142 Class Northern Rail and Arriva Trains Wales

[Y961 XBU]

does anyone know what 142 Class unit's Arriva have? i plan to go get them early 2015, thanks

 

[DJH1971]

does anyone know what 142 Class unit's Arriva have? i plan to go get them early 2015, thanks

You can have the whole lot as far as I'm concerned!

 

[Y961 XBU]

You can have the whole lot as far as I'm concerned!

Its thanks to the 142's am after Trains, want to get these before they go!

 

[Domh245]

Having consulted wikipedia: the ATW examples are: 142002, 142006, 142010, 142069, 142072 - 142077, 142080 - 142083, 142085

Northern Examples are: 142001, 142003 - 142005, 142007, 142009, 142011 - 142058, 142060 - 142068, 142070, 142071, 142078, 142079, 142084, 142086 - 142096

 

[Y961 XBU]

Thanks Dom

My Plan is to book a Hotel down there for 4 Days however i have no clue what ticket i should buy when am down there, anyone got any ideas?

 

[Buspilot]

Never mind what ticket.

Make sure you advise your life insurance company that you are about to do this.
Such a hazardous persuit could be against policy conditions.

 

[berneyarms]

Thanks Dom

My Plan is to book a Hotel down there for 4 Days however i have no clue what ticket i should buy when am down there, anyone got any ideas?

http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/ExploreWales/ValleyLinesExplorer/

 

[merlodlliw]

Thanks Dom

My Plan is to book a Hotel down there for 4 Days however i have no clue what ticket i should buy when am down there, anyone got any ideas?

I stayed at a hotel in Cardiff a few years ago "The Big Sleep", Bute Terrace it overlooks the bridge that carries the 142s over the main line,if you book the correct room,when I stayed they were shunting 142s a dozen at a time linked up all night to I presume Canton from Queen St area. It was not by choice my room overlooked the wheel noise from the 142s on the bridge.However the late night HSTs broke the monotony.

 

[Y961 XBU]

http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/ExploreWales/ValleyLinesExplorer/

Is that valid on all Arriva Trains Wales Services in Cardiff?
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Looking online i might be better of with this:

http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/ExploreWales/ExploreSouthWalesPass/

 

[merlodlliw]

Is that valid on all Arriva Trains Wales Services in Cardiff?
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Looking online i might be better of with this:

http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/ExploreWales/ExploreSouthWalesPass/

For four days the above is a better deal.I see you have an interest in buses,no wonder you like 142s

 

[gazthomas]

Valleys Day Ranger is also available at £11. Madness!

 

[Y961 XBU]

For four days the above is a better deal.I see you have an interest in buses,no wonder you like 142s

Thats Probs why! i have spent the last couple of weeks ticking a number of in Merseyside but to get them all i have to come to Cardiff, a place i know nothing about! The main reason am determined to get them all is a few of my mates are having a healthy competition!

 

[Gareth Marston]

I stayed at a hotel in Cardiff a few years ago "The Big Sleep", Bute Terrace it overlooks the bridge that carries the 142s over the main line,if you book the correct room,when I stayed they were shunting 142s a dozen at a time linked up all night to I presume Canton from Queen St area. It was not by choice my room overlooked the wheel noise from the 142s on the bridge.However the late night HSTs broke the monotony.

I had my room burgled there in 2007 never stayed there again. The Sleeperz is right next to Cardiff Central and £55 a night with the Great Western Wetherspoons right opposite. You'll get good views from there.

Pacers tend not to be on so many of the Merthyr to Bridgend via VOG trains but you 'll see them on all the others. The Queen St To the Bay branch had a 153 on it this Saturday gone but they'd swapped it for a Pacer by lunchtime due to crowds going down Bay for food and craft fair and extreme sailing event.

 

[PHILIPE]

I had my room burgled there in 2007 never stayed there again. The Sleeperz is right next to Cardiff Central and £55 a night with the Great Western Wetherspoons right opposite. You'll get good views from there.

