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trebor79 said:
Not in my experience. Any slight increase in boarding time is more than made up for by the improved acceleration and braking performance. For example, it's possible to depart Attleborough on time and then have to sit at Thetford for a minute or two waiting departure time, and the same again at Brandon, and often several minutes wait at Ely. I don't recall this ever happening with 170s.
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Ony delay I have really seen on those lines on the new stock is at terminus, where it's not an issue anyway.

Be more interesting to see what happens on the Ipswich locals where there is large passenger traffic between Stowmarket and Bury of students and the Stansted Express at Tottenham Hale though.
 
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dk1 said:
Each driver needs around 5-6 days.

Looks like ASDO will be operative from next week.
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Read on JourneyCheck that there is an issue with on train signalling this morning and a colleague has been told that their service is delayed due to an issue on-board another train, which appears to be a Norwich to Cambridge run.

I assume that there is an issue with a FLIRT?
 
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This morning at Ely, the 08:25 Great Northern to Cambridge/King's Cross was delayed, meaning that there were far more people than usual trying to get on to the 08:33 Greater Anglia to Cambridge. Boarding was painfully slow, and, just after I had got on, the platform staff started shouting at people still on the platform to step back from the train. The train left, still with space inside for people to stand, and with people left behind on the platform.
 
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F Great Eastern said:
Read on JourneyCheck that there is an issue with on train signalling this morning and a colleague has been told that their service is delayed due to an issue on-board another train, which appears to be a Norwich to Cambridge run.

I assume that there is an issue with a FLIRT?
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Axle counter failure near Brandon caused several problems. Only the 0533 Cambridge & return cancelled due to issues on prep at the depot.
 
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whhistle said:
So just to confirm, there have been no additional delays with the units having one single door, correct?
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The real test of that will be the Stansted Express 745s by all account. The considerable increase in carriage count versus the legacy fleet renders the single door per carriage a non-issue on most units.
 
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Although there are rumours one operated to Sheringham in public service yesterday they are officially launched on the Bittern Line today. Complimentary at-seat refreshments too if you are lucky enough to be on one of the first trains.
 
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0753 Attleborough to Cambridge was running a few minutes late this morning. It appeared round the bend before the level crossing much sooner than is usual after the barriers close, going at a fair old lick. I initially thought it must be an empty stock move, must have hit the end of the platform doing at least 50mph.
To my surprise it stopped fully in the platform, wet rails too. There wasn't a lot of platform left mind! Seemed to be driven a but less enthusiastically to Ely. But I was impressed at the braking performance, I honestly believed there was no possibility of it stopping in the platform, but it did.

Driver was doing the doors as well (unless there were 2 guards on board).

No at seat refreshments, would have been nice though. They ought to think about a trolley service or vending machine.
 
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I've just spotted journey check suggesting an Ipswich-Lowestoft service with the message: "Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 4." Is that route next for the new trains?

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I've just spotted journey check suggesting an Ipswich-Lowestoft service with the message: "Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 4." Is that route next for the new trains?

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Yes, should be within the next week or so. Looks like being the 08:25 ECS from Norwich which then forms the 09:07 up. Will also do the 13:07 & 11:17/15:17 down before returning to Norwich at 16:48 unless plans change again. Train planning are showing them on diagrams now like they have done on the Sheringham route for several weeks hence them showing as short formed services.
 
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dk1 said:
Yes, should be within the next week or so. Looks like being the 08:25 ECS from Norwich which then forms the 09:07 up. Will also do the 13:07 & 11:17/15:17 down before returning to Norwich at 16:48 unless plans change again. Train planning are showing them on diagrams now like they have done on the Sheringham route for several weeks hence them showing as short formed services.
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Thank you again for all the updates. A FLIRT in service on the East Suffolk will mean appearances at Ipswich and so many more people will begin to see that the 'game' really is changing.
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Cheers!
 
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eastdyke said:
Thank you again for all the updates. A FLIRT in service on the East Suffolk will mean appearances at Ipswich and so many more people will begin to see that the 'game' really is changing.
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Cheers!
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Most welcome. Ipswich crews are now learning them in earnest for that launch.
 
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I'm particularly looking forward to them on the Ipswich-Cambridge North commute. (i.e. I go via Cambridge or Ely depending on timing). With the additional new trains elsewhere it'll mean fewer short forms and cancellations on my commute etc.
 
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How many more 755's are there to arrive in the UK? I believe only a few of both 755/4 and 755/3 to be delivered.
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So with 3 more 170s apparently due to go this weekend, does anyone know if GA are going to be able cope since there still seems to be FLIRTS that are missing in action on a regular basis for their booked services on the local lines to Lowestoft, Yarmouth and Cambridge out of Norwich and tonight the Felixstowe branch has been cancelled again due to a lack of rolling stock.

Despite the fact that the we've saw a unit enter service on the Sheringham line, it seems that all that's happened is that a FLIRT has now been allocated to that line with one of the trains previously on there now going onto the other local lines from Norwich, probably to generate some PR. I'd be curious if they try something with other lines in the upcoming weeks.
 
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Pete_uk said:
Will these work in multiple in service?
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The plans for through-services to London will require them too, the days of planned services down the GEML using short rural trains are hopefully long gone (I'm aware a 170 stood in for a Mark 3 set very recently)
 
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dk1 said:
Yes, should be within the next week or so. Looks like being the 08:25 ECS from Norwich which then forms the 09:07 up. Will also do the 13:07 & 11:17/15:17 down before returning to Norwich at 16:48 unless plans change again. Train planning are showing them on diagrams now like they have done on the Sheringham route for several weeks hence them showing as short formed services.
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I think seeing is believing here, so I won't be getting my hopes up.
 
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Shouldn’t the glass be full all the time? ;)

For sure it is a colossal project, but the service on some rural lines has been, at best, poor recently. We all know why but the average passenger just wants reliability and punctuality, which has been sadly lacking in the past few months.

What is also of concern is that this should be the relatively easy part of the project. The replacement of the EMUs at the London end of the route looks a bigger challenge, affecting far more passengers than the rural services.
 
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306024 said:
Shouldn’t the glass be full all the time? ;)

For sure it is a colossal project, but the service on some rural lines has been, at best, poor recently. We all know why but the average passenger just wants reliability and punctuality, which has been sadly lacking in the past few months.

What is also of concern is that this should be the relatively easy part of the project. The replacement of the EMUs at the London end of the route looks a bigger challenge, affecting far more passengers than the rural services.
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This is the harder part of the project. Stadler are new to the UK so starting all over again unlike the Bombardier & the 720s which have jumped most hurdles with their previous fleets.
 
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Yes the Stadler fleet is harder from an engineering perspective for all those reasons, but operationally the EMU replacement is more difficult, partly because the new units don’t fit in some places. It is the daily operation that is suffering at the moment, which doesn’t bode well, but at least my glass is three quarters full.
 
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