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Just been passed by a Nova3 set heading westbound at Batley, as it crossed the viaduct I noticed that the internal lighting is significantly brighter in the First class coach than the rest.

The reservation screens in green and red seemed very festive, now that December is upon us <:D
 
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61653 HTAFC said:
Just been passed by a Nova3 set heading westbound at Batley, as it crossed the viaduct I noticed that the internal lighting is significantly brighter in the First class coach than the rest.

The reservation screens in green and red seemed very festive, now that December is upon us <:D
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That would be 68028 plus TP06
 
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So any intrepid individuals managed to get a photo of the set at Redcar or anywhere else on route?
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A really excellent one, taken by Alex Ayre at Coatham Marsh, Redcar, with the steel works in the background, has been posted on the "The Class 68s & 88s" and "TPE Nova Fleet" Facebook Groups, which can't be shared directly here, due to the way the groups are set up. Several other shots, too, can be seen on those groups, including one with the Transporter Bridge in the background - which is something we discussed on here a while back!
 
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D6700 said:
A really excellent one, taken by Alex Ayre at Coatham Marsh, Redcar, with the steel works in the background, has been posted on the "The Class 68s & 88s" and "TPE Nova Fleet" Facebook Groups, which can't be shared directly here, due to the way the groups are set up. Several other shots, too, can be seen on those groups, including one with the Transporter Bridge in the background - which is something we discussed on here a while back!
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Yes I was perusing one or other of those groups shortly after my message here and saw some really great ones. That Coatham Marsh one in particular. I'm not sure if Mr Ayre has a flickr or similar so sadly I'm not aware of a shareable link! :(
 
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61653 HTAFC said:
Just been passed by a Nova3 set heading westbound at Batley, as it crossed the viaduct I noticed that the internal lighting is significantly brighter in the First class coach than the rest.
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Well you are paying extra, so it's only right that they give you some more photons.
 
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tpjm said:
When the reservation system goes live, you’ll be able to reserve seats (and bikes) up to 15 mins before departure from the station, with the train downloading the reservation to show on the screen. Bikes is currently switched on at back office level (since May ‘19) but doesn’t send the data to the train. That message is showing as there is no reservation data to show yet.
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Bletchleyite said:
Good that the bike issue is sorted - TPE previously required it to be the day before (I think, or was it a couple of hours?) which is worse than useless. 5 minutes on VTWC, though, which TPE really should match.
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TPE already do reservations up to 10 mins before departure and have done for a while. (I certainly used it back in the summer to reserve four seats on the following train when our TPE service was cancelled.) And you can already buy Advance tickets up to 15 mins from departure on most routes.

You can already reserve cycle places up to 15 mins before departure, that started in May 2019.
 
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transmanche said:
TPE already do reservations up to 10 mins before departure and have done for a while. (I certainly used it back in the summer to reserve four seats on the following train when our TPE service was cancelled.) And you can already buy Advance tickets up to 15 mins from departure on most routes.

You can already reserve cycle places up to 15 mins before departure, that started in May 2019.
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I know. But they don’t update live to the train. We use purple cards to denote the “May be reserved” nature of the seat.

When I mentioned the “reservation system” going live, I meant the one on-board. Until this point, last minute reservations and bicycle reservations, although very much valid, are invisible aside from the “May be reserved” phrase.
 
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fowler9 said:
195001 on its own an MIA to Lime Street just now, I didn't even bother trying to get on at South Parkway. This is taking the Mick now. They used to be pairs of 156's, now we have less seats than a 142. Are they trying to put people off taking the train.
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Completely the wrong thread. Apologies. Ha ha.
 
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https://www.minsterfm.com/news/local/2981690/new-trains-temporarily-withdrawn-at-malton-and-york/
spokesperson for TransPennine Express has said: "During maintenance and fault-finding on one of our new Nova 3 train sets, we discovered a software issue and as a precaution we have decided to hold the trains on depot until the issue is fixed. We are now working with our manufacturer CAF on the development, testing and validation of the necessary software update and expect to bring our Nova 3 trains back into service shortly."
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Just the one, more or all?
 
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ashkeba said:
https://www.minsterfm.com/news/local/2981690/new-trains-temporarily-withdrawn-at-malton-and-york/

Just the one, more or all?
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On Wednesday 30th October all of the TPE Nova 3 sets were temporarily withdrawn. On that day there were two sets in passenger service: 68027 working back to Longsight with TP09 as 5F74 16:44 from Scarborough, 68030 with TP12 worked 5F76 17:44 from Scarborough.

There was a test run from MID to Crewe and return on Friday 1st November 2019 to check the software update.

The first TPE worked train was a practical handling training run with 68025 plus TP04 working between Scarborough and York on Sunday 3rd November.

Service trains resumed on Monday 4th November with 68030 working, the following day there were two diagrams with 68030 and 68027 working.

This was all documented in the thread at the time. I’m curious as to why you’ve mentioned it.
 
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sjpowermac said:
This was all documented in the thread at the time. I’m curious as to why you’ve mentioned it.
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It popped up on a BBC news feed page yesterday evening but I Searched and linked minsterfm because the BBC feed pages keep rolling so any link would not contain the text. It has now rolled off the BBC. It seems BBC is now full of repeats online as well as on TV! Sorry for not noticing the date on minsterfm.
 
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