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The 4DD type comprised two four-car sets. Two of the driving motors have survived (out of four), and none of the trailers.

195010 was indeed shunted over to Platform 1 to attach to 195017, but the departure time was 1357 (1J16). The 1337 is a Wigan Wallgate to Leeds via Dewsbury and was today booked for a double 158. The move for 195010, isn't that what's called 'robbing Peter to pay Paul'? 1712244155 All the...

Two sets are saved by running Airport - Lancaster rather than Airport - Barrow.

That's not the same thing, the point of the staff & ticket system was to enable two consecutive trains to run through a single line section, to overcome the problem of there not being an intermediate train in the reverse direction to bring the staff back. The staff & ticket system wouldn't allow...

You're probably right.

I think Sportzbar's point was that the Calder Valley 195 are booked 3 or 4 car, he wasn't challenging the notion that they often turn up as 2-car. If you never see a 3-car set, it may be that the standard formation is 4-car, even if often reduced to 2-car.

Exactly, to which the solution is to either short-form trains or cancel them altogether. Short-formed and cancelled trains will always be with us, it's a feature of the current franchising system.

The government ultimately decides everything, irrespective of whether the TOC is directly government controlled or not. You don't incur fuel, parts, and maintenance costs to keep a unit spare, only if you decide to use it. 1710009561 Reason to keep a couple of units spare?

You mean, if the 'spare sets' were taken from the existing fleet? That's not what I had in mind. Through choice. Indeed.

Is it better to short form a train than to keep a couple of spare sets to cover 'eventualities'?

Because running two-car sets is cheaper.

I presume by 'Bolton Interchange' you meant the bus side, not the train side. Which led me to ask myself the question, when is an interchange an interchange? The rail side of Bradford Interchange is titled Bradford Interchange, but, as far as I am aware, the rail side at Bolton is simply 'Bolton'.

I think I basically side with 'CaptainHaddock' on this point. The displayed information is potentially useful, but only if you know how to interpret it, and that probably needs a certain knowledge of how railways operate. Is the train running late (and picking up more passengers than usual), is...

What would be the point of having 67s sitting at Uckfield?

For a journey planner to pick up the connection, yes. In reality, not if the departing train uses the same platform as the one you've just arrived at!