I'm interested to know what testing needs to shorten formations to increase capacity taken from SWT Live Train Info today, complete with confusing typo. Someone may know?
Message Received :14/11/2012 14:53
From the 13 November to 30 November we will be undertaking a programme of testing on our trains.
This is necessary as part of a significant programme of improvements. This will deliver much needed extra capacity (from March 2013) and will allow over 23,000 additional passengers every day to travel to and from London Waterloo during peak times.
The following train services are affected from Tuesday 13 October to Friday 16 November:
0641 Woking to Waterloo train will be formed of an 8 carriages instead of 12
0655 Portsmouth to Waterloo train will be formed of an 8 carriages instead of 12
1800 Waterloo to Portsmouth train will be formed of an 8 carriages instead of 12
1823 Waterloo to Basingstoke train will be formed of an 8 carriages instead of 12
0737 Waterloo to Hounslow train will be formed of an 8 carriages instead of 12
0954 Basingstoke to Waterloo train will be formed of an 8 carriages instead of 12
We are sorry for any inconvenience this will cause.
Message Received :14/11/2012 14:53
From the 13 November to 30 November we will be undertaking a programme of testing on our trains.
This is necessary as part of a significant programme of improvements. This will deliver much needed extra capacity (from March 2013) and will allow over 23,000 additional passengers every day to travel to and from London Waterloo during peak times.
The following train services are affected from Tuesday 13 October to Friday 16 November:
0641 Woking to Waterloo train will be formed of an 8 carriages instead of 12
0655 Portsmouth to Waterloo train will be formed of an 8 carriages instead of 12
1800 Waterloo to Portsmouth train will be formed of an 8 carriages instead of 12
1823 Waterloo to Basingstoke train will be formed of an 8 carriages instead of 12
0737 Waterloo to Hounslow train will be formed of an 8 carriages instead of 12
0954 Basingstoke to Waterloo train will be formed of an 8 carriages instead of 12
We are sorry for any inconvenience this will cause.