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Good evening I travelled on a few services today between Wickford and Southminster and noticed the pateonage seems to be particularly low - is that normal for this route? I counted around 32 total SMN-WIC on a trip this afternoon - surely this is not cost effective and is losing a lot of...

I was aware of the C6 exams, hopefully they will find homes abroad or used as spare parts donors. My thoughts are the 175s going to GWR won’t be enough to replace all Castles and IETs on regional services so to enable this maybe GWR could take some of the 158s?

Will all the TfW 150s be scrapped or will some be cascaded to other operators? What about the 158s?

I think maybe the most likely outcome for the future of 180s if they aren’t scrapped would be Open Access operators? As it seems most Open Access applications propose using 22x which there won’t be enough of to go around if the 222s go to Scotland!

Thank you for your detailed response! I didn’t realise how much was involved. I suppose if you’re stopping at Diss and Stowmarket there would be less benefits whoch would potentially be outweighed by the costs. Ideally you would want non-stop Norwich-Ipswich I suppose.

It did come down pretty quick to about 101mph which seems more accurate. Another question regarding the 745s which is more speculation/hypothetical: could they be reduced to 10 cars with more driving cars constructed to give more sets? I know this is unlikely to happen but in theory would it...

A few months ago on this thread we discussed linespeeds north of Ipswich and if they could be raised. While sat on a northbound LST-NRW service I looked at a speedometer website on my phone (not sure how reliable it is but don’t think it is far out) and at one point it recorded us doing 113mph...

Carlisle can be good, also see the Scotrail ones there.

They used to estimate £1 per single carriage mile, plus staffing costs, but this was many years ago now!

Will Scotrail have suitable rolling stock (i.e. bi-modes) to take advantage of the wires as far as Dalmeny by the time the electrification is complete? Or is there a plan for service changes when the wires go live?

Did they have a prediction on how much time 110mph operation would save? Could 100mph be used south of Chelmsford? Is it only due to the intensity of the commuter trains that it can’t be used?

I’m guessing you would catch up with another service if you sped up south of Colchester? Also with the maximum design speed of the FLIRTS being 100mph, you would need to do a project similar to what was done with the 350s to make them 110mph, before you could take advantage of any increases in...

Could you raise as much as possible of the GEML to 100mph not above and would this give any savings? Certainly the long stretches north of Ipswich would be the most logical and beneficial to do

Do they change drivers at Seven Kings or is it just to get people to the Depot starting and finishing work?

Just a couple of questions: 1) Could Ilford calls be added to some of the faster services, also potentially facilitating driver changes with the depot nearby? Although I guess pathing may not allow this? 2) Could linespeeds be raised to allow faster journey times particularly on the Norwich...

I’m speculating a what-if scenario and if the HEX 387s would be suitable for Stansted as they are for another airport service. There is another thread about HEX passenger numbers declining so maybe it isn’t as profitable as it once was? However as has been stated on this thread, in the short to...

I wonder if Heathrow Express was withdrawn, could the 387s kitted out for airport traffic be transferred to Stansted Express?

Thank you thats very interesting - never knew 156s ever worker the Braintree line! 1735207629 I read somewhere that due to the effect of COVID, there are now too many 720s and not enough FLIRTS?

Does anyone know if the 755s have been used on any other routes out of Liverpool Street yet? I.e. Southend, Southminster, Braintree, Walton? I know they were tested on Clacton line but not sure if they were ever tested - or even used in service - on the other lines I mention?

I have heard from a couple of people that 2 additional 221s will be joining GC from the ex-Avanti fleet - is anyone able to comment on this?