My apologies for not looking. Considering two cars are outside of 001 I would imagine they are not working on them at the moment. They have been outside for the last week. Hopefully back out soon.
Two of the cars of 001 have been outside in the yard this week so guess they don't need any work/done on them. Hopefully will be back out soon.
They are yes.
I saw (what I thought was a whole) 168 in Chiltern blue livery outside Arriva traincare yesterday while on the approach to Crewe, so I think so, I may be wrong though. There's definitely something in the new livery visible outside.
Due back next week. Not sure where you had seen it was due last week. 168003 hasn't returned for engine faults.
It had an engine fault, but didn't keep it stopped. It was stopped for an audit which identified a need to return to Crewe for some additional work before returning to service. Expected back in around 3 weeks.
That will be back out sometime beginning of February then all being well.
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Still at Crewe depot at the moment. Unsure on when they leave.
How long should it be until it’s ready?
It's not ready yet. Still plenty of work to do.
168002 is not at Crewe. Units there are 001, 003 and 106.
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Also interesting that it takes a longer route by reversing at Princes Risborough rather than direct from Aylesbury onto EWR, though presumably no Chiltern driver has route knowledge for that.
Link to said paths:
Realtime Trains | 5F65 0937 Aylesbury to Wolverton Centre Sidings | 06/03/2025
Real-time train running information for 5F65 0937 departure from Aylesbury to Wolverton Centre Sidings on 06/03/2025. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.Realtime Trains | 5F68 1313 Wolverton Centre Sidings to Aylesbury | 06/03/2025
Real-time train running information for 5F68 1313 departure from Wolverton Centre Sidings to Aylesbury on 06/03/2025. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.
Does it not run north through Quainton Road and onto the line from there?
There are temporary stop blocks about half a mile South of Quainton Road to protect the HS2 worksite.
I didn't realise the Quainton-Steeple Claydon track had been severed already. Looking on Google maps before posting still shows a link to the EWR line.
Anyone know which one was visible outside at Crewe today please
Half of 168001. It's been stood there for many weeks now.
Thanks for the clarification, but the dig in bold is just unnecessary. There’s thousands of threads on this forum. I can’t be expected to know all information in every one.
