Spirit555
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170619 was reported as seen on Barton Hill yesterday as a 3 car ex 170519.
May come back to Tyseley this weekend.
Mark
May come back to Tyseley this weekend.
Mark
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Cross Country Class 170 2 car --> 3 car upgrades
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greatvoyager
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Good news, thanks for this.
Spirit555
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170619 coming back to Tyseley on 5Z71 Barton Hill to Tyseley today.
That completes the renumbering of 170518 to 170523 to 170618 to 170623.
Mark
That completes the renumbering of 170518 to 170523 to 170618 to 170623.
Mark
greatvoyager
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Thanks. Hopefully the increase in capacity will be noticeable.
TheBigD
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The latest issue of Modern Railways (in the same article about EMR getting the TfW's 170s) states that XC "...are seeking and additional 170 to operate a new peak hour service between Cambridge and Peterborough... "
fgwrich
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Good luck with that - I suspect both being part of Arriva, they’ll be some knocking on Chilterns doors (otherwise it’s wait and see what Southern or ScotRail do).
quite apart from anything, shouldn't a local service like that be a local operator concern?
ABB125
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Especially as Greater Anglia have recently had an absolutely massive expansion of their diesel fleet, so should easily be able to find a spare unit.
swt_passenger
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It seems to actually be about making the very first service to Cambridge from Peterborough an hour earlier, maybe about 0615. So it would still be a service on the XC route, just a short working, they mention it being formed from a portion of the first westbound service from Cambridge. Presumably on arrival at Cambridge it would head to Stansted in the normal path.
It seems a bit “pre-peak” to me though, I guess it depends if it arrives at Cambridge at a useful time?
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