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GGoldfish62 replied to the thread Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates.Indeed. The proposition seems to be to shorten and lengthen trains based on the loadings as they progress along a route! 1791906881...
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GGoldfish62 replied to the thread Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates.Thanks for the correction.
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GGoldfish62 replied to the thread Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates.That's on the same diagram as 2C03.
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GGoldfish62 replied to the thread Class 175s to GWR.There was some sort of incident in Cornwall early this morning. London services were heavily delayed or part-cancelled as well.
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GGoldfish62 replied to the thread Class 175s to GWR.Presumably the TfW 158s that are definitely maybe moving to GWR are part of the capacity plan.
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GGoldfish62 replied to the thread As we expected: Remaining eight 221s for XC.5 coach 221s are on some of these services.
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GGoldfish62 replied to the thread Project Oval: TfL win DfT contract to expand contactless system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, Railcards coming to contactless payment cards.The usual excuses/reasons for delays with everything seem to be Covid, invasion of Ukraine and the cyberattack. Oh, and now we have the...
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GGoldfish62 replied to the thread Class 701 'Aventra' passenger opinions.The ride quality is typical Aventra, plus track quality seems to be suffering in a quite a few locations after the hot weather and so...
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GGoldfish62 replied to the thread Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates.Yes, very - according to a friend who's worked on them from Day 1. The 701s, while not exactly high flyers, are far surpassing the...
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GGoldfish62 replied to the thread Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates.Bagshot and Frimley are both 4-coach platforms and Camberley is 10-coach so having an 8 coach train or 10 coach train makes no...
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GGoldfish62 replied to the thread Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates.That's exactiy the rate that the 458/0s even at the peak of their reliability never bettered. Maximum of 24/30 units rostered daily.
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GGoldfish62 replied to the thread SWR & lack of onboard catering.Catering existed on Waterloo to Exeter and Weymouth services until around 2021 when it was removed "due to Covid" and never reappeared...
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GGoldfish62 replied to the thread Northern discussions on conductor restructuring ..A lot, certainly on Reading services. I remember an article in Modern Railways a few years ago, the general thrust being that slack...
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GGoldfish62 replied to the thread SWR Class 458/4s: fleet status and withdrawal updates.Makes perfect sense.
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GGoldfish62 replied to the thread Class 175s to GWR.Unfortunately the DfT made clear some months ago that the TOC liveries are all going.