5Z82 GWR IET test run

[Melancholia]

There's a 5Z82 Newbury to Newport IET running today, looks like 802002

Realtime Trains | 5Z82 1250 Newbury to Newport (South Wales) | 08/11/2023

Real-time train running information for 5Z82 1250 departure from Newbury to Newport (South Wales) on 08/11/2023. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

What are these test runs for? Looks like stopping at various stations, including on previous and next trip of that when tracking on RTT

Thanks

 

[Horizon22]

Perhaps it is a unit test run? It goes Newbury > Newport > Paddington then shunts several times in and out of the sidings at Royal Oak before going to North Pole depot.

 

[FGW_DID]

There's a 5Z82 Newbury to Newport IET running today, looks like 802002

Realtime Trains | 5Z82 1250 Newbury to Newport (South Wales) | 08/11/2023

Real-time train running information for 5Z82 1250 departure from Newbury to Newport (South Wales) on 08/11/2023. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

What are these test runs for? Looks like stopping at various stations, including on previous and next trip of that when tracking on RTT

Thanks

Perhaps it is a unit test run? It goes Newbury > Newport > Paddington then shunts several times in and out of the sidings at Royal Oak before going to North Pole depot.

Balise update testing.