Transport for Wales Class 231 / 756 FLIRTs

[3973EXL]

Realtime Trains | 6L22 1430 Dollands Moor Sdgs to Ripple Lane Exch Sdgs | 24/10/2023

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Dep 1416 92015 66001 756111/113/112

Realtime Trains | 5Q99 0241 Ripple Lane Exch Sdgs to Canton Pullmans | 25/10/2023

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Dep 0234 66001 756111/113/112

 

[St. Paddy]

Realtime Trains | 6L22 1430 Dollands Moor Sdgs to Ripple Lane Exch Sdgs | 24/10/2023

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Dep 1416 92015 66001 756111/113/112

Realtime Trains | 5Q99 0241 Ripple Lane Exch Sdgs to Canton Pullmans | 25/10/2023

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Only 4 more to come then

 

[anthony263]

Only 4 more to come then

Till they perhaps put a order for further examples

 

[Peter Sarf]

Only 4 more to come then

I have lost track. Does this mean 756001-007 are also already in Cardiff (along with 756101-113) ?. So just 756114-117 to go ?.

I should have guessed - Its always winter when I find things to do !.

 

[StripeyNick]

I have lost track. Does this mean 756001-007 are also already in Cardiff (along with 756101-113) ?. So just 756114-117 to go ?.

I should have guessed - Its always winter when I find things to do !.

That's correct

 

[D7672]

756111 still at the side of pullman rail,756112 in the top.shed with graffiti removal and 756113 on mainline test 27th October 2023

 

[Peter Sarf]

756111 still at the side of pullman rail,756112 in the top.shed with graffiti removal and 756113 on mainline test 27th October 2023

Nice picture - where is that taken from ?.
I guess somewhere on the North side of the mainline towards the West end. The vantage point where I always saw the 231s (further East where the footbridge into Canton used to be) seems no longer fruitful.

 

[D7672]

De croche place,where the footbridge used to be,cctv everywhere there,but I was facing west where the wheel lathe is

 

[Anonymous10]

De croche place,where the footbridge used to be,cctv everywhere there,but I was facing west where the wheel lathe is

From a look on Google maps this area is fenced and gated. Would that not make this trespassing?

 

[33017]

I don’t think poking a phone through a security fence counts as trespass.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

From a look on Google maps this area is fenced and gated. Would that not make this trespassing?

Not really for you to be concerned about anyway.

 

[Anonymous10]

Not really for you to be concerned about anyway.

Whilst that's true I struggle to understand how your remark is helpful either?

I don’t think poking a phone through a security fence counts as trespass.

Apologies thought it was a case he'd stood there, not intimate with the area and shot seemed like it was taken stood on other side. I will admit tho it's possible things have changed since the street view image.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

Whilst that's true I struggle to understand how your remark is helpful either?


Apologies thought it was a case he'd stood there, not intimate with the area and shot seemed like it was taken stood on other side. I will admit tho it's possible things have changed since the street view image.

I’m just saying, your remark might cause someone to get in to trouble, so as it’s not really yours or my business anyway it’s not worth going into

Any more updates on 756 via Pontypridd, anyone? I can’t stomach these 150s any longer.

 

[Peter Sarf]

Another 756 delivery ?

Realtime Trains | 6L22 1430 Dollands Moor Sdgs to Ripple Lane Exch Sdgs | 06/11/2023

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Realtime Trains | 5Q99 0451 Ripple Lane Exch Sdgs to Cardiff Canton Sidings | 07/11/2023

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[Envoy]

Now November and still no 756’s in passenger service - despite live wires south of Pontypridd. Thought they could at least have got them going on the City Line where they could have picked up electricity on the western section. (Yes, I do realise that everything through Radyr will eventually be the Class 398 tram-trains).

 

[Anonymous10]

Now November and still no 756’s in passenger service - despite live wires south of Pontypridd. Thought they could at least have got them going on the City Line where they could have picked up electricity on the western section. (Yes, I do realise that everything through Radyr will eventually be the Class 398 tram-trains).

