5, 9 or 10 car azuma

[dave677]

Hi

Is there a way to check in advance if your lner train is a 5 , 9 or 10 service ?

Thanks

 

[The exile]

Hi

Is there a way to check in advance if your lner train is a 5 , 9 or 10 service ?

Thanks

How far in advance?

 

[jfollows]

How much in advance?
EDIT - snap!

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Hi

Is there a way to check in advance if your lner train is a 5 , 9 or 10 service ?

Thanks

If it's the same day, Real Time Trains live.

If you're looking ahead... have a look at what formed the train on previous days. That won't guarantee, but it will give a good indication.

 

[AlterEgo]

If it's the same day, Real Time Trains live.

If you're looking ahead... have a look at what formed the train on previous days. That won't guarantee, but it will give a good indication.

The seat map on LNER or TrainSplit will also indicate.

 

[hexagon789]

Hi

Is there a way to check in advance if your lner train is a 5 , 9 or 10 service ?

Thanks

Edinburgh/Aberdeen/Inverness are pretty much always 9s.

Anything else varies.

I assume that a trial booking on LNER, bringing up their seat map, would reveal planned formations.

 

[Donny Dave]

From my limited observations, 10 car Azuma's tend to be on the Leeds and various West Yorkshire extensions, although there a still quite a few 9 car services along there. Everything heading to York and beyond is a 9 car.

 

[Failed Unit]

Just a few other pointers - exceptions of course exist.

London - Lincoln / Middlesbrough are 5 car
London - Edinburgh (and beyond) are generally 9 car (a few 10 car exceptions exist - I have used the 1730 London - Edinburgh as a 10 car)
London - Leeds (onwards - Harrogate) seem to be all bets are off. Harrogate can be a 10 car as far as Leeds dropping to 5 car, or 5 cars throughout (or even 9 car in the case of the 1733)
London - Hull is normally a 9.

 

[dave677]

Edinburgh/Aberdeen/Inverness are pretty much always 9s.

Anything else varies.

I assume that a trial booking on LNER, bringing up their seat map, would reveal planned formations.

Bingo on the latter, ta

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Thanks all

 

[sjm77]

London - Hull is normally a 9.

Yes but important to add that Hull - London is normally a 5car

 

[YorksLad12]

Try buying a ticket on the LNER website (sorry mods!) and go through to reservations. That will show you if it's a 5, 9 or 10 Azuma, or if it's a 225. Then cancel the booking.

Remember though that any small perturbation on the railways could result in all bets being off...

 

[800Travel]

5 cars have sometimes been running EDB to KGX though I’ve noticed, 10 cars too sometimes. Very rarely, but I think there was a period when they couldn’t get enough 9 cars due to hitachi maintenance or something earlier this year?

 

[TheBigD]

5 Car 800205 went to Aberdeen back in April on the 0710 ex Leeds and returned with the 1352 to London...

East Coast Mainline | 800205 arrives at Dundee working 1W02 0710 Leeds to Aberdeen 19/4/2024 | Facebook

800205 arrives at Dundee working 1W02 0710 Leeds to Aberdeen 19/4/2024. Unusually this train was formed of 5 car 800/2 instead of the usual 9 car 800/1 due to rolling stock shortages.

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5 cars have sometimes been running EDB to KGX though I’ve noticed, 10 cars too sometimes. Very rarely, but I think there was a period when they couldn’t get enough 9 cars due to hitachi maintenance or something earlier this year?

 

[800001]

All Edinburgh Mon - Sat are booked 9 car. Sunday one 10 car set to/from Edinburgh.

All KGX - NCL Mon to Sat are 9 car with exception of Sunday when some 5/10 car sets.

KGX to LdS Mon - Sun mix of 5/9/10.

As others have stated LNER website shows set formation, easy way to check, make a seta reservation, it will show you what the set is formed of

 

[43094]

That 5-car to Aberdeen earlier in this year was very much the exception, due to a sudden temporary shortage of 9-car Bi-mode units.

 

[greyman42]

5 cars have sometimes been running EDB to KGX though I’ve noticed, 10 cars too sometimes. Very rarely, but I think there was a period when they couldn’t get enough 9 cars due to hitachi maintenance or something earlier this year?

10 car sometimes run to Edinburgh when there are diversions along the Durham coast or via Carlisle. This is so a bi-mode set can provide the traction when not under the wires.