theblackwatch
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No. Only 001 007 and 008 of the 3 car are in service.
005, I believe, worked on September 11th when it failed.
No. Only 001 007 and 008 of the 3 car are in service.
it was in platform 2 behind my 319 as I was going to st Helens all lights off I thought it might be doing the 20.36 to Blackpool
What's the latest on the roll out on the Aire and Wharfedale Triangle? Yet to experience a 331 on my commute and there seems to be more 321/2s around than ever (when they have not broken down and the train is cancelled..!)
There has been at least 1 peak time cancellation every morning this week between Skipton and Leeds due to more trains needing repair at once than usual, here's hoping they get more 331s into service soon...The 1626 Leeds - Skipton is a 331, the other diagram seems to work the 1641 Bradford - Skipton but they are the only 2 I'm aware of at the moment
There has been at least 1 peak time cancellation every morning this week between Skipton and Leeds due to more trains needing repair at once than usual, here's hoping they get more 331s into service soon...
Sorry, Denyboy, I misread your post. It's Liverpool to Blackpool North which is scheduled to get 331s from 9/9/19.
There has been at least 1 peak time cancellation every morning this week between Skipton and Leeds due to more trains needing repair at once than usual, here's hoping they get more 331s into service soon...
There was a 322 parked in the sidings at Wakefield Westgate most of last week, plus a 333 on refurb and one away for corrosion repairs which is obviously putting pressure on the existing fleet. There's now 5 331 diagrams and I've only seen 101/104/106/108/109/110 in service so again there's little slack there either unfortunately
Which are the 331 diagrams? Any around the peaks? My only experience of it so far was watching one come past me on the platform last week - empty and on test, of course! Ahead of my actual train which was..... a 322.
What's the latest on the roll out on the Aire and Wharfedale Triangle? Yet to experience a 331 on my commute and there seems to be more 321/2s around than ever (when they have not broken down and the train is cancelled..!)
The 1626 Leeds - Skipton is 331, the other diagram is the 1641 Bradford - Skipton. In the AM peak it's the 0618 Skipton - Leeds, 0710 Leeds - Bradford and 0747 Bradford - Ilkley. The other 333 comes off a Doncaster - Leeds before working 0856 Leeds - Skipton
Any news of 331s to Manchester Airport or Stockport?
Does anyone have a general update for the 331 diagrams west side? Seems a bit scattergun at the moment.
Someone on Twitter today inferred a 331 worked on the Manchester-Hadfield route. I heard the 331s are to commence working on the Liverpool to Crewe via Manchester Airport next week.
December timetable change for 331s on the Hazel Grove - Blackpools to the best of my knowledge.Blackpool to Hazel Grove has been consistently mentioned as being one of the next routes to get them, although I don't have a date. Blackpool to Manchester Airport has been mentioned, too, but not as consistently.
Doubt that peak-time 06:53 service will be strengthened to a 6-car service anytime soon. That service is a complete and utter shambles. No point in strengthening for one journey only to skip calls at commuter stations on its 08:43 reverse journey into Manchester as it's just completely wasted peak-time capacity.The 06:52 Blackpool North to Manchester Airport is currently a 319 and often standing at Buckshaw or Chorley, and sometimes leaving passengers behind by Lostock.
A couple of times recently it has been announced on the train that it is moving to being 6 carriages instead of 4 from the next timetable. Not sure if this is confirmed elsewhere. Also, are the platforms at all stations all ok to take 6 carriages at the moment? The temporary lengthening that was put in place a few years ago seems to have been reversed at some stations.
Doubt that peak-time 06:53 service will be strengthened to a 6-car service anytime soon. That service is a complete and utter shambles. No point in strengthening for one journey only to skip calls at commuter stations on its 08:43 reverse journey into Manchester as it's just completely wasted peak-time capacity.
On it this morning and it has been changed to a double 331. Advertised on the platform as 8 carriages, but I didn’t get chance to check what it actually was due to making a late dash to the platform to catch it. Whether it is 6 or 8, it is already looking like the front half will be full and standing by Horwich.
Edited to add that it was indeed 8 carriages, with 107 and 112 on duty. The front unit of the train was full with people standing by Blackrod, so even with the capacity it was still busy.