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GE22 Full Line Blockage between Colchester and Manningtree GE33 Full Line Blockage between Colchester and Colchester Town

AIUI the ASLEF reps told the company to settle the dispute with the RMT before they’d agree anything. That could just be messroom talk though...

I suspect the other thing preventing any major timetable too soon is that they need to be careful they don’t follow GTR and Northerns example and have a shortage of drivers, sorry I mean a short term timetable amendment by implementing a new timetable too quick.

Looks smart in that photo, although I do wonder about that cab door, is the drivers conversion course going to require a session of weight watchers for some :lol:

AIUI diesel tanks have been removed/reduced to help with axel weights

The railway should be a turn up and travel service for all trains, classes and everyone I’d go the other way, scrap reservations totally. For advance purchase it would just be an allocated train reservation like applied currently on services where advance purchase exists yet seat reservations...

It will be cost and possibly capacity, although more likely Cost, Cost and Cost with a bit of consideration about cost. They'll want 2 cars not 3 to save issues with deselect and the 156s have more seats than 2 car 170s.

Of course the other noted issue now is the range of these things on diesel. it seems to be getting lower and lower which will be fun for outstabled units

The new units will accelerate much better than the 90s so will be more useful than an extra 10mph that isn’t ever used anyway. A good example now is the 321s can keep to time no trouble when standing in for intercity. You could probably even put a 156 in and they wouldn’t be far out by the...

Didn’t this turn out to be a loose dropper?

The best one I’ve seen was around Easter once where in the various ones around Felixstowe docks it had. SHUT -ALL GONE HOME

If you renew it for the year they will charge the full price but if you decide at any point during the validity as long as there are 7 days left and you will get back the difference. Last week from Tuesday all evening peak GE service from lst were declassified and all morning peak into lst...

I don’t think any current 1st class annual season ticket holder will have to worry about the lack of first class with their tickets. At any time a 1st class holder could get a changeover at a ticket office, and get the remaining difference back anyway.

Porterbrook are fitting WSP to all their 153s so they must have any idea that the current 5 with GA have some sort of future https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/news/post.php?s=2018-05-31-porterbrook-to-fit-wsp-to-153s-before-autumn-2018

Brantham depot is dead. AIUI its a case of upgrade Norwich and stick a fuel point in at Colchester. I think some Silverlink 321s were only short term I guess they've gone back off lease now which hasn't helped the availability of the fleet?