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Didn’t use any 321s on FNW. 322, (admittedly, almost the same thing) The 158s used to stop at Newton Le Willows on that train from Rochdale to Euston. Bargain at £25 return in my pre rail employee days.

£13ish Standard Open Return with YP from Vic. Pocket money prices even in 1990-whatever.
 

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Dyslexia - I didn't even know it was wrong! (It is worse on screen than on paper strangely!)

Ah, fair enough. I can understand screen being more difficult - unless you've got something with a very high resolution screen (e.g. a Mac retina display) the eye apparently tries to focus on the pixels.
 

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In the London area, other than out of Waterloo have Sprinters operated anywhere other than the Goblin line? I assume the Goblin 150s would have operated along the rest of the North London line out of service too?

Anglia Railways used to run a late evening up and early morning down Sheringham-London Liverpool Street in the late 90s using a 150 I think.
 

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Related to the question, I don't think any 156's have ever visited the south west, well past Bristol at least (as they did see use from Cardiff when the 155's were all taken out of service when new, brand new 156's were loaned for a time.....)

But other members of the sprinter family have
 

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But other members of the sprinter family have
Remember travelling from Coventry to Euston on a rake of Tyseley 150s, in Centro green livery. I travelled in 150107 which was part of the rake. Must be about 15 years ago. The juice was switched off. Got to Euston just after midnight early on the Sunday morning. Did attempt a photo, but it didn't turn out too well.
 

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I was wondering about Glossop and Hadfield, although as DarloRich questioned the validity of the NR 950 unit which most probably has visited virtually every outpost on the network I'm not so sure.

Edit: Definitely not valid having just found shots of 150211 at both Glossop and Hadfield back in 1991.
Sprinters were used when the line was shut between piccadilly and guide bridge due to the building of the M60 bridge at ashton moss, they went picc, stockport and via the denton line to guide bridge
 

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Sprinter family: 150, 153, 155, 156, 158, 159.
EDIT: I suppose the 950 counts, but more interested in passenger operations or empty stock moves.

Is there any area these units haven't worked in the UK?

I don't want to limit this to individual stations as I'm sure they would be loads. I was thinking more routes or areas. For example, you see them around the Manchester area.

I can only think of electric terminals out of London (apart from Waterloo). Most large stations I think of have seen a sprinter train before.
Into Heathrow?
 

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Don't recall any in Kent ever...the nearest I can think of is the 170 to Uckfield....I could (always) be wrong...
 

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Don't recall any in Kent ever...the nearest I can think of is the 170 to Uckfield....I could (always) be wrong...

Indeed, and before that it was the old Thumpers. (201/209 ?) Of course Southern reclassified their 170’s to 171’s when they had the couplers changed to match those of their Electrostar fleet.
 

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I can’t think of many Sprinters in Sussex apart from the two a day on the West Coastway (GWR to Bristol and points west), usually a 158 though I’m sure a 150 did the trip once.

None on Brighton mainline AFAIK, and I think none on the North Downs Line (AFAIK the Gatwick - Reading service is a class 166).
 

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I can’t think of many Sprinters in Sussex apart from the two a day on the West Coastway (GWR to Bristol and points west), usually a 158 though I’m sure a 150 did the trip once.

None on Brighton mainline AFAIK, and I think none on the North Downs Line (AFAIK the Gatwick - Reading service is a class 166).

158s routinely ran Reading - Guildford - Portsmouth Harbour for Cross Country, and therefore briefly into West Sussex between Haslemere and Liss, until 2002
 

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Don't recall any in Kent ever...the nearest I can think of is the 170 to Uckfield....I could (always) be wrong...

Indeed, and before that it was the old Thumpers. (201/209 ?) Of course Southern reclassified their 170’s to 171’s when they had the couplers changed to match those of their Electrostar fleet.

171s (and 170s) aren't Sprinters - they're Turbostars.

But if they had happened to be Sprinters, then the same fleet would probably have still covered the Marshlink across the bottom of Kent, as the Turbostars do. The Uckfield Line also enters Kent in various places around Edenbridge, Cowden and Ashurst.

I wonder if 153/150/156 stock would be allowed in some of the tunnels on the Uckfield Line. The 171s only just fit in Oxted Tunnel and 455s are, to the best of my knowledge, not allowed.

I can’t think of many Sprinters in Sussex apart from the two a day on the West Coastway (GWR to Bristol and points west), usually a 158 though I’m sure a 150 did the trip once.

None on Brighton mainline AFAIK, and I think none on the North Downs Line (AFAIK the Gatwick - Reading service is a class 166).

Yep, Gatwick/Redhill to Reading services are all currently Turbos.
 

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171s (and 170s) aren't Sprinters - they're Turbostars.

I know, sorry, I should have been clearer in that post.

I was just explaining to the other poster that 170’s were reclassified to 171’s under Southern because of the coupler change.
 

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With the issues regarding diesel stock on the Liverpool Loop line, I doubt that Sprinters will have done much on the Wirral, other than operating Wrexham-Bidston (and probably Chester-Rock Ferry pre-electrification).

Pacers & sprinters did work between Chester-Hooton-Helsby prior to electrification bring extended from Hooton to Chester/Ellesmere Port. Don’t recall any running as far as Rock Ferry prior to electrification of the Rock Ferry-Hooton section though.
 

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Didn’t use any 321s on FNW. 322, (admittedly, almost the same thing) The 158s used to stop at Newton Le Willows on that train from Rochdale to Euston. Bargain at £25 return in my pre rail employee days.

With the occasional 309 thrown in for good measure! That was fun when that turned up on an Airport-Euston turn.
 

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What about some of Glasgow Electric branches such as Neilston and Milngavie?
 

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What about some of Glasgow Electric branches such as Neilston and Milngavie?
Definitely been to Milngavie- there was a spell in the 2000s I think where Knightswood Tunnel was shut for engineering & the Maryhill services ran through to Milngavie. I reckon the Balloch branch probably hasn’t seen one & neither will much east of Bellgrove, though possibly something has run over the Sunnyside curve. On the Motherwell question, remember that there used to be a 156/158 worked service to Cumbernauld every hour before electrification
 

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How about Sprinters on what is now part of HS1 out towards Sandwich? I cant imagine them ever operating that far out surely?
 

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In the London area, other than out of Waterloo have Sprinters operated anywhere other than the Goblin line? I assume the Goblin 150s would have operated along the rest of the North London line out of service too?

As I recall didn't 158s operate out of Paddington for a while to somewhere in the North West?
 

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chiltern line? as the OP suggested I have seen 950 but not any of the other classes over the years.
 

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The Kingston loop (including the Shepperton branch)
Ascot - Aldershot
Staines - Windsor (although this isn’t certain)
Chessington South
South Acton - Richmond
 
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