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Gloucester seems to have more intake than Worcester these days I find (has a bigger headcount I think too), well certainly in recent times. I'm not sure there is many/any still in training drivers at Worcester currently.

That last Bristol to Pompey Mon-Sat is only booked a 2 car anyway. It is a hard thing to get right all of this, it's not as simple as just cancelling the 2HXX service group (for example) to provide an extra 2/3 car for the route, due to the interworkings on the Bristol Metro. Whilst you can...

You won't regret it, that's all!

There was 2 Turbos covering IET diagrams in the Bristol area too as well!

1F09 is booked a 3 car 158 I think.

See even here we can't agree what is good and not good for a 3 car 165 route wise. A controller doesn't want to short form or cancel any train, but unless engineering can provide the right amount of trains (which they can't because of various issues and arguably no fault of their own!), then...

It is an aim to keep 3 car 165s off of the route, but the fact is one isn't really much more suited anywhere else: Not suited Severn Beach or Devon Metro due to no bike space Not suited to Pompey or Weymouth route due to the environment onboard not being quite so "nice". That leaves them...

1710 5 as booked 1810 4 as booked 2010 3 vice 4 cars due to the state the 4 car train was left in following it's southbound working with them on this morning, it was later declared unserviceable. The 1710 terminated at Bristol, presumably the reason the fans were told it was cancelled.

it was better than it blocking a platform at Bristol for hours. Did two round trips in the end.

1F14 reformed from Bristol TM at 1255

Shortage of sets I would guess and less HST availability to cover it up?

Same again today. 1L07 has been arranged to call at Severn Tunnel Junction I notice though.

This hasn't been used for some time, the current allocation of 3 car 165s in the Bristol area is a "permanent" thing this timetable period, as a result of the Class 166 refresh programme. 1701327678 This is fairly usual isn't it every year (Well HSS stock generally) ?

Some lines of route have particular contingency plans that apply, but even then it's more of a guide than rules in some cases. It's a tough one to actually call sometimes and depends where the TOC/NR Control of the specific area sit on delay minutes v actually running a service for...

Been a good week for 150 availability too, always helps. 1699017858 This week 3 at Penzance 2 at Par 2 at Laira The out of Exeter requirements haven't changed this week at all, only thing to note is now October has finished the St Ives is back to booked 2 car.

As of Wednesday morning, Exeter was only 1 x Turbo short of its planned daily amount and by no coincidence there are stacks of trains cancelled in the Bristol area "More trains than usual needing repairs at the same time". You can certainly see how much short forming can hide the problem of...

Spot on. Trying to prevent short forms for the AM peak!

0615 EXM-PGN may be a HST from Exeter in the morning, unless a fleet of units suddenly shows itself!

2K16 0738 Taunton to Severn Beach is a HST as far as Bristol TM today, to enable a Turbo to stay in the Exeter area to boost the shortage there!

Moving 130ish people instead of none?