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i wondered where can i find a timetable or a departure board on the net which shows the class of the train. i mean- how can i know (according to the timetable or departure board) what kind of train is running a service?
 
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43000 said:
i wondered where can i find a timetable or a departure board on the net which shows the class of the train. i mean- how can i know (according to the timetable or departure board) what kind of train is running a service?


On the GNER Website you can find what class of train runs the service. Its either Electric (91) or HST.
 

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Midland Mainline used to put whether it was a HST or a Meridian. Not sure if they still do. First Great western used to put an 'A' in a circle if a train was a booked Adelante.
 

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Coxster said:
Midland Mainline used to put whether it was a HST or a Meridian. Not sure if they still do. First Great western used to put an 'A' in a circle if a train was a booked Adelante.

Midland still do, although only for 4-car meridian diagrams. HSTs and 9-car meridians are not seperated, which is not helpful!
 

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They don't show which train will be booked because regular coustomers don't need to know what is booked and they would than start to moan (Why is there a 458 when the TT shows 450 etc.). Some companies show how many carriadges do their trains have in peaks, but you won't find that kind info anywhere, besides diagrams/stock working books.
 

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Midland still do, although only for 4-car meridian diagrams. HSTs and 9-car meridians are not seperated, which is not helpful!

Anyone know where I can find details of which trains are diegramed for HSTs and which for 9-car Meridiens at weekends. thejunction.org.uk only has weekday diagrams. In particular, anyone know what the 6:16 off Sheffield is booked for on a Saturday?
 

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i would also like to see digrams for Midland Mainline on Saturdays. If u find 'em, please post a link!
All i can offer is this:by viewing diagrams i am fairly sure the vast majority, if not all, Nottinghams are junk, and the 0925 St Pancras-Sheffield is as per weekday diagram, but then works onto the 1727 x Sheffield, an hour earlier than weekdays. (not sure if these two workings are same set). By rights there must be balancing workings for these workings-1425 St Pancras-Sheffield must be Meridian.

To me the 0616 off Sheffield looks a bit suspect as the inward working for the 0925 back off Pancras, but thats only guesswork/pessimism!

Isn't there a guy from Belper on here? he might have a better idea-hope he reads this!
 

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125 Group publish a set of HST diagrams every timetable - it's very good. It's £3 for non-members and £2 for members, and includes the FGW, GNER and MML diagrams, plus the NMT. Note that the current issue doesn't show FGW weekend diagrams as there are currently a lot of engineering works on the Western and therefore diagrams are changing all the time.
 

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Midland Mainline colour code the trains in the timetable as

Green - HSTs
Purple - Meridians

9-Car and 4-Car Meridian trains are usually displayed on the Platform Departure boards.
 
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