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LAX54

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Nobody signs the darn things up here & Colchester drivers who would don't sign beyond Haughley.

Now you'd think that Colchester Drivers would sign as far as Diss at least, then, when there are issues at Stowmarket with points or similar, they could run to Diss crossover and come back Up Rd :) but of course all the Stow starters are now 321's, think they took the 360's off the diagram
 
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Now you'd think that Colchester Drivers would sign as far as Diss at least, then, when there are issues at Stowmarket with points or similar, they could run to Diss crossover and come back Up Rd :) but of course all the Stow starters are now 321's, think they took the 360's off the diagram
Don't you let the local LDC hear you making comments like that. There'd be a walk out by teatime haha.
 

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Extra buses have been ordered to supplement the local fleet at Bury, Ipswich & Norwich. Looks like most of the later Wherry Line cancellations have been reinstated for now.
 

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What a strange route via Peterborough. Why doesn't it just go direct via cambridge?
 

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What a strange route via Peterborough. Why doesn't it just go direct via cambridge?

Capacity probably. It can trundle on the slows to Peterborough mostly out of everyone's way, then there is space and loops heading to Ely from there.

Via Cambridge however it would be very in the way
 

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Thankfully only verbal but that's bad enough. My money is still on a 156 for you & another on the following Eat Mids vice a 158.

What happened to the 12:40 Norwich to Cambridge? I looked on journey check before I left and didn't see it listed but FGE did so I guess I didn't look in the right place.

Checked out that new craft beer bar which doesn't appear to have any craft beer and was trying so hard to be like every other bar was 3/4 years ago, the 2 members of staff were really nice though and my delay repay should cover most of the cost of my G&T.

It later transpired someone who lives 5 mins away from me was going to same party so I could have just hitched a lift (which I did to get home) so all in all :rolleyes:
 

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but of course all the Stow starters are now 321's, think they took the 360's off the diagram

RTT still shows the 07:03 Ex Stowmarket as a 360. If it’s become a 321 then that 8 car 360 must be on another diagram. Do we know which one? The Frequently requested diagrams thread delisted GA’s 317 and 321/360 north of Ipswich diagrams so I assume this was a change on the May timetable?
 

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The 07:03 is shown as a 12 360 (306/7/8) in the May diagrams posted on another site. Interestingly I couldn’t spot the former GE 317 diagrams covered in either in the 317s or 321s! It did seem to go through a phase post timetable change of being 321s but lately when I’ve seen it it’s been 317s again.

Rail magazine in the latest edition reports progress on the 317 refurb, in that 317506 is at Wabtec and the other 26 will be complete by the end of the year, believe that if you will!
 

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What happened to the 12:40 Norwich to Cambridge? I looked on journey check before I left and didn't see it listed but FGE did so I guess I didn't look in the right place.

Checked out that new craft beer bar which doesn't appear to have any craft beer and was trying so hard to be like every other bar was 3/4 years ago, the 2 members of staff were really nice though and my delay repay should cover most of the cost of my G&T.

It later transpired someone who lives 5 mins away from me was going to same party so I could have just hitched a lift (which I did to get home) so all in all :rolleyes:
I assumed it just unit shortage as to the 1240. It was cancelled around 0900 along with the 1236 Yarmouth.

That new pub is so disappointing but part of the chain I've never been impressed with anywhere else. Even the coffee is nothing special.
 

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The 07:03 is shown as a 12 360 (306/7/8) in the May diagrams posted on another site. Interestingly I couldn’t spot the former GE 317 diagrams covered in either in the 317s or 321s! It did seem to go through a phase post timetable change of being 321s but lately when I’ve seen it it’s been 317s again.

317s should be similar to previous timetable, 07.29 Witham to Liverpool St, 16.17 Liverpool St to Witham, 18.12 (was 18.18) Liverpool St to Ipswich and 19.50 Ipswich to Liverpool St. 321s do cover but with an extra 2 x 321s now needed to replace a class 90 diagram in part, this is presumably less likely.
 

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Second. 317722 already gone to Ely. 317663 expected to follow.

Meanwhile, what (if anything) is happening to 317506 at Kilmarnock?

