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No, its just that there are far more Holyhead/Chester services than West Midlands.
There are a couple of diagrams they stay on WM services all day, but they all have to get to/from Barton UN Depot at some point during the week.
Only four left now 390002/10/013/20
Also as from last there are now 50 x 390's diagramed out in the pm peak to cover for the loss of the 3 x 221's going off lease. Plus a few other bits of diagram tweeking.
All the Sunday diagrams are booked to be 4 cars only, however today all the spare stock at Chingford is being used to double up, but with 6 units booked to stable at Ilford Depot over the weekend a few of the diagrams will be 4 car only. Most will be 8.
In addtion to the TM being assualted (as mentioned by Bungle965) The train (390122) was also damaged before working 0910 EUS-BHM which is why the return working was cancelled. So the reason mentioned for the cancellation was correct.
None of these change over at FPK as the PBO driver works through:
From PBO: 9J01/9J03/9J09/9J11/9J13/91J7/9J47/9J55
To PBO: 9J70/9J72/9J76
All SX.
Also some Bedford trains do change crews at Blackfriars, St Albans and Luton in both directions and most Cambridge trains change crews at various...
Peterbourgh Depot only have about 5 diagrams through to Horsham, which is why route knowledge is offten a problem.
They sign the following:
PBO-HRH via LBG/Redhill
Nene sdgs, Spital Sdgs
CBG- KGX
Hornsey EMUD
Three Bridge Depot (up & dn)
Bowes Park RRL
Welwyn GC CS
Letworth CS & A/D Line...
The plan when there were lots to do was to diagram at least 3 sets to finish at Edge Hill on a Friday evening, so there was always a back up if something changed during the day, however now the list is getting smaller its not possible to do that so if a set arrives on Thursday evening it may...
That one i
London Overground have staff that walk through the trains and every terminus collecting litter.
That Fri/Sat diagram does 580.28 miles which is the highest mileage diagram for LORL.
In the very early days of the Thameslink 319's SU801 diagram was the first off Bedford CS just after...
This the highest mileage EMR diagram, at 1226 miles
DIAGRAM : DY 703 TWThO [12/12/23 TO 30/05/24] LTP
FLEET : 222/7
Etches Park Sdgs 04+44 5C11 Beigh 41.00
Sheffield 05+36 05.56 1C11 206.00
London St. Pancras 08.08 REVRSE
London St. Pancras 08.32 1F17 Derby 371.00
Sheffield 10.42 REVRSE...
This is the longest AWC diagram (FO) 1295.50 miles as 9G50 is booked via Northampton on a Friday (FX it is 1293.41)
VW120
EdgeHlDHS
04+13
5R06
Lime St
04+23
05:25
1R06
Euston
07:53
08:13
1H07
ManchstrP
10:19
10.55
1A29
Euston
13:09
13:40
9G24
New St.
14:56
15:47
1B50...
1B40
11.12 Nottingham
12:54
4F
1D41
13:05
DFL
Nottingham
180
DY182
This was the working, and the reason it was diagramed with a short turn round was due it being a 180 which needed to be balanced later in the day for finishing in the correct place.
The platforms are wrong on RTT!
1D41 is...