Which FGW services are allocated Class 180 traction?

[SpDr60]

Hi,

which Trains of FGW are running with a Class 180?

Greetings from the snowed Black Forrest in Germany

Stefan

 

[Lrd]

This post from this thread explains how to check.

 

[TEW]

That's not the complete list, just the ones on the Cotswold Line. Full diagrams:

OC501
5N04 0434 Old Oak Common London Paddington 0501
1W10 0548 London Paddington Worcester Foregate Street 0817
1P35 0826 Worcester Foregate Street London Paddington 1100
1W29 1120 London Paddington Great Malvern 1356
5P57 1400 Great Malvern Great Malvern 1421
1P57 1426 Great Malvern London Paddington 1700
1D53 1718 London Paddington Oxford 1845
5D53 1845 Oxford Oxford Down Carriage Sidings 1847
5P75 1925 Oxford Down Carriage Sidings Oxford 1927
1P75 1931 Oxford London Paddington 2030
5P75 2045 London Paddington Old Oak Common 2105

OC502
5N04 0434 Old Oak Common London Paddington 0501
2N04 0522 London Paddington Oxford 0702
5N04 0702 Oxford Oxford Down Carriage Sidings 0704
5P22 0717 Oxford Down Carriage Sidings Oxford 0719
1P22 0721 Oxford London Paddington 0858
5P22 0909 London Paddington Old Oak Common 0936
5W32 1135 Old Oak Common London Paddington 1153
1W32 1221 London Paddington Great Malvern 1509
5Y94 1511 Great Malvern Great Malvern 1520
2Y94 1522 Great Malvern Didcot Parkway 1703
2E95 1715 Didcot Parkway Great Malvern 1924
5P83 1926 Great Malvern Great Malvern 1937
1P83 1944 Great Malvern London Paddington 2241
5P83 2251 London Paddington Old Oak Common 2309

OC503
5P01 0410 Old Oak Common London Paddington 0426
3P01 0446 London Paddington Reading 0534
1P01 0559 Reading London Paddington 0636
1W12 0648 London Paddington Great Malvern 0933
5P40 0932 Great Malvern Great Malvern 0943
1P40 0954 Great Malvern London Paddington 1229
5P40 1257 London Paddington Old Oak Common 1315
5W41 1336 Old Oak Common London Paddington 1349
1W41 1421 London Paddington Worcester Foregate Street 1644
5P43 1649 Worcester Foregate Street Worcester Foregate Street 1716
1P43 1728 Worcester Foregate Street London Paddington 2006
5P75 2045 London Paddington Old Oak Common 2105

OC504
5P01 0410 Old Oak Common London Paddington 0426
3D22 0517 London Paddington Oxford 0658
2P22 0700 Oxford London Paddington 0848
1W21 0921 London Paddington Worcester Foregate Street 1141
1P47 1206 Worcester Foregate Street London Paddington 1429
1D43 1450 London Paddington Oxford 1550
5D43 1554 Oxford Oxford Down Carriage Sidings 1556
5P74 1701 Oxford Down Carriage Sidings Oxford 1704
2P74 1706 Oxford London Paddington 1902
1D69 1918 London Paddington Oxford 2045
5D69 2046 Oxford Oxford Down Carriage Sidings 2048
5P98 2102 Oxford Down Carriage Sidings Old Oak Common 2214

 

[windnoise69]

Any booked diagrams on Sundays?

 

[Rich McLean]

Any booked diagrams on Sundays?

Nope, weekends are either Turbo'd or if your lucky a HST

 

[jimm]

Nope, weekends are either Turbo'd or if your lucky a HST

What's luck got to do with it? Why not look for the H at the top of the columns here http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/~/media/PDF/Timetable Changes/Timetables 26-10/TT19.ashx
The ones that say they are HSTs at the weekend are HSTs.

It is FGW's intention. once they have enough crews trained on 180s - this is still continuing - to let some out on Sundays. I believe getting the Turbo off the 14.42 from Paddington/18.30 from Hereford turn is a priority.

 

[TEW]

The other thing preventing them coming out on Saturdays and Sundays is loadings between London and Oxford. Whereas at off peak times at weekends most the workings where previously just 3-car Turbos most workings at weekends have an extra Turbo attached at Oxford, so 5 or 6 carriages through to London. Replacing the Turbos with 180s would lead to a drop in capacity at weekends.

 

[jimm]

The other thing preventing them coming out on Saturdays and Sundays is loadings between London and Oxford. Whereas at off peak times at weekends most the workings where previously just 3-car Turbos most workings at weekends have an extra Turbo attached at Oxford, so 5 or 6 carriages through to London. Replacing the Turbos with 180s would lead to a drop in capacity at weekends.

The intention is not for widespread use of 180s on Sundays. It is to address specific issues like the use of that Turbo all the way to Hereford and back, which is frankly unacceptable but an HST would be overkill capacity-wise, so, without more suitable rolling stock available from 2009 until recently, passengers have been stuck with a 166.