ScouserGirl
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I believe soAre the 395s being inspected too?
I believe soAre the 395s being inspected too?
In the meanwhile, especially this weekend with the alternative route out of Waterloo closed to both Exeter and Bristol via Westbury due to engineering works....Paddington HSS are being taught 387s, in order to run Paddington-Swindon shuttles.
Risk assessments should be done by the end of this week.
There's a number of trains advertised as 3 vice 5 car today, so clearly some are out of service.That's what someone said to me who works there...
In the meanwhile, especially this weekend with the alternative route out of Waterloo closed to both Exeter and Bristol via Westbury due to engineering works....
Couldn't the 387s have been double manned with one driver with the traction knowledge and one with the route knowledge west of Didcot?
Plenty of 802 drivers sitting in mess rooms bored at the moment.
There's a number of trains advertised as 3 vice 5 car today, so clearly some are out of service.
They have a different bolster and yaw bracket design to the 80x and 395The 395's are a fair but older that the other fleets so will be interesting to see what the results of there inspections are
Four have failed inspection, the location of the failed sets has lead to some substitutions and shortforms. But once usable sets are back the right locations it shouldn't cause any significant issues.There's a number of trains advertised as 3 vice 5 car today, so clearly some are out of service.
Four have failed inspection, the location of the failed sets has lead to some substitutions and shortforms. But once usable sets are back the right locations it shouldn't cause any significant issues.
No they haven’t. This service is currently on the move and is an 802: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C53540/2021-05-09/detailedTPE have pulled them all out of traffic.
Yes indeed..its the sensible solution. Keep the fault-free and inspected IET’s running a Paddington-South Wales/cotswold service thus making the most use of the IET and the 25KV to Cardiff and phase back in some HST’s to work Paddington-Bristol (can be serviced at PM) and Paddington-Plymouth (can be serviced at LA). Im sure there must be drivers at London, Bristol, Plymouth etc still cleared to drive HST’s?Given the scale of the problem, dispensations for non-compliant stock would very likely be granted.
Plymouth yes as they have the 2+4 sets, am not so sure on London now.Yes indeed..its the sensible solution. Keep the fault-free and inspected IET’s running a Paddington-South Wales/cotswold service thus making the most use of the IET and the 25KV to Cardiff and phase back in some HST’s to work Paddington-Bristol (can be serviced at PM) and Paddington-Plymouth (can be serviced at LA). Im sure there must be drivers at London, Bristol, Plymouth etc still cleared to drive HST’s?
It’s difficult to know for sure. I would certainly look at alternative options and weigh up how long you’re prepared to wait before you have to finalise a decision.if i need to travel from london to swansea next week whats my best bet?, assume enough of this will be over by them, reroute or just catch the bus?
Flixbus run to Cardiff multiple times a day for £0.99 from Victoria Coach Station, so that’s what I would do + TfW from Cardiff.It’s difficult to know for sure. I would certainly look at alternative options and weigh up how long you’re prepared to wait before you have to finalise a decision.
If there is a coach (or multiples) and there are limited tickets then you’d be able to guarantee (to the best of your ability) you’ll get there. If you don’t book it and the trains don’t run you’re stuck.
If you can go to Birmingham and get a TFW or XC service into Wales but you need to book that to guarantee it then the same applies.
The more important your journey is will likely determine how quickly you give up on the railway providing a direct service.
There is not a chance I would rely on any of these routes being reliable for a few days, but you could take the car and break down.
A good joke but the stock isn't exactly ready to run when it gets to the scrapyards. The scrapyards process scrap pretty quickly nowadays in any case. Can you imagine bringing units back into service after they had been on one of those 1980s train stacks?Has anyone told the scrap yards to stop scrapping? There's going to be a demand for any mk3/4 coaching stock for the next year or so.......and maybe even Pacers
Pacers from London to Bristol would be fun! (I'm aware that that's probably not what you meant)Has anyone told the scrap yards to stop scrapping? There's going to be a demand for any mk3/4 coaching stock for the next year or so.......and maybe even Pacers
I’m pretty sure based on previous experience that some people on this forum are capable of imagining just about anything...A good joke but the stock isn't exactly ready to run when it gets to the scrapyards. The scrapyards process scrap pretty quickly nowadays in any case. Can you imagine bringing units back into service after they had been on one of those 1980s train stacks?
Has anyone told the scrap yards to stop scrapping? There's going to be a demand for any mk3/4 coaching stock for the next year or so.......and maybe even Pacers
"Passengers suffer mass cancellations while hundreds of carriages sit idle in scrapyard shocker!"
But there must be some stuff in the system which could be pulled back and reinstatedA good joke but the stock isn't exactly ready to run when it gets to the scrapyards. The scrapyards process scrap pretty quickly nowadays in any case. Can you imagine bringing units back into service after they had been on one of those 1980s train stacks?
BREL made some amazing trains with British engineering, not least the InterCity 125.”Proper British engineering” - British Leyland anyone?
Completely baseless remark.
And as stated above, plenty of BREL products had their own problems over the years! Patching up HST's for another 50 years of service life would doubtless cost more to the taxpayer.BREL made some amazing trains with British engineering, not least the InterCity 125.
The IETs seem very overpriced for what they are. Paid for by the taxpayer.
I don't think it's that simple.But there must be some stuff in the system which could be pulled back and reinstated
The high price of the IET fleet is précisely because Hitachi hedged against the possibility of some major issues and priced the risk into their tender for the contract, and the DfT was unable to see this and thought they were getting good value for money.
But that is EXACTLY what they ARE doing. By telling passengers their £30 tickets must be used today or refunded and if they don’t use them today their journey will cost them £100. By being flexible and letting passengers travel at a later date you leave more capacity for those that simply must travel today. By acting as they are they are making it more difficult for passengers today and they’re making higher profits from everyone else.
The DfT is, at present, not paying a penny for unserviceable trains that are not being provided for traffic yesterday and today. It's Hitachi's financial problem now, not DfT's.