Millercool21
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Great Northern Fleet - 379s introduction
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I wonder if the Matt announcements in that video are only for testing, and when they enter service they’ll use the same announcements (Julie Berry) as the 387s. It would be odd to use Matt as the main voice on the 379s considering every other GTR fleet has Julie Berry as the main voice.
I hope they've fixed the station names so there aren't station names without capital letters (Hadley wood I seem to recall). Not that they're likely to be stopping at Hadley Wood very often.
Fincra5
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Will be Matts at least for now...
bramling
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That will be a good reason for me to avoid 379 services then. I find his tones really grate. Julie Berry is so much more polished.
Fincra5
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A more comfortable peak-time seat for someone else then
wls1
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went past Hornsey depot this morning and theres a 379 in the back with GN logos applied, unsure of number however. introduction imminent?
crunchello
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last time I heard they were due into service on the 10th feb
Failed Unit
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planning to take a ride on 1724 kx - letchworth. (If I can get to KX at 1721 
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MCR247
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Make sure you know the platform beforehandplanning to take a ride on 1724 kx - letchworth. (If I can get to KX at 1721
Bishopstone
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I suggest, if the railway stocks WD40, it would best be deployed on the hinges of the seat back tables in the 2+3 sections of sub-classes 377/2, 377/4 and 377/5, before it's squirted over the lesser squeaks of the 379s.
TrainBoy98
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Couldn't agree more!!
Class15
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Cans at Great Northern?
D365
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Perhaps the 365s were recycled into WD-40 cans.Cans at Great Northern?
CBlue
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Up to you dude but this has to be one of the dafter bits of "reasoning" I've seen!
Given that the seat back tables in the 379s screeched like hell barely months into service it'll likely take more than WD40 to shut them up.
Royston Vasey
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I'll take the screech of a 379 seat back table down and up once a journey over juggling a soggy cardboard coffee cup on my lap for an hour on a 700!
(700s increasingly common on the locals and semifasts since the timetable change and the Great Southern Electrostar Heist)
thediamonder11
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Unsure of if a 379 set is in letchworth right now in prep for the planned service later today.
I believe all the serviceable units (002, 022, 026) are stabled in Hornsey as of now
So the 379 is actually running? It looks to me like it is a 700 instead? From what i can see 700043 is running 1R09 this morning. It is showing 379002 and 379022 and 379026 are all stabled at Hornsey currently.
Class15
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Could the 379s come out for the pm peak service later? (Not that I’m ever going to make it to KX in time, but just out of curiousity)
It is certainly a possibility. It is worth checking 1L48 later. I have known of only half a diagram to run before. So they could always swap the 700 for the 379 for the evening working if they are available for service.
thediamonder11
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It makes it easier now as its all gonna be in Hornsey for most of the day.
Could anyone with access to "the system" confirm please?
Azuma800
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379002, 022 & 026 are still showing as Stabled at Hornsey Depot. I will update when and if this changes.
PointA Rail
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1R09 is 700043. I'd imagine that 1L48 is also with a spare 700.
Edit:
I hadn't realised this point was already raised. For some reason all the replies from today were hidden from me.
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Failed Unit
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Not necessarily. Back when they were introducing the 387s it was common for the 387 to only be on the evening diagram. The entire diagram got replaced by at 317 / 321 if the driver didn’t have knowledge.
I suspect this will be the same. Planned but frequently changed on the day.
I suspect this will be the same. Planned but frequently changed on the day.