Pacers tend not to be on so many of the Merthyr to Bridgend via VOG trains but you 'll see them on all the others. The Queen St To the Bay branch had a 153 on it this Saturday gone but they'd swapped it for a Pacer by lunchtime due to crowds going down Bay for food and craft fair and extreme sailing event.

Wetherspoons Great Western is not a Wetherspoons Hotel.

Although booked for a 153 ATW usually allocate a 2 Car Unit on the Bay on Saturdays if there is large event taking place. Looks as though they missed this one and that heavy crowds during the day necessitated a change.

 

[Y961 XBU]

the Hotel i was thinking about booking was the Prem in at Barry Island! lovley take away 5 mins walk and i had a laugh and joke with the Staff, everytime i used the Train there i always had a 143 Class aswell!

 

[Parallel]

From personal experience the lines around Cardiff that are more pacer heavy are Bargoed/Rhymney - Penarth, Treherbert - Cardiff Central and Aberdare - Barry Island. The Merthyr - Bridgend train does tend to be a 150 more often than not. There is an odd Pacer working between Maesteg and Cheltenham Spa via. Cardiff. Also they occasionally they find themselves in West Wales!

 

[Y961 XBU]

From personal experience the lines around Cardiff that are more pacer heavy are Bargoed/Rhymney - Penarth, Treherbert - Cardiff Central and Aberdare - Barry Island. The Merthyr - Bridgend train does tend to be a 150 more often than not. There is an odd Pacer working between Maesteg and Cheltenham Spa via. Cardiff. Also they occasionally they find themselves in West Wales!

Thanks for your help!

 

[Gareth Marston]

Thanks for your help!

You'll probably see everything out on the Valleys in 2 and a half hours on Queen St or Central. Then take a City Line train to Radyr as they go round the back of Canton depot and you"ll clock some more on shed.

 

[headshot119]

The easiest way to clock up pacer mileage is to shuttle between Cardiff Queen Street and Cardiff Central.

You simply get off at one, swap platform sides then get on the next one, bounce, bounce, bounce, repeat.

 

[Y961 XBU]

The easiest way to clock up pacer mileage is to shuttle between Cardiff Queen Street and Cardiff Central.

You simply get off at one, swap platform sides then get on the next one, bounce, bounce, bounce, repeat.

well i be giving myself 4 days to do it (and the Class 143's) so hopefully things work out!

 

[trentside]

It depends what exactly you're wanting to get out of this trip - but you can comfortably do the Valley Lines in a day or day and a half if you want some more time between trips. I'm thinking that 4 days in a row might get a bit dull - so maybe consider taking a trip round via the Heart of Wales line from Swansea one day?

 

[Y961 XBU]

It depends what exactly you're wanting to get out of this trip - but you can comfortably do the Valley Lines in a day or day and a half if you want some more time between trips. I'm thinking that 4 days in a row might get a bit dull - so maybe consider taking a trip round via the Heart of Wales line from Swansea one day?

I do hope to get something like that done aswell as i will be buying the Wales Rail Rover, Main reason am giving myself 4 Days is due to how long it takes to get there and back (about 5 hours just from my House to Cardiiff if i go by Train!)

 

[Y961 XBU]

Am told some Northern Rail 142 Class's only stay in Yorkshire, does anyone know what Units these are?

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Am told some Northern Rail 142 Class's only stay in Yorkshire, does anyone know what Units these are?

I imagine it's more likely that some diagrams see units staying in Yorkshire within a given day, rather than a pool of units being specifically only used within the county. The 155s and 3-car 144s are mostly used on services partly or entirely within West Yorkshire as part of the deal that saw them sold to Porterbrook- but this will no longer be the case from the start of the new Northern franchise.

 

[hairyhandedfool]

Am told some Northern Rail 142 Class's only stay in Yorkshire, does anyone know what Units these are?

They aren't specific units, but there are a few diagrams that don't go near Manchester. Sheffield/Doncaster has a few, Preston and Wigan have a few.

Might also be worth noting that one or two Heaton (Newcastle) based 142s operate out of Newton Heath (Manchester) regularly.