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Class 168 Refurbishment Discussion and Updates

HeelBurton

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MerlinRail 804 said:
Apparently it’s 168003 according to railcam

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Looks like there’s a swap in for Friday hopefully:

Realtime Trains | 3U68 0943 Crewe C.S. to Banbury Depot | 31/10/2025

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Realtime Trains | 3K68 1405 Banbury Depot to Crewe C.S. | 31/10/2025

Real-time train running information for 3K68 1405 departure from Banbury Depot to Crewe C.S. on 31/10/2025. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.
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168113 came into the depot today and is sat in the usual location for a departing move.

I am on the depot tomorrow taking traction exams so will know what unit/combination of arrive on the depot from refurb
 
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Quick List:

168001 - Refurbished - In Service
168002 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168003 - Refurbished - In Service
168004 - Refurbished - In Service
168005 - Under Refurbishment - At Crewe

168106 - Refurbished - In Service
168107 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168108 - Refurbished - In Service
168109 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168110 - Under Refurbishment - At Crewe
168111 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168112 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168113 - Unrefurbished - In Service

168214 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168215 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168216 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168217 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168218 - Refurbished - In Service
168219 - Refurbished - In Service

168321 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168322 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168323 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168324 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168325 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168326 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168327 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168328 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168329 - Unrefurbished - Out of Service at Banbury

Named Units:
168001 - "Adrian Shooter CBE"
168215 - "Marylebone Station 125 Years"
 
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MerlinRail 804 said:
How is 329 STILL out of service? I know they had some work left to do on it but I swear it’s been like nearly a year now
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Its been sat on the road just outside of the depot pretty much ever since it got back. It was moved into the depot for a few weeks but is back outside of it now, blocked in by the broken halves of 165018 & 024.
 
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CR165022 said:
Its been sat on the road just outside of the depot pretty much ever since it got back. It was moved into the depot for a few weeks but is back outside of it now, blocked in by the broken halves of 165018 & 024.
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Oh fairs. Is it probably just gonna become parts donor for the rest of the fleet, or is that not needed yet?
Thanks for doing the list by the way!
 
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Thankfully I don't think the 168s are at that point where they'd need a parts donor yet. The 165s obviously do (Cough, 165003), but not the 168s. I expect they're just waiting on some final parts to get 329 working again. 165004 was out for quite a while after it came back before going back into service.
 
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MerlinRail 804 said:
218 on its own coming back from Crewe
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Lovely.

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HeelBurton said:
168113 came into the depot today and is sat in the usual location for a departing move.

I am on the depot tomorrow taking traction exams so will know what unit/combination of arrive on the depot from refurb
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Can you confirm 168113 please?
 
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CR165022 said:
Quick List:

168001 - Refurbished - In Service
168002 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168003 - Refurbished - In Service
168004 - Refurbished - At Crewe
168005 - Unrefurbished - In Service

168106 - Refurbished - In Service
168107 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168108 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168109 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168110 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168111 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168112 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168113 - Unrefurbished - In Service

168214 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168215 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168216 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168217 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168218 - Refurbished - At Crewe
168219 - Unrefurbished - In Service

168321 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168322 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168323 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168324 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168325 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168326 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168327 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168328 - Unrefurbished - In Service
168329 - Unrefurbished - Out of Service at Aylesbury

Named Units:
168001 - "Adrian Shooter CBE"
168215 - "Marylebone Station 125 Years"
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Sorry maybe silly question, reading this would appear no units are in refurbishment (perhaps I’m just being a pedant ), and 004 /218 are just waiting delivery? Are other units in refurbishment?
 
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Jacob Porrett said:
Can you confirm 168113 please?
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It's not due to leave yet so we won't know until it does. The path to Crewe hasn't been activated yet either.

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Sorry maybe silly question, reading this would appear no units are in refurbishment (perhaps I’m just being a pedant ), and 004 /218 are just waiting delivery? Are other units in refurbishment?
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Good point. Will update the list!
 
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217 isn't out either and hasn't appeared to have been for the past few days, although it wasn't in Banbury a few days ago, so presumably its at Aylesbury.

EDIT: Railcam confirmed 168219

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168218 is moving to Aylesbury with 168113 in tow.
 
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168218 still isn't back in service yet but was finally out today, doing ECS runs between Aylesbury & Harrow on the Hill.
 
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CR165022 said:
168218 still isn't back in service yet but was finally out today, doing ECS runs between Aylesbury & Harrow on the Hill.
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that was us. We were using the unit for trainees first drives on mainline. A path we regularly use. They wanted to send 8218 on test runs and we made it there and back with no issues all occasions.
 
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MerlinRail 804 said:
I saw it when I went past Banbury on the 18th. Had a not to be moved sign on it as well
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It's possible it moved back at some point during the month, there were a few Aylesbury/Banbury and vice versa moves during the month. It definitely went straight to Aylesbury first though, although it's possible that was more to move 168113 than anything else.
 
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Not exactly a big update on 168329 but it's now in the branch siding at Aylesbury, blocked in by the two broken halves of 165018/024 and 038 with a broken headlight.

Usually whenever something it put in that siding it stays there for quite a while unfortunately.
 
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CR165022 said:
Not exactly a big update on 168329 but it's now in the branch siding at Aylesbury, blocked in by the two broken halves of 165018/024 and 038 with a broken headlight.

Usually whenever something it put in that siding it stays there for quite a while unfortunately.
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Which one is the branch siding?
 
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