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A sprinter free zone

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I now declere reading is a sprinter free zone but it never used to be. It would be nice to see a sprinter once in a while. Does anyone know if there is any to come?
 
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sure 165s/166s are near enough??
Banbury has 168s or if you want to go further go to Bristol/Birmingham to get 158s, 153s and 170s amongst others which I'm sure ive forgotten :lol:
 
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2030720310 said:
sure 165s/166s are near enough??
Banbury has 168s or if you want to go further go to Bristol/Birmingham to get 158s, 153s and 170s amongst others which I'm sure ive forgotten :lol:
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165s/166s are diesel Networkers
168s are Clubmans(/1s and /2s are closely related to Turbostars)
Everything else is further afield from Reading...
 
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When was the last "Sprinter" service via Reading?

I recall getting a Virgin 158 regularly from Oxford to Reading late 90s early 00s. On the odd occasion it would get clearance to go down the "fasts" between Didcot & Reading - always a speedy, comfortable and pleasant trip.
 
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route:oxford said:
When was the last "Sprinter" service via Reading?

I recall getting a Virgin 158 regularly from Oxford to Reading late 90s early 00s. On the odd occasion it would get clearance to go down the "fasts" between Didcot & Reading - always a speedy, comfortable and pleasant trip.
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The SWT services from Reading to Brighton were usually 158s, in fact I think they all were once the 170s left for pastures new. They ended in December 2007, so then presumably.
 
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Were any 158s actually painted in to Virgin livery? Did they even receive Virgin branding?!
 
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WillPS said:
Were any 158s actually painted in to Virgin livery? Did they even receive Virgin branding?!
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As far as I recall, they were in BR Regional livery, but they did have Virgin uniformed staff and trolley service on board. The 1st class bit had more comfortable seating than was the norm - I think it was 2+1 too. At least 1 unit transferred to the Transpennine route after the Voyagers were introduced, and I had a couple of trips on it then.
 
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