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Was shocked to see some sitting in Oxford sidings looking very clean and shiny - now debranded. But clearly the reliability figurss suggest the project was going to need too much more money spent to make them work!

The problem seems to be that Hertford East trains run in a different path to the Bishops Stortford services. That meant the Meridian Water trains kept in their same path seemed to be only 5 minutes before or after the Hertford Easts - which makes no sense. It woukd have been better to repath the...

Seems to make more sense to run a light rail shuttle service between Walthamstow Central and Lea Bridge via a reinstated Hall Farm curve to connect it to the 4 tph there. Looks like enough space for a bay platform at Lea Bridge. The third track could be extended into the bay platform thus...

What will the new MU speeds be between Euston and Shilton and the remainder Basford to Weaver?

You mean dormant in the sense that it is more than a reposting exercise requiring extensive civils and no business case to pay for it until London to Glasgow HS2 trains require it. Probably no business case for TPE to fund it for just few mins gain each way between Preston and Glasgow/Edinburgh.

There was a plan to bring in a new speed profile north of Preston for TPE 397's. Has that died a death now? Clearly would be useful for any 125mph capable stock Any news on when the new MU speed profile for the 805/807's goes live south of Weaver Jn? I guess that will be an important element...

Acceleration uncapped in ATO mode 0 to 45mph in 33 seconds vs 48 seconds previously. Top speed of 56mph (90kph) on most outdoor sections east of Bromley by Bow 1679394399 I have now recorded a few runs under full ATO. Westbound Upminster to West Ham the total sum of fastest recorded ATO times...

A pair of Renatus units passing through Stratford - seemingly on 1N13 this morning

Any news on how soon the power cars will have the upgraded WSP fitted?

745's are easentially 2 x 6 car Flirt with no middle driving cab and two motor bogies per unit. In comparison a Norwegian 200km/h NSB type 74 EMU is a 5-car variant with 3 motor bogies. Both the 3-car and 4-car Class 755's achieve 100mph on diesel. I would imagine a 5-car variant with 3 motor...

As the 805/807 are derivatives of existing Class 800 fleet, does that mean acceptance, driver training and test running can start in earnest?

Seemingly a few 321s out today

1. Whoever made the claim about AT300's accekeration is mistaken : A Pendolino's top end acceleration from 90mph is quicker than a class 800/802. But an 805/807 will always lose time having to brake for lower speeds and accelerating back up to 125mph - where the Pendolino can sail through at...

Was tilting stock specified in the tender?

Let's out this one to bed! A Pendolino's top end acceleration from 90mph is quicker than a class 800/802. But an 805/807 will always lose time having to brake for lower speeds and accelerating back up to 125mph - where the Pendolino can sail through at full speed. That's why the non tilt...

They can indeed, but the numerous TSRs and other delays by late running trains mean ot is challenging for the 390s to keep time to even this slower schedule. 1673950339 The recent Crewe to Euston loco hauled schedule was 96.5 mins net excluding recovery and pathing allowances. Add 2 mins to the...

MK and Crewe

Comparing the current 80x SRT's from Euston to Crewe it appears to be a 7 min difference compared to 390 SRT's. Maybe a planned 5 min difference will come once the 805's have been able to validate that in testing?

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but January Modern Railways issue indicates that EMR are improving reliability of the 360's to their more usually expected levels of Siemens MU's.

Fastest time in the RPS archive is 28:46 for a 390 Euston to Milton Keynes. And start to pass on the Royal Scot record attempt was 27:45, albeit 12 secs ahead at Bletchley. So a 29 min timing is possibler when there are no TSR's. Having looked at the schedules and analysed the sectional running...