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ScotRail HST Introduction - Updates & Discussion

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jingsmonty said:
Correct. We, as drivers, still need a brief/practical conversion to a 'Inter7City' refurbished set though - I believe it takes about 2hrs? Not sure about the Guards, I'd imagine they will need more. Have you had this yet? I think it's being organised for us Inverness drivers soon, as we have HA24 to train on now.
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I went to get my training on HA25 but there was a fault with the crew egress and we coudn't get in, then all the DOLs started to flash to we had to abandon it.
 
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laseandre said:
What they were saying is that the diagram was originally booked for traction they signed, but when the platform display read "This service has 3 carriages" that immediately set off alarm bells since they obviously don't sign any 3 car trains!
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The really confusing thing is when Journeycheck shows North Clyde services as being formed of 2 or 5 cars!

Because a 3 car EMU has a coach locked out, not because it’s physically short formed!
 
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jingsmonty said:
Think the 1255 Inverness to Waverley sounded suspiciously like a 2 car 158 when it passed my house...:{
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Indeed it is.
I’m on it. Currently running 20 mins late and terminating at Perth.
Passengers being put on the 16:06 Per -> Wav.
(Delay due to being held at Carrbridge because of a late running freight train).
 
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The 06:40 from Aberdeen to Glasgow and 09:39 return were most definitely an HST today.

Also, one of the refurbished sets was on the 13:12 Aberdeen to Edinburgh.
 
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Without out wanting to go too off to topic. The Scotrail HST are having a full refit. Are the GWR and XC units more or less just having the doors, toilets and any other PRM mods done?
 
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Saw three HSTs in a row this evening in Fife, two classics either side of a refurbished one - would be the 1736 to Aberdeen, 1600 from Aberdeen, and 1739 to Inverness.
 
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Rick1984 said:
Without out wanting to go too off to topic. The Scotrail HST are having a full refit. Are the GWR and XC units more or less just having the doors, toilets and any other PRM mods done?
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The Scotrail 1st class coach is a full refit, with the fitting of a buffet counter and guards office. But the rest of the train is just doors, toilet tanks,retrim but significantly major corrosion repairs.
 
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CJSwan said:
The 06:40 from Aberdeen to Glasgow and 09:39 return were most definitely an HST today.

Also, one of the refurbished sets was on the 13:12 Aberdeen to Edinburgh.
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A refurbished set was on the 05:48 Aberdeen to Edinburgh this morning. Passed it at Montrose around 06:25
 
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Wonder if Kilmarnock are starting work on tbe coaches soon - there's a set supposed to be moving there next week (43183, 42143, 42145 & 43150)
 
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Well a fairly rare treat today got another run out on the refurb,run number five since mid October. Having been the slam door a couple of days back you notice the difference in station dwell times.
 
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If you do your initial training (drivers) on a refurb set, do you have to then do a further conversion onto the classics or will the refurb training cover everything needed for both types?
 
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John Bishop said:
If you do your initial training (drivers) on a refurb set, do you have to then do a further conversion onto the classics or will the refurb training cover everything needed for both types?
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You would have to do the slam door training as drivers have to shut the doors for empty stock moves.
 
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We never know until an STP path appears on RTT, and sometimes not even then. Set 3 should have come North two weeks earlier, but a fault was discovered, which must have been major, given the length of the delay.
 
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chuff chuff said:
Well a fairly rare treat today got another run out on the refurb,run number five since mid October. Having been the slam door a couple of days back you notice the difference in station dwell times.
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I bet! It's certainly noticeable how long it takes to carry out station duties on a classic. I've not had the pleasure of a refurb yet
 
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A refurbished set was on the 05:48 Aberdeen to Edinburgh this morning. Passed it at Montrose around 06:25
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That should be the second refurbished set, ScotRail tweeted that a second one was in traffic today and that matches the services they listed.
 
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