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In the six years since these engines have been introduced, surely there are reliability improvements in the pipeline to improve reliability? We have the latest engine remote monitoring devices and everyone knows what the duty cycle is now. 20 GU's out of service is poor - especially as the...

Weren't the fleet supposed to have been re-engined to fix the early engine issues or is it simply overheating again due to pollen blocked radiators?

Presumably it did not work through to Paddington but would have set swapped somewhere en route. How far up to London are the 2+4 sets cleared for? And nore importantly, how many drivers can take them as far as London now?

Ambience is a subjective subject. But i'm sure that for the regional services on which the 755s were and are primarily used for - the ambience and passenger comfort way exceeds the previous class 153, 156 trains. I commuted in from Manningtree for several years, so i have used 321's, Class 86/90...

Is 3 x 755/4 too long a consist?

Interesting, a 755/4 plus 755/4 plus 755/3 offers the same amount of standard class seats but obviously no first class - loss of 80 seats. The 2 x 755/3 plus a 755/4 combo is appx 100 standard class seats short and no first class. Both seem to offer more seats than the old loco hauled sets.

Journey check reporting 8 cars vice 10car on todays 1037 Liverpool Street to Clacton on Sea. Any confirmation what units they are?

2 sets of 755's seemingly out on Liverpool St to Norwich diagrams and V.v in 10 and 11 vehicle formations

I can see there are some good points there. But Hull trains tried that with Class 180's unitl they realised just how much TLC the units required. While it is accepted that binning older units can seem a waste, the performance end reliability benefits of buying in a tried and tested new fleet...

A smaller maintenance budget? How much smaller? That would certainly explain matters. Does anyone reliably know how much it costs to maintain a HST set over a set period of time or miles?

Disappointing that GC aren't ordering a bi-mode fleet and that DfT are allowing continued diesel running under the wires for the foreseeable future.

perhaps i should have worded the question better. I understand Hitachi took over Craigentinny. The question is: what were Craigentinny doing well that was keeping the XC and VTEC/LNER fleet running at high MTIN rates compared to Laira where MTIn figures for both XC and GWR are much lower?

so what were they doing in Craigentinny that was any different from Laira? You can't say that Laira lacked expertise - they have been servicing HST's since their introduction. Were resources at Laira were reduced - fewer roads to maintain sets - or was a conscious decision made to spend less on...

Sorry, how can any TOC run a fleet of trains that relies on components to be stripped off withdrawn examples of the fleet? that would be madness and surely unviable. Can someone specify which components are now obsolete and reliant on stripped parts? The age card keeps being thrown at these...

Can anyone explain why some TOC's have tradtionally got far better reliability out of their HST's than others? Is it a case of how much money is (was) thrown at them in servicing and maintenenance? Even now both Scotrail and GWR reworked fleets achieving less than half of the Modern Railways...

What are the problems with the 180's. Seems to be clear that with lots of TLC they can be made pretty reliable. So is it the cost of keeping them in that state too much compared to the 221/222's? Or is it just that spares are now unavailable or not in plentiful enough supply?

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Why not? They coped very well with EMT/ EMR stoppjng services over the years. From a performance view they have good acceleration and brakes, ample power to tackle HML gradients without losing speed. And the most reliable DMU fleet in the country. Thr question is whether Scotrail can maintain...

Seems to be £58.60 for a standard day return EDB to INV or save a tenner by split ticketing at Perth.

Todays 0644 Inverness to Edinburgh exemplifies the issues. Departs 12 min late from Inverness. Has an unscheduled stop at Slochd to accomodate a northbound train - losing another four minutes. Gets to Pitlochry 15 min late and then has to wait there for almost 13 min for the on-time northbound...