I’m assuming it’s simply testing for gauge clearance of all IET varieties. Doesn’t mean any diversions over the route are planned at this stage.
No Chiltern staff have yet been trained on 196s
What would ASLEF have to do with it? More likely RMT would be against any extension of DOO operation.
Scope for diverting the Avanti 80x into Paddington during Euston works?
This is not the case. Even where the dimensions are identical, Network Rail requires them all to be cleared separately. Whatever 800005 was doing was solely for GWR. Clearing 800s does not clear 805s for Avanti.
This explains 168s though, even if they never operate in service
Possibly, or at least to Oxford for onward connections. IETs need to be passed for the EWR route before any such diversions can even be considered.
Don't ASLEF also have a general anti-DOO position? If the drivers refuse then the trains won't be going anywhere, whereas withdrawing your labour from a train you're not on doesn't really have much effect.
As described above, these 168s are running for GSM-R testing only. The fact that it gives Chiltern drivers some familiarity with the route is a bonus.
No. there will be no dissent from ASLEF if EWR runs DOO. However the method of operation has yet to be decided.
No, it would be the other way around, GWR.
Possibly, would need a walking route put in though Id imagine.
Any chance of a Class 91 making it to Ashington for the Northumberland Line's opening?
Why would 150s be tested west of Bletchley?Any chance of a Class 91 making it to Ashington for the Northumberland Line's opening?
Has there been any indication that 150s will be tested on Bletchley – Oxford, or will they stay east of the WCML?
Supposed to be 6 x 196/0 for EWR services.
I know the feeling, the line only runs about half a mile from where I work but couldn't get out!!
Could have been worse. I believe Chiltern's PIS has codes for Coventry, Birmingham International and Birmingham New Street too! And, of course, there's the code for Sheffield Victoria that was put in for the last day of the West Ealing - West Ruislip parly.
I have driven along the A413 at Winslow many times in the past and looked down from the bridge over the "railway" at the sodden mass of overgrown vegetation, pools of water and barely visible rusty rails wondering if it would ever see a functioning railway again. I have also walked over the footpath crossing the line at Verney Junction, remembering the services that used to run from it - including Pullman Coaches to Baker Street - not really imagining anything could ever run through it again.
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And great to see the 84C depot code (Banbury) attached to the front. Bit of depot pride and history!
Test trains do not provide any indication of service train lengths once passenger trains start running.
Chiltern test trains are due to run until ThursdayI shall be watching Tuesday's paths like a hawk. Not at work Tuesday, so, if TRUST activates, I'll make the journey up from the south coast...
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It’ll be difficult to sustain a 30-minute frequency with 4-car formations.
It corresponds with what they will be running in service? (Class 196)
The 196s they will be using are 2 car units (probably 196007 - 196012).
Post #1939 ties in with your predicted units.
No, it doesn’t
4 Cars used as the intermediate cabs can be used for test equipment. The luxury not there on Wednesday, as there is a 2 car limit for shunts so just a 2 car 168 will be used with test equipment needing to be moved between cabs.
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