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I see from the latest New Trains Watch in Modern Railways magazine this month that the Nova 3 sets have hit a new low of just over 3,000 miles per casualty. In the same period GWR's class 143 pacers managed over 40,000 mpc. Recently there have been more problems with failures resulting in 185's...

Moderator Note: Posts #1 - #20 originally in this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/tpe-mark-5a-coaching-stock-progress.143579/ It is true to say that there was a lack of engineering oversight on the part of TPE during the build process, which is now causing problems. TPE's only...

As the title says, and presumably in preparation for the introduction of the Paragon Fleet, Hull Trains practice of leaving Coach E (now coach D, 1st class is now E) completely unreserved has ended. Sorry if this is mentioned elsewhere.

Except for open days, I've never noticed a passenger service to a depot before, good idea - presumably restricted to depot workers only after Haymarket Station? https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/M11870/2019-11-20/detailed

There are a high number of TPE trains showing as cancelled on Journey check today, 55 last time I checked at 13.00. This is mostly down to faults with a new automatic selective door opening system on the 185's which was switched on overnight and has encountered multiple issues. This is despite...

What a shambles. Typical of TPE though....

Apologies if this has already been picked up elsewhere, but it seems that the splitting of TPE's Leeds to Manchester Picc stopping service at Huddersfield from the new timetable is not the only change. I have been told that it will be operated by Northern 170's, with Northern drivers and TPE...