As it stands the 04:54 from Crewe on a Saturday sits in Canton for a few hours and forms the 14:49 to Manchester. Bit of a mix of the diagrams shown there.
Other than last week where there were changes for the Rugby its run like that for quite a few weeks now.
Probably far better to plan for five sets out each day out of eight, that leaves more than enough redundancy to deliver a reliable service, with one set a hot spare, and two on exam. The last thing TfW need to do is over-commit.
There was a problem with the DVT cargo door. A bolt sheared so couldn't get door integrity as the door couldn't lock. All sorted now albeit running late.
Terminating at Cardiff according to TfW journey check.
Expected, once its over 45 minutes late it'll most likely terminate at Cardiff.
Looks to be following right behind a GWR service which probably helped the decision.
Not a good day for TfW then!
A 197 will be doing it now so the Mk4 set will stay in Holyhead until 05:30 on Monday.
Allocated for HD03, once it leaves Canton then it should be guaranteed if nothing goes wrong
Excellent, I can see RTT has 67015 on it now. They always seem to allocate this train quite soon before departure.
Allocations on RTT on Sundays appear later than every other day as the first services start from around 8am. That'll explain it
I'm on it now. Running well so far.
Have a great trip mate!
Cheers! Good so far.
When I saw it on Friday, it was that orientation.
Hope it hasn't changed since then!
Looks like the 67 is now at the Cardiff end.
If HD01 is the set on 1V70, 67022 is leading.
Just saw it on the rail camera, 67022 is indeed leading
On time too! I'm on it to Swansea.
That's 12225. I'm in it now and quite a few seats say reserved to Kings Cross!
There's a couple of coaches on HD01 and 03 where the reset to the default to the "barcode". They really could do with at least covering up though now. It's not the best look.
Are there any signs of unique damage from sitting out for so long?
It looks exactly the same as the other sets. It was maintained on the exam cycle and just before it went from Crewe to Canton had a full steam clean of the carpets and interior. The only Real sign of its stint out is the stickers on the insides of the exterior doors are rather faded/washed out due to constant condensation with the single glazed windows in there but that's rather picky!! Don't forget the TO vehicles in HD01 and 03 have been out of service even longer (since the TOD vehicle was swapped in) and the ones for HD04-07 even longer still having not been used at all in service since their refurb so would last have seen passengers back in their East Coast days.
Interesting. Good to hear, I’ll have to see it.