Avanti West Coast Rolling Stock Updates

[dereksingh291]

According to the diagram for 044, it has lost 2 carriages at Widnes

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Have either 009 or 044 re-entered service or are both still at Edge Hill?

why has 044 lost 2 of its carriages???

 

[AJDesiro]

why has 044 lost 2 of its carriages???

It won’t have done, it’ll just have been an issue with the data fed to RTT.

 

[Jacob Porrett]

How are we getting on with the 9 car refurbishment programme? It's gone quite for a little while.

 

[Liam L]

How are we getting on with the 9 car refurbishment programme? It's gone quite for a little while.

390050 is currently being refurbed.

 

[Jacob Porrett]

390050 is currently being refurbed.

Thank you Liam. Do you know when it will be finished?

 

[AJDesiro]

Thank you Liam. Do you know when it will be finished?

It went in last Saturday, so will likely be around Saturday next week (21/10/2023).

 

[Jacob Porrett]

It went in last Saturday, so will likely be around Saturday next week (21/10/2023).

Thank you

 

[390136]

How are we getting on with the 9 car refurbishment programme? It's gone quite for a little while.

It hasn't, they've been going in and out like clock work.

 

[Jamesrob637]

No news is good news here

 

[Huntergreed]

Are we averaging the 7-day target as previously hoped for the 9 car’s?

 

[dereksingh291]

How to refurbish a Pendolino in 10 days

UK: The £120m refurbishment of Avanti West Coast's 56 Class 390 Pendolino trainsets is on course for completion by next June year, in what Alstom says is the largest programme of its kind in the UK. Nick Kingsley reports from Widnes.

www.railwaygazette.com

 

[DaveyJones]

Are we averaging the 7-day target as previously hoped for the 9 car’s?

I'm not sure I'd seen anywhere there was an expectation to do the 9 cars in 7 days?

 

[1nvicible]

There was a YouTube clip where someone mentioned an aspiration to turn a 9 car around in 7 days. A mid June target completion date must be based on the 9 cars remaining at 2 week turn around.

 

[SansHache]

390050 departed Widnes this morning and is the 39th train to complete refurbishment. 390006 has gone into Widnes.

The four refurbished 9-car trains are 390009, 390044, 390045 and 390050.

 

[Jocky]

Thank you Liam. Do you know when it will be finished?

2 week programme mate

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I'm not sure I'd seen anywhere there was an expectation to do the 9 cars in 7 days?

Never an option

 

[AJDesiro]

Never an option

It was suggested by the project manager that there was an aspiration to do the 9 car units in a week in the initial video detailing the refurbishment back in July 2021.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

So sixteen unrefurbished Pendolinos remaining then?

 

[dereksingh291]

have any more 9 car pendolinos been refurbished and how many are left to be refurbished and when is the pendolino refurbishment project due to be completed by?

 

[DaveyJones]

390006 + whatever is there now

 

[The_Train]

Anyone know what unit is currently at Widnes?

 

[SansHache]

Anyone know what unit is currently at Widnes?

Current unit is 390016, due out this weekend (18/11/23).
This will be the 6th refurbished 9-car set; 390006, 390009, 390016, 390044, 390045 & 390050.
The programme is due to complete in June 2024.

 

[390136]

Current unit is 390016, due out this weekend (18/11/23).
This will be the 6th refurbished 9-car set; 390006, 390009, 390016, 390044, 390045 & 390050.
The programme is due to complete in June 2024.

Happening tomorrow now instead.

 

[Jamesrob637]

I was very unlucky yesterday having had 390001 from Stockport to London and 390046 back. The unrefurbished sets are really looking dated now. Were the 20:13 Euston to Manchester not cancelled, I think I would have had a 11-car.

 

[pokemonsuper9]

Were the 20:13 Euston to Manchester not cancelled, I think I would have had a 11-car.

I think you would've had 390045 (Refurbished 9 car) which had arrived from Blackpool, on Thursday the ex-Blackpool formed the 20:13.

Realtime Trains | 9A84 1551 Blackpool North to London Euston | 17/11/2023

Real-time train running information for 9A84 1551 departure from Blackpool North to London Euston on 17/11/2023. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

 

[Triumph]

Anyone know what unit is currently at Widnes?

390040

 

[Jamesrob637]

I think you would've had 390045 (Refurbished 9 car) which had arrived from Blackpool, on Thursday the ex-Blackpool formed the 20:13.

Realtime Trains | 9A84 1551 Blackpool North to London Euston | 17/11/2023

Real-time train running information for 9A84 1551 departure from Blackpool North to London Euston on 17/11/2023. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

19 minute turnaround though?

 

[pokemonsuper9]

19 minute turnaround though?

Look at the day before, both 390050
Ex-Blackpool - https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:L34297/2023-11-16/detailed#allox_id=0
20:13 - https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:L33763/2023-11-16/detailed#allox_id=0

 

[The_Train]

Current unit is 390016, due out this weekend (18/11/23).
This will be the 6th refurbished 9-car set; 390006, 390009, 390016, 390044, 390045 & 390050.
The programme is due to complete in June 2024.

390040

Sorry folks, just playing a bit of catch up here - are we now saying 016 has come out having been refurbed and 040 has gone in?

 

[Triumph]

Sorry folks, just playing a bit of catch up here - are we now saying 016 has come out having been refurbed and 040 has gone in?

Yes 390040 went in last weekend and 390016 is doing this today:

VW946
EdgeHlDHS		06+04	5R18
Lime St	06+14	06:43	1R18
Euston	08:56	09:43	1F16
Lime St	12:04	12:43	1A40
Euston	15:03
VW116
Euston		15:36	9G30
New St.	16:57	17:47	1B56
Euston	19:06
VW936
Euston		19:43	1F36
Lime St	22:04	22+28	5F36
EdgeHlDHS	22+38

 

[bnsf734]

Sorry folks, just playing a bit of catch up here - are we now saying 016 has come out having been refurbed and 040 has gone in?

According to Realtime Trains 390016 is on 9G30 1536 London Euston to Birmingham New Street today (Thursday 23 November 2023) so it has returned to traffic. 390040 is not in traffic today so presumably at Widnes as predicted above.

Edit:

Just been beaten to it by Triumph who posted while I was typing.