Sorry, i must have misread the post .
So if the timings are pathed for a Class 220/221 voyager, the HST as posted above will easily keep time if the formations are as above..
A 7 eats into engineeering allowances, so if it hits a TSR its knackered if its a HST. Unless you mean the long dwells at major stations there isnt any padding.
The 1V50 0606 Edinburgh/Plymouth has 27 minutes of allowances - 11 of these for engineering, spread throughout. The longest station stop is 9 minutes at New Street. Getting back to time is easier in some places - rather obvious really! The raised speeds south of Cheltenham, slight but useful, will help, for example, as they may perhaps not have been accounted for in the current timetable - perhaps for December. I would argue there is always a margin, sometimes slight, of 'padding' - the former Southern Regions sectional running times were built around a 5% allowance with engineering, pathing and performance added on.
Weren't FGW and XC HSTs worst of the fleets reliabity wise..with LNER top? Why such a huge disparity?
The XC ones weren't too bad until recently when the maintenance moved to Laira..
It's booked for one yes
The last two days haven't been too good. 1V44 being delayed by around hour on both days and 1S51 got as far as Exeter yesterday before giving up and going home to Laira. Fortunately all four sets are out again now for the weekend.
I'm pretty sure the speeds south of Cheltenham have been taken account of, they don't give as much as the project thought though. I have never understood the Southern way of doing it as considering SRTs are rounded to ½ minutes, low running times cannot really incorporate that resilience in them.
I agree minimal time gain south of Cheltenham - my best time since changes a 27m 36s with a 2+7 XC set in February, which is actually my overall best. Late running (11 by WTT) so some incentive to press a little. Nothing more than 103 - which was quite normal anyway. The old Southern 5% would have yielded around 5 minutes to Bournemouth - back in the day when there was a faster service. IIRC the best used to be 97 minutes (?) - somewhere around 110 now. However, back in the day, which was not that long ago, there were less passengers and less trains. Makes a difference.
- better running it through to Plymouth if I'm honest. I bet commuters from Leeds would've been hugely greatful of over 180 more seats To add to that, 2 coaches unreserved - E, the Quiet Coach, G plus some unreserved seats would mean in the region of 165 unreserved seats.
What are you on about? Coaches E and G are both reservable...Nearly right then
Or 8 if it's a refurb set
