crewe derby 31 s after Dec 2008

[kyrano]

can someone confirm if this true gen, t&t 31s are to start on a new service on crewe derby on dec 15, cheers.

 

[Aureol]

Shouldn't this be in General NR Discussion?
And tbh, I was wondering just that same thing when I was at Derby this morning.

 

[matt]

topic moved

Posters on the wnxx forum seem to suggest the idea has been dropped by EMT.

 

[The Planner]

It was a bonkers idea by EMT management, their planners knew it was mental, as did we. It's unlikely they could have been pathed anyway due to the longer dwells needed and general performance of the stock.

 

[djw1981]

[sarcasm] Northern have agreed to lend them lots of cl142 to create 4 or 6 car trains for every Liverpool-Norwich service, any passenger choosing to make the complete journey by this method will be sectioned, once they have had the resulting back injuries treated.[/sarcasm]

 

[kyrano]

[sarcasm] Northern have agreed to lend them lots of cl142 to create 4 or 6 car trains for every Liverpool-Norwich service, any passenger choosing to make the complete journey by this method will be sectioned, once they have had the resulting back injuries treated.[/sarcasm]

ur on a wind up !! now i know the railways are going down the pan .

 

[P156KWJ]

overheard some staff talking on my train a few weeks ago saying that David Horne (a senior person in EMT) had canned the idea. It was going to be a DBSO+SO+SO+31 but Serco were apparently charging way over the odds

 

[valentaman]

Won't be happening caped idea not in winter timetable!

 

[The Planner]

Won't be happening caped idea not in winter timetable!

Can still be put in as a spot bid and the times changed......but it wont.

 

[class 313]

Why cant the same setup which we saw with the Skegness spoons put into place?

 

[The Planner]

Its too tight around Stoke and Derby I think, as slam doors need a longer dwell, they would appear at either end too late.

 

[route:oxford]

So many issues are related to slam-door stock...

How much did BR save when the Mark 3s were originally ordered by specifiying slam-door stock rather than powered doors?

 

[Benn88]

Well I do think that is a great shame it's not happening, but I can understand why. However I still think properly maintined slam door stock is massive, and perfectly safe before anyone starts Just wished that the norms actually thought about the station staff and shut the doors behind them! Oh well..

 

[Coradia]

I agree that would not be worthwile, though having said that I would still not mind that over a 158 for a change. But overall whenever I use these trains they are not that busy (well off peak anyway).

 

[P156KWJ]

a 158 is sometimes too much I've had a table to myself for the journey between SOT and DBY a lot

 

[Coradia]

a 158 is sometimes too much I've had a table to myself for the journey between SOT and DBY a lot

hock: ssshhh if Tim Shoveller hears you he might start putting 153s on it .

 

[Aureol]

hock: ssshhh if Tim Shoveller hears you he might start putting 153s on it .

I've done it with a single 153 before, back in Central Trains days .....even that seemed to much hock:
A 121 or 122 on the service, anyone?