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It has been swapped over at Liverpool Street. The 720s will work the 10:55 back to Stansted while the 08:25 from Norwich will be the 11:00 return.

The 14:30 up was boosted by another unit and is 11 coaches. Realtime Trains has 745107 on the 19:00. Looks like another 745 had problems at Harlow Town this afternoon. The 755 fleet are certainly proving their worth and flexibility today.

Have seen their cancellations today have generally either been a shortage of train crew or train faults. Tomorrow's 5:30 will terminate at Crewe due to a shortage of train crew. Fortunately I checked in advance instead of expecting the 15:32 from Chester to run today.

I visited Liverpool today partly to see these units for the final time. 507001 is out on its own. It was on the diagram 1 from above (11:21 from Hunts Cross) but was on the 13:12 from Southport departure. 507010 and 507029 ran empty from Kirkdale and were on that 12:42 from Southport instead...

Progress I suppose given the complaints about the overcrowding on the 153s a number of years ago.

There was a four coach yesterday or Wednesday on RTT but journey check said that those service would now be formed of 11 instead of 4 coaches. The rest of the 755 diagram today on RTT had 11 coaches.

If it is anything like I have seen on the 745s in the past, the doors are locked out of use and they have a "no entry" barrier belt to prevent access to the coach. Not that it prevents passengers ducking underneath it to make their way through the train.

There were a couple of overnight paths last week but they ended up being cancelled.

Indeed. It is when travelling on some other parts of the country you appreciate how lucky we are with GA. Although last month saw the first overtime ban on a Sunday which meant some branches didn't have a service so presmably similar will apply on the 4th February.

I agree, the 06:48 really needs to return. The 07:05 attracts the last of the regular morning commuters as well as those travelling to London for a day business trip. I travelled on the 07:26 for the first time today. I notice that was formed of 11 coaches and the screens at Colchester were...

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway launched an appeal at the beginning of Covid and mentioned how much they miss out on. They set no target but the crisis appeal closed having raised £440k. I also thought along similar lines. Quoting a £1.5m figure may also put people off by thinking what use...

I have just travelled through Manningtree and it was a 755 on the branch service.

Greater Anglia have announced that the last scheduled day of 321s in passenger service will be on Monday. They will be on the Colchester - Walton services. https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/about-us/news-desk/news-articles/final-phase-greater-anglias-new-trains-transition-begins

It was still there earlier. I was fortunate to have 314 and 315 on the 12:06 Colchester - London today.

I don't know what the those warnings under the status said yesterday but today they say those services won't run. Obviously we will have to wait until Tuesday for those services to be removed from the planners.