Tables, armrests, pull down trays, 2+2 seating, reservation systems (admittedly not used currently), advanced LCD PIS, etc. but yes, the essentials for a 1 hour journey are definitely in both. I didn't actually know 333s had had plug sockets fitted with the refurbishment, although I'd assumed they'd presumably get a USB port. I've cleared the class, but as I'm not a big fan of them (despite liking the 332s very much) I never paid much attention whenever on board.
They are USB charging ports not 3 pin plugs
No good for those wanting to charge their Macs or newer iPads/Airpods/iPhones then, but better than nothing.
Not at all the case. It’s simply a case of we now have a mixed 331 fleet and we’ve got 3 weeks of them being put out randomly until the new timetable starts when they’ll then go onto their booked turns which will be constantly reviewed once started. The maintenance plan until then also has to be taken into consideration.
It depends how much you value such things on a max 40 minute journey.
Many can be done without, but I certainly like to have somewhere to put down my drink on a morning journey, and if my phone or laptop dies than those forty minutes provide invaluable charging time. You’re right though, those frills can more or less be done without on such a journey though.
It's 109.
The thing with the 333’s is that they are short hop commuter trains. I’ve used these trains very regularly since they were introduced in 2001 and they do exactly what is required of them. The maximum journey time is 40 minutes but I would put the average journey length on them at 20 minutes.
No I completely agree, completely, I only brought it up because people tend to get used to luxuries like this when they’re temporarily brought in and then complain when lost - even if they were never really needed in the first place. I’m thinking of how many Cambridge GA users kicked off because they lost their 379 flipperies, when they’d done perfectly well with 317s for years before the half-decade or just over they got the shiny 379s for.
Thursday by the sounds of it from the Skipton supervisor
Perfectly possible to charge all but iMacs assuming you have a cable with a USB A plug on the end.
9 331/0s for all 12 331/1s for now until platforms are extended on the triangle.
so we'll end up with more 331/0s in when 6 car workings start then?
Once the platforms been extended on the triangle as I have stated and the wmt 323s start transferring next year.
The east side will have lost a net 21 Class 331 carriages to the west side when the swap is complete (3*4+9). But the west side will have lost 60 Class 319 carriages to scrap by the December timetable change (15*4).
We're supposed to be getting more 3 car 331s when the Triangle stations are ready for 6 car operation.
Do you know how many more 3 car units we'll eventually get?
Honestly don't know.
Nope, I haven't seen any changed at the moment.
Does anyone know if the 333s will get TrainFX done at Donny or Neville Hill?
If I am correct when the 331/1 were transferred to Neville Hill it was 12 x 331/1 replacing 8 x 321/322. Did NH require that many?
Why do you think it might be Doncaster?
www.realtimetrains.co.uk
They installed TrainFX on the Turbostar's at Holbeck, right?