2F99 1648 Great Malvern to Westbury

[peteb]

Usually 150 or 158 used on this. Tonight it's a 3 car 166.

 

[PHILIPE]

Usually 150 or 158 used on this. Tonight it's a 3 car 166.

That's what it's booked for

 

[peteb]

Thanks. Just never seen a 166 on that route before and real-time trains suggested 150/153/155/156.

 

[30907]

Thanks. Just never seen a 166 on that route before and real-time trains suggested 150/153/155/156.

No, that's the timing not the traction.

 

[PHILIPE]

Thanks. Just never seen a 166 on that route before and real-time trains suggested 150/153/155/156.

They have been working on the route for months now.

 

[peteb]

Thanks all for the clarification. I guess using the 90mph units on a 75mph timing gives some

 

[peteb]

Opportunity for making up time if delayed. I travelled this route for many years between Worcester Shrub Hill [WOS] and Bristol TM [BRI] on pacers and 150s, so the 166 looks like an improvement, although would prefer a 158.

 

[Parallel]

The early evening Bristol Parkway - Warminster train was a 150/0 vice 166 today! And the 16.30 Cardiff to Portsmouth was formed of 158766 vice a 158/9+150 combo.

 

[ValleyLines142]

The early evening Bristol Parkway - Warminster train was a 150/0 vice 166 today! And the 16.30 Cardiff to Portsmouth was formed of 158766 vice a 158/9+150 combo.

But that went down well on the inbound service (1223 Portsmouth to Cardiff) with the Rolling Stones playing in Cardiff.