Class 158 at Wellingborough?

[Class 66's]

I was just on RTT and found that tomorrow there is a class 158 heading to London St.Pancras. Does anybody know why? It says empty coaching stock but why would they use it in London when they are meant to be used on regional services not commuters. It's coming from Peterborough platform 6.
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C71756/2014/10/20/advanced

 

[MCR247]

No, thats a path timed for a 158, this doesn't mean that it is booked for a 158. Looking at the next departure from the same platform at St Pancras it forms a Leeds service booked for a HST, so I assume this is a path for a HST running ECS. The headcode (5D69 > 1D69) also alludes to this. Why an EMT HST would be in Peterborough, I don't know.

The working before this (5T01 Chesterfield - Peterborough) is timed as a HST http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/J31007/2014/10/20/advanced

 

[westcoaster]

If you follow it backwards it goes Neville hill to Sheffield, in service to St Pancras then ecs St Pancras-Lincoln- Chesterfield-Lincoln- Chesterfield-Peterborough-St pancras. Then back to Leeds. No idea why though all other paths are pathed for hst's.

 

[MCR247]

If you follow it backwards it goes St Pancras - Lincoln- Chesterfield-Lincoln- Chesterfield-Peterborough-St pancras. No idea why though all other paths are patched for hst's.

I was just about to post this as I had just done it!

It seems that a HST that does a morning peak working and would normally go ECS to Cricklewood before coming back and doing the Leeds evening train is doing this during the day for some reason.

 

[PHILIPE]

Many people fall into this trap and, as has been pointed on the Forum quite often, the Timing load is quoted and NOT what may be actually diagrammed. What this represents is that whatever works the train has to run in and maintain 158 Timings.

 

[westcoaster]

Wonder if an EMT tour on a hst is coming up Christmas markets, or clearance work Chesterfield to Lincoln.

It does seem the Chesterfield Lincoln bit is what they are after.

 

[louis97]

Its a driver refresher run for East Midlands Trains local crew, the runs around give them a good amount of handling time on the routes they sign. As for the timing loads back from Peterborough, there wont be any HST sectional running times around there, so a Class 170 (shown as Class 158@100mph) times will of been used, I presume until Oakham (the reason for the stop there), from there forward HST sectional running times will be available.

 

[Class 66's]

Thanks

 

[PHILIPE]

Is this thread and the "EMT Oddity" thread connected ?