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Not very easy with the current seat covers of course!

They were noticeably darker, but that may just be because they are new. They had that new smell too. And the material is different. Most people probably wouldn't notice the change though.

They are, yes. The same style as GWR so rough rather than soft, but hopefully at least look better than the flat cloth.

450060 has new seat covers fitted. Haven't heard anything about it but perhaps the flat cloth has finally been abandoned after constantly looking dirty.

It's from internal documents.

2U09, 2U16, 2U19, 2U26, 2U29, 2U36 all show as booked 10-701 from Monday. Then swapped out for 8-450 for the remainder of the day.

The RMT 701 dispute was settled 3 years ago now as has been mentioned several times in this thread.

Yes, there doesn't really seem a need for any 5-car diagrams with the current timetable on a weekday. The Sunday Guildford via Cobham services would need to be 5-cars as they terminate at Wimbledon until early afternoon and use a siding which is 8-car maximum. I think long term some 5-car units...

5-cars were never planned for those routes. They've always been planned to remain as 450s. I believe there are some sidings where 10-cars cannot fit, there are definitely a few more unusual reversing movements which cannot be 10-cars too. With 458s and 707s there were always some 5-car Windsor...

It's presumably because GWR are affected by strike action on Saturday and there are no trains from Exeter to Paddington. SWR don't have that much capacity comparatively and will want to put people off. If there appeared to be a decent service running when people looked in a journey planner the...

The wording in the 1990s deal was at least potentially subject to argument. It's been superseded now anyway. SWR drivers have agreed to operate the doors on any stock potentially, but there must always be a guard on board. The 701s are operating in accordance with this on the limited runs they...

There are stations where the guard is required to dispatch on the current services. If they were peak services and crush loaded it would be very difficult for the guard to dispatch as the only door controls are in the passenger saloon.

That diagram is booked 455 in the long term plan, but 458 in the short term plan this week, and I assume last. So yes, it is likely to become permanent at some point.

A timetable change was planned when 701s were fully rolled out, who knows what the plans are now.

It's quite a common reoccurring fault on that line.

The Hampton Court trains forming the xx24 and xx54 is actually the same as pre-Covid. The xx09 and xx39 were formed off the arrival from Chessington at approx xx15 and xx45. That was a change around 2019 to attempt to improve timekeeping on Suburban services generally by introducing some longer...

8-455s can and do run the Hounslow Loop. It's Datchet in the down direction and Virginia Water in the up direction from Weybridge they cannot call at.

Less crews sign 458s so you would have to be very careful splitting 458s up to use one to run on a 455 diagram as you may encounter crewing issues in the day.

You don't need all drivers within a link trained to start squadron service. Practically that would be very difficult as the drivers trained initially would be in need of a refresher before they actually drove one. You need a decent number, and it's more of a challenge to roster and deal with...

The 5-car diagram is gone too. So only 12. That is LTP diagrams though, extra diagrams could be planned STP if there are still additional units in traffic.