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    Guards on C2C trains.

    Believe it went fully DOO after the January 2017 timetable, 12 car running was increased and full 387 diagrams were introduced. It was agreed with Aslef and RMT at the time
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    C2C class 720 updates

    10 carriage trains running at peak times on various services. They can be seen on timetables as they are displayed as 10 carriage trains on there. Weekends depends on engineering works, today every Fenchurch - Shoeburyness via Ockendon is a 5/720 as there are no engineering works. When there...
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    CAF Civity for TfW: News and updates on introduction.

    197122 entered service today? Currently allocated on 1D36 Man Air - Llandudno along with 197112. Is this accurate or has the allocation been changed by TFW? https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:P64130/2024-03-09/detailed#allox_id=1
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    June 2024 Timetable Change

    There are also additions to chiltern that i can see: new 0721 Princes Risborough - Marylebone added in from Tuesday - Thursday 0637 Oxford - Marylebone no longer calls at Princes Risborough and Beaconsfield, and is now set down only at High Wycombe. The calling pattern is the same as it is now...
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    June 2024 Timetable Change

    few new additions to c2c morning peak timetables: 0708 Leigh - Fenchurch Street 0745 Shoeburyness - Fenchurch Street both look likely to be formed of 357s so not sure on what additional services will be 720 formed to cover for this some stop alterations to services around these times...
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    June 2024 Timetable Change

    tpe, avanti, c2c and chiltern up maybe others
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    June 2024 Timetable Change

    Liverpool Street - Norwich Services: xx00 Services now call additionally at Chelmsford, where the xx30 services cease to call at Chelmsford, running fast from Stratford - Colchester. Diss/Stowmarket calls are unchanged. Also 0800 Norwich - Liverpool Street and 1700 Liverpool Street - Norwich...
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    June 2024 Timetable Change

    Southern, East Mids, Greater Anglia, Thameslink, Great Northern, LNWR + maybe others uploaded
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    Class 730 LNR & WMR Delivery/test Updates

    Modern Railway reporting that 730s will enter service on one Walsall to Wolverhampton diagram from Monday, after a launch at Wolverhampton today
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    C2C class 720 updates

    2 units out today on Fenchurch Street - Shoeburyness via Ockendon, 612 and another however allocations aren’t coming up. 612 however has just failed at Grays been sat here for over 20 minutes with the pan down. they do have a sticker in the cab window with a blue triangle which reads...
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    C2C class 720 updates

    1758 Fenchurch - Shoeburyness 1900, 10 coaches instead of 12 tonight. Not sure of units or the reason for this but appears on journey check
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    C2C class 720 updates

    Looks like 610 and 611 out again today. Closed between Upminster and Fenchurch Street. They are running on Shoeburyness - Upminster via Basildon
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    C2C class 720 updates

    They have worked as 5 car preciously. Most days for the last few weeks they have been running 5 cars on the 0957 Shoeburyness - Fenchurch Street and return at 1134 for driver runs. They also did some late night runs around their first introduction on loop trains into Liverpool Street. First...
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    Luxurious Seating On EMR Class 158

    This would be 158889, former SWT 158 transferred in the early 2010s, not sure of the year. Kept its SWT interior along with its first class section. None of the other 158s EMR have are like this
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    Greater Anglia Bombardier Aventras (Class 720): Technical discussion and introduction

    I assume it was styled /1 for 10 and /5 for 5 to make it simple, this is the railway once something is set in stone its very difficult to change anything even if it makes sense to change
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    C2C class 720 updates

    First sets of 720s running loop services at peak time this morning. 2D01 0406 Thorpe Bay - Fenchurch Street 2D04 0540 Fenchurch Street - Southend Central 2R69 0703 Southend Central - Fenchurch Street 720602 + 720603 First time since the platforms on the loop lines were extended to 12 cars...
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    Record for minimalist level of service from a major London terminus?

    For the past few Sundays, there had only been 2 trains per hour out of Fenchurch Street, Fenchurch Street - Shoeburyness via Stratford & Rainham. A normal service out of Fenchurch Street on a Sunday is only 4tph, one FST - SRY via Ockendon and FST - GRY via Rainham
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    Overcrowding on Chiltern Line: How can this be resolved?

    I noticed that the gov hasn't released the list top 10 of busiest trains in the UK for 2022, unlike they did before C-19 however they were still releasing the crowding at stations publications. I FOI'ed them and it turns out they did make the list for 2022 however it was never published...
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    ORR release quarterly passenger data

    Chiltern passenger numbers aren't as high as they were however since they have lost some of their trains (172), they are worse off as a result coupled with worsening reliability of 165s and 168s. Chiltern had the busiest train in the country for 2022, and this situation will have gotten worse...
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    C2C class 720 updates

    Yes, along with the morning run of this diagram from Laindon, 2N03 0703 Lai-Fst. When this ran, it would turn around at Pitsea rather than in platform 2 at Laindon, so assume there must be issues with them turning around in platform 2 at Laindon also

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