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Any WA710s in service today?

As mentioned above it seems to be a case of Stadler /GA getting the first available units out - depending on any issues refuelling etc. Once all the units are delivered and accepted and settling down reliability wise..i guess we will start to see the 3 and 4 car units on their planned diagrams

Eleven minutes slower over 200-300 miles isn't really an issue. It is worse if your train is 11 min late and you are going to miss a connection somewhere. Overtaking appears to be possible at Both Nuneaton and Milton Keynes. A Pendolino would probably need to be timed to leave 5 to 6 mins...

The fastest timings between Euston and Milton Keynes , and Milton Keynes and Nuneaton are 3 mins per section slower for 110mph loco hauled stock than Pendolinos. Between Nuneaton and Preston it looks closer to 5 min slower. If the prices are competitive and the coach ambience and service match...

A further 43 km of the Bologna to Lecce Adriatic railway has now been upgraded for 200km/h (124mph) running - between Bologna and Ancona as part of a long term plan to convert 300km (186 miles) out of the 798 km (500 miles) between Bologna and Lecce to 200 km/h. The works are planned to be...

Nothing like some additional built-in redundancy!

Yes, EMR's Class 810 Hitachi AT300 variant is supposed to be sporting an extra engine to match Class 22x power to weight ratio. In the meantime - there is an urgent need to improve MTU engine reliability across the 80x fleets. It is being reported many of TPE 802 services are running with at...

So people joining or alighting at Watford, Milton Keynes and Rugby to and from the North will have to endure slower services post HS2? That is hardly progress! If anything more 'regional' 125mph tilt services will be needed to connect in to HS2.

Stops at Milton Keynes Nuneaton and Preston? That is hardly a frequent stopping service. AT300s would be significantly slower than a Class 390 because there are significant sections of 125mph EPS running. And the Class 90s will be a fair bit slower still. If the whole WCML timetable is being...

Do we know what the stops and stoppping pattern will be?

First 710 in service on West Anglia. https://twitter.com/Richard_rail/status/1231917402746761216?s=20

With suitable stock they would be. And we have been told that later this year the WCML will have some sections of track upgraded from 110 to 125mph without tilt. Probably the more severely curved sections will remain EPS 125mph and a lower non tilt speed.

Well that is simply untrue. The Class 390's are only slightly slower accelerating to 125mph than an AT300. Whereas between Glasgow and Carlisle alone, at least 3 minutes are saved due to a combination of 125mph and tilt! The only way that AT300's would save that sort of time in comparison to a...

They have four engines for goodness sake! There should be a way for the train to continue of one of the four decides to shut down!! This is bonkers! Even the 156s could limp along on one engine!

Still a step backwards to be introducing more 110mph services on a 125mph route where millions were invested to enable it for higher speeds. And it reduces the ability to insert other paths too.

do they bother using electric en route? I guess only between severn tunnel and Cardiff Central?

So quite a few 317's have to be withdrawn mid April due to PRM non-compliance. Yet the 720's are nowhere near looking like coming into service. Will the 317's get a PRM extension? The same applies to loco hauled sets. PRM derogation lasts until April 1, but not looking like the remaining 745's...

Yes, they are not taxing at all. 317's get a better start due to better low down acceleration, but the loco hauled trains reach 100mph quicker - so acceleration wise almost even. Also the EMU's seem to have much better brakes compared to the loco hauled stock - which tends to mean slightly...

Biggest issue on the northbound Norwich in 90 run is the preceding Braintree service - which could be blessed with a faster schedule - even retimed to leave a minute or two earlier. A fleet of faster accelerating 720S should allow these slower services to clear the main line quicker, reducing...

Except when running late, when it is not unknown to make up 10 minutes on the schedule.