Weekend Class 387/1 GWR diagrams

[TransportHub]

Hello All

Does anyone have the diagrams for the 387s west of Reading on the SO.
I'm thinking of heading out that way on Saturday (13th Jan) with the camera

Thanks

 

[Agent_Squash]

Hello All

Does anyone have the diagrams for the 387s west of Reading on the SO.
I'm thinking of heading out that way on Saturday (13th Jan) with the camera

Thanks

Anything listed in the GWR timetable with a lightning bolt above should be operated by Electrostar.

 

[FGW_DID]

Hello All

Does anyone have the diagrams for the 387s west of Reading on the SO.
I'm thinking of heading out that way on Saturday (13th Jan) with the camera

Thanks

I have, there’s quite a few! It should be a safe bet to see some 387s if you venture to Reading. Are you thinking of a particular time slot at somewhere like Didcot?

 

[JonathanH]

Surely the question here is whether the workings are 4 or 8 car in the Saturday timetable since there is a basic 6 hour pattern from Paddington to Reading and back then Paddington to Didcot and back. This runs every half hour. So in a 6 hour period, you see all the units working west of Reading. Given the frequency and the fact they are replacing 3-car Turbos, 4-car should be enough?

Then there are presumably two 4-cars doing the Hayes shuttles.

 

[cactustwirly]

Surely the question here is whether the workings are 4 or 8 car in the Saturday timetable since there is a basic 6 hour pattern from Paddington to Reading and back then Paddington to Didcot and back. This runs every half hour. So in a 6 hour period, you see all the units working west of Reading. Given the frequency and the fact they are replacing 3-car Turbos, 4-car should be enough?

Then there are presumably two 4-cars doing the Hayes shuttles.

All the stoppers to Didcot parkway should be 387s.
The majority of them should be 8 coaches long, since a 4 coach set has less capacity than a 3 car 165.

 

[SWT_USER]

Surely the question here is whether the workings are 4 or 8 car in the Saturday timetable since there is a basic 6 hour pattern from Paddington to Reading and back then Paddington to Didcot and back. This runs every half hour. So in a 6 hour period, you see all the units working west of Reading. Given the frequency and the fact they are replacing 3-car Turbos, 4-car should be enough?

Then there are presumably two 4-cars doing the Hayes shuttles.

I seriously hope there are not 4 car diagrams running - effectively a cut in capacity!

 

[JonathanH]

What is the position when a Voyager and 387 share one of the through relief line platforms 13 and 14 at Reading? Can a Voyager and 8-387 share the platform or is the 387 limited to 4-car.

2R47 1512 London Paddington to Reading and 1O88 1235 York to Reading appear to share platform 14 at around 4pm on Saturday.

 

[Nippy]

They do fit. But it sounds a bit of a faff from what I overhear.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

I seriously hope there are not 4 car diagrams running - effectively a cut in capacity!

To be fair it was never rare for me to end up on a 2 car 165 on the route, surely anything is better than that?!

 

[Wilts Wanderer]

Platform stopping positions at Reading are extremely restrictive and there are some poorly positioned AWS magnets. An 8-car 387 and a Voyager will not fit in the same platform.

 

[cactustwirly]

To be fair it was never rare for me to end up on a 2 car 165 on the route, surely anything is better than that?!

Before September, most trains on that route were 3-6 car 165/6s which offered more seating capacity than a 4 car 387.

2 car 165s were only used, because there weren't enough 3 car turbos, in fact they were completely inadequate for services east of Slough