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I am sure I saw 4x153s on a Norwich to Liverpool today heading into Platform 14 at Piccadilly.

yes it was and the driver did have to walk along the track. Never seen a train overshoot before.

I was on a Nova 3 yesterday which overshot the platform at Stalybridge leaving only the 68 reachable from the platform. Took the driver ages to get out , climb onto the platform and walk to the 68 to reverse the train into the station again.

There are certainly more 158s and 156s on Stalybridge services now. Are they based at Newton Heath?

I’m sure they were refurbished or modified at Rosyth many years ago. I think they were moved along the Inverkeithing branch.

I might be wrong but isn’t Craigentinny one of the depots looking after the TPE 802s? If that’s the case then you can see why extending the Liverpool to Newcastle services to Edinburgh was a good idea.

It’s not a great walk though. In fact Manchester City Centre can be very unwelcoming at times. The section between Piccadilly Gardens and Piccadilly Station is particularly unwelcoming IMHO.

Not sure if the new EMUs are for Liverpool or to allow Liverpool to go to 2 per hour. They might be souped up commuter units like 350s and used on Brum to Euston for example to release Pendos.

First have said they won’t be bidding for any other franchises now apart from the extension to GWR.

I believe it’s 13 x Bi Mode sets and 10 x electric sets to come. They have 20 x 221s currently but a few of those run doubled up which wouldn’t be necessary with newer longer sets (unless they go for 5 cars like everyone seems to be).

Win for First. https://twitter.com/clinnick1/status/1161519080454676482?s=21 https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/firstgroup-plc-statement-west-coast-060000224.html Refurbishment of Pendolino fleet and replacement of Voyager fleet with 13 new BiModes sets. They also mention ten new electric sets...

I am sure I remember a discussion on here about TPE actively looking at adding a 6th car to all of the 397s.

It won’t stay red for long...

I’m just back from probably what is my worst ever journey on the WCML. I’ve just been baked at over 40 degrees on the 1420 Pendolino from Euston to Manchester for nearly 4 hours. Apparently the air con was broken and they tried to fix it before deciding they couldn’t and sending it out anyway...

That either means TPE calling at Ashton under Lyne or that station losing one of its services per hour.

So is that a third TPE stop at Stalybridge? Two per hour to Piccadilly, one per hour to Victoria and Liverpool?

I like the pendolinos however I wish they had a power socket at every seat rather than just the tables. Sick of everyone running at Euston and then cramming round tables when usually there are plenty other seats free. Also the WiFi is shocking, and the fact phones are next to useless when...

I think we will end up being pretty sorry that Virgin / Stagecoach were disqualified. The other two choices do not seem inspiring at all.

I will absolutely miss Virgin Trains when they go. I travel on a weekly basis between Manchester and London and have enjoyed the vast majority of my journeys. I am big fan of Virgin though, I love the way they try to make things a bit more fun than the drearily boring other TOCs like Abellio...

Just sat on one of these just now. It blows my mind that they will soon have no home. They are lovely trains.