose of this thread is to ask whether anyone knows if a Class 175 has ever done a stopping at all stations service on the line before?
The second purpose is to try to understand the background of why they are ever actually used on the line only once a week. One could suggest it is to maintain route capability in case they are needed for cover, but the situation a couple of months ago when there was a lack of 158s did not seem to lead to the appearance of any 175s at all, only 150s and 153s. Does anyone know of any particular thinking behind keeping the diagram going?
Please feel free to move this if it is in the wrong forum.
The second purpose is to try to understand the background of why they are ever actually used on the line only once a week. One could suggest it is to maintain route capability in case they are needed for cover, but the situation a couple of months ago when there was a lack of 158s did not seem to lead to the appearance of any 175s at all, only 150s and 153s. Does anyone know of any particular thinking behind keeping the diagram going?
Please feel free to move this if it is in the wrong forum.