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Sure by oversee I mean someone responsible for the overall operation yes, I certainly wouldn't expect someone hovering over every person to ensure they have done a job correctly. I would expect such an individual however to be someone experienced with the maintenance work that needs to be done...

At the end of the day TFW should've been maintaining them properly and someone at TFW should've been responsible for ensuring that this was done and kept on top of them. I think it certainly didn't help when they took Alstom out of Chester Traincare depot and got CAF in - it's no coincidence...

Regardless of what they do with regards to nationalisation or a different model, the simple fact is the system as it stands is too complicated - split tickets being cheaper than single tickets as an example and also is too expensive to use. Now whether that is a result of the private franchisees...

Would have thought though if there was a will that they could be modified to work in multiple with other units though? That would certainly be a way out of the micro fleet issue. The 170 turbostars can after all work in multiple with sprinters. It’s a bit of a shambles the system we’ve ended...

Perhaps finally time to admit that the experiment with 230's doesn't work and stick 3 197's on the route? Or do TFW not have enough units to do that?

Had the pleasure of riding one of these new 777's today. Ride quality is great and they are much quieter than the PEP units! My only negatives observed were first that the seats are really hard and not comfortable at all. Also the PIS announcements were very quiet - I don't have the greatest...

Perhaps it's time that TFW swallow some of there pride and get some 175's back into service off Angel Trains (assuming there are some serviceable units) given the current issues! Definitely this seems like they have rushed these 197's out and withdrawn the older units without a proper amount of...

Having travelled back on a 197/0 from Manchester Airport last weekend I can say I was left fairly unimpressed by the limited luggage space on board. Half the overall space was taken up by my single suitcase and when some other passengers got on at Warrington with more cases there wasn't enough...

Do the HST's have better acceleration maybe? I can't help but think that the best solution is that they stay with TFW for increased capacity and withdraw all the 150's, 153's, 158's and 170's leaving TFW with a fleet of 175's, 197's, 231's, 230's, 398's and 756's. Who knows maybe that is even...

I must say I was surprised that the driver who parked up 175113 in front of it didn't notice and shut down 175115! 175115 was on its own there for at least a week!

Looks like 175115 has finally run out of fuel it was quiet this evening when I went past and no lights on the unit anymore!

I presume with Vivarail going bust now it's probably quite difficult to get these units sorted? Can't help but think they would've been better off planning to keep a few 158's when they've been replaced to run this service!

When I travelled on one of these recently I thought they rattled quite a lot, certainly more than a 158/175. Definitely too many announcements however! Also it got me wondering looking at them - has there been a rule change so that this new stock is exempt from being painted yellow on the...

175113 and 175115 are still sitting in the sidings just next to the bridge which the line from Chester to Manchester goes under! Should add that 175115 has been sitting there running at least one engine for weeks now!

Exactly - the issues recently only started after CAF took over, i'm sure that whilst the staff would've remained the same the management probably had different ideas! I'm sure I read that on average they were doing double the average sprinter fleet mileage between failures? I'm sure with proper...

Plenty of them lurking around Chester as of this morning - there was one in Platform 2 or 3 (couldn't tell) 175115 has been sat in the sidings next to the bridge which the Chester to Manchester line goes under for quite a while now. Another unit has been parked behind it this morning (again...

Anyone know what diagrams they are working this weekend if it’s the last chance to catch one?

So i'm looking to do a return trip to Manchester tomorrow afternoon 29/09/23 from Chester and was wondering what diagrams the 175's are currently working on in each direction if anyone knows?

Surely it is the same system on the 334's as the 175's which ATW seems to have managed to get working ok?

Are some people really stupid enough to try and board when the doors are closing?