Milage and training could be a hindrance?

 

[craigybagel]

Now November and still no 756’s in passenger service - despite live wires south of Pontypridd. Thought they could at least have got them going on the City Line where they could have picked up electricity on the western section. (Yes, I do realise that everything through Radyr will eventually be the Class 398 tram-trains).

Milage and training could be a hindrance?

The training course is still being worked on. They might be similar visually to 231s, but bear in mind that few if any Valleys drivers have ever driven an electric train.

 

[Anonymous10]

The training course is still being worked on. They might be similar visually to 231s, but bear in mind that few if any Valleys drivers have ever driven an electric train.

That was what I was trying to get at, thanks for expanding on that.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

The training course is still being worked on. They might be similar visually to 231s, but bear in mind that few if any Valleys drivers have ever driven an electric train.

Might January - same really as 231 but a year later - be realistic? Or perhaps May if not?

 

[craigybagel]

Might January - same really as 231 but a year later - be realistic? Or perhaps May if not?

Closer to the latter than the former is more likely I'd suspect. When I say being worked on I mean the contents of the course itself is still being finalised, rather than training having commenced. But I've not seen a date set in stone, so hopefully things will happen sooner rather than later. It doesn't necessarily need to fit smoothly around a timetable change.

 

[Peter Sarf]

Another 756 delivery ?

Realtime Trains | 6L22 1430 Dollands Moor Sdgs to Ripple Lane Exch Sdgs | 06/11/2023

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Realtime Trains | 5Q99 0451 Ripple Lane Exch Sdgs to Cardiff Canton Sidings | 07/11/2023

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6L22 cancelled but a few more possibilities after.

Does anyone know if the 756s have got through the hole ?.

 

[AdamWW]

Milage and training could be a hindrance?

I'm not sure the platforms on the City Line are long enough yet - I think even a double 153 is too long for some of them.

They seem to be making good progress on the platform extensions but they aren't finished.

 

[Last Hurrah]

I'm not sure the platforms on the City Line are long enough yet - I think even a double 153 is too long for some of them.

They seem to be making good progress on the platform extensions but they aren't finished.

They seem to have short bursts of activity, then it stops for a while until the next burst of activity

As there is no Sunday service on the City Line, I would have thought the platform extensions could progress reasonably quickly particularly as all the wire stuff has been finished

 

[cockneyviking]

6L22 cancelled but a few more possibilities after.

Does anyone know if the 756s have got through the hole ?.

5Q99 is cancelled too.

 

[positron]

Now November and still no 756’s in passenger service - despite live wires south of Pontypridd. Thought they could at least have got them going on the City Line where they could have picked up electricity on the western section. (Yes, I do realise that everything through Radyr will eventually be the Class 398 tram-trains).

They've got live wires all the way from Aberdare and Merthyr (just south of) to Cardiff (aside from the planned gaps). So it's even weirder they haven't moved faster to get 756s running.

 

[Peter Sarf]

5Q99 is cancelled too.

Someone better tell RTT .

 

[cockneyviking]

Someone better tell RTT .

Someone better tell RTT .

Rostered driver already been informed.

 

[Peter Sarf]

@cockneyviking said :-

Someone better tell RTT .

Rostered driver already been informed.

Ah well that will dictate the reality then !.

 

[Anonymous10]

They've got live wires all the way from Aberdare and Merthyr (just south of) to Cardiff (aside from the planned gaps). So it's even weirder they haven't moved faster to get 756s running.

Might be worth reading the above posts about the reasons.

 

[MrCheeseGrater]

They've got live wires all the way from Aberdare and Merthyr (just south of) to Cardiff (aside from the planned gaps). So it's even weirder they haven't moved faster to get 756s running.

There is still some wiring yet to be put up at Aberdare as of yesterday.