I guess 663/669 must be broken/faulty and someone has decided it would cost too much money to repair so it's been sent off-lease before the new stuff starts arriving?

[Because sadly the only future I can see for the 317s when they eventually get replaced by the new units is scrap]
 

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I assumed it just unit shortage as to the 1240. It was cancelled around 0900 along with the 1236 Yarmouth.

That new pub is so disappointing but part of the chain I've never been impressed with anywhere else. Even the coffee is nothing special.

Odd that it was just that one service and now a whole unit's diagram cancelled all of the day?

I filed my delay repay online about 10:30 and had an email saying the full amount will go onto my credit card at 13:30, that's pretty good. Had to omit the reference number as the guard punched through it but didnt seem to matter!
 

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Odd that it was just that one service and now a whole unit's diagram cancelled all of the day?
Sounds like it may have required fuel. With unit swaps to maintain a service something has to give in the end.
 

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Second. 317722 already gone to Ely. 317663 expected to follow.

Meanwhile, what (if anything) is happening to 317506 at Kilmarnock?

722 has long been considered withdrawn internally so this is the first 'proper' withdrawal.

I am surprised that the 317/6s are the first ones goings considering they seem to be in better condition than all the other 317s.

Nothing to do with the interior or sub-class. All about mechanical condition.
 

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The 07:03 is shown as a 12 360 (306/7/8) in the May diagrams posted on another site. Interestingly I couldn’t spot the former GE 317 diagrams covered in either in the 317s or 321s! It did seem to go through a phase post timetable change of being 321s but lately when I’ve seen it it’s been 317s again.

Rail magazine in the latest edition reports progress on the 317 refurb, in that 317506 is at Wabtec and the other 26 will be complete by the end of the year, believe that if you will!

Indeed my mistake, it is a 12 car 360, there was quite some time when it was down to a 321, we thought that was a perm thing, but obviously not :)
 

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Are they really saying the Sudbury line was struggling yesterday because a track fault when I was told by staff that it was due to a train fault? It was yesterday replaced by a 153 from what I heard.

So it seems they've rescued the 'broken down train' between Felixstowe and Ipswich, that's been there for a few days now? Poor Greater Anglia, having enough trains but being stuck by trains blocking lines and track faults which are completely out of their hands, you'd almost feel sorry for them from everything they say.

Then there's the freight train breaking down in the morning two days ago that meant a diagram had to be cancelled for the whole day which was not an over-reaction or trying to throw things in other basket at all.

So I log on today to the Greater Anglia website and see a good service is running on all lines, I'm so happy that they have not been effected by the problems with track faults, trains getting stuck and freight trains breaking down today and that those naysayers saying there is a lack of rolling stock have been shown up for making the clams that are totally inaccurate. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Sudbury service usually has a 156 Monday to Friday and a 153 Saturday and Sunday so nothing unusual there. Whichever unit is on it gets swapped at Ipswich at the end of service.
 

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GA DMUs are also now popping over to Clacton for attention when required to try to get on top of things.
 

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The 07:03 is shown as a 12 360 (306/7/8) in the May diagrams posted on another site. Interestingly I couldn’t spot the former GE 317 diagrams covered in either in the 317s or 321s! It did seem to go through a phase post timetable change of being 321s but lately when I’ve seen it it’s been 317s again.

Rail magazine in the latest edition reports progress on the 317 refurb, in that 317506 is at Wabtec and the other 26 will be complete by the end of the year, believe that if you will!

Does anybody know or have a list of the 26 Class 317s that are being refurbished?

Also, does this include the blue ones (337 to 348) that were transferred from Hornsey in recent times?
 

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Indeed my mistake, it is a 12 car 360, there was quite some time when it was down to a 321, we thought that was a perm thing, but obviously not :)

Was due to Stowmarket feeder station going bang. Various Short Term Amendments for weeks on end!

Let us know when please! Will go down for a look

One went last week - Wednesday afternoon I think.
 

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Does anybody know or have a list of the 26 Class 317s that are being refurbished?

Also, does this include the blue ones (337 to 348) that were transferred from Hornsey in recent times?

Happy to be corrected; my understanding id that it's the 27 units in the most original condition - i.e. 501-515 and 337-348.

Hope this helps.
 
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