iantherev
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Crumbs that must be a task to keep to the timetable unless the '175' services are timed for 75mph if short of stock! Mind you on the GWR North Cotswold line, most services are timed for 90mph Turbo trains I think - if a 125mph train has to be substituted for a 90mph.
On the 23/10/18 after my first IET trip, someone at Didcot Parkway told me basically that a Pacer was used from Swansea to Manchester (must have been a little while before the 23/10/18) - my response was 'a Pacer ?!' Mind you the seats are all high-backed now and I'd catch it instead of waiting another hour anyway.
Plus, for a Pacer to run instead of a 175 must mean a more dire situation (worse than desperate I mean) at ATW.
The improvements on wiki (for the new Wales & Borders franchise) look promising and will mean way better trains for passengers thank goodness!
Doesn't have to be a dire situation fleet wise. All it needs is for a signalling problem in West Wales (as happened in the Llanelli area on Saturday) and for it to be a time of day when a Pacer is the only unit available on Canton when they decide to restart the train from Cardiff.