Another ATW Pacer evacuation

[gareth950]

Once again passengers have had to evacuate an ATW Pacer formation due to fumes inside the carriage. Not as dramatic as the train on fire at Caerphilly a few months ago but it's not good. It's not uncommon to be on an ATW Pacer lately and have the smell of fumes accompanying you throughout the journey, windows open or not.

Will Pacers make it to 2019?

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/passengers-evacuated-cardiff-train-after-12284206

Passengers had to get off a train at a Cardiff station after fumes were reported in a carriage.

Some people were reporting it was a fire, but Arriva Trains Wales has said it was fumes coming from the train's exhaust system.

The passengers on the train from Treherbert were asked to get off at Cathays train station, and the train has been taken away for maintenance.

An ATW spokeswoman explained: " Fumes were reported in the rear carriage of the 7.45 Treherbert to Cardiff service this morning.

"The fumes were coming from the exhaust system.

"All customers disembarked the service at Cathays and the train has now gone back to the depot for maintenance. We apologise for the inconvenience caused."

Passengers took to social media to complain....................

 

[headshot119]

It's a none story really. Pacers will more than make it to 2019.

 

[gareth950]

It's a none story really. Pacers will more than make it to 2019.

Maybe i should've asked will pacers make it to 2023 (when the 'Metro' is due to be finished) given the WG's lack of any plan about what to do with the welsh fleet post 31/12/2019

 

[Bletchleyite]

Every single Thames Turbo I have ever been on has absolutely stunk of diesel fumes, as did most 1st generation units. They appear to get in, in the former case, via the corridor connection.

 

[daikilo]

Maintenance with occasional part replacement can usually stop fumes and allow almost indefinite lives. The maintenance engineer will however calculate the value of such work towards the end of vehicle life. Do powered rail vehicles have to pass emissions checks as road vehicles do?

 

[tom1649]

It's not that uncommon to find fumes entering Pacers. It's happened before, and it'll happen again.

 

[notlob.divad]

Maybe i should've asked will pacers make it to 2023 (when the 'Metro' is due to be finished) given the WG's lack of any plan about what to do with the welsh fleet post 31/12/2019

My thoughts on this.... Porterbrook look at 319 DEMU trial

Whatever this turns out to be. Then remove the Diesel Generators when the wires are up.

 

[sk688]

Every single Thames Turbo I have ever been on has absolutely stunk of diesel fumes, as did most 1st generation units. They appear to get in, in the former case, via the corridor connection.

Thats odd , I've never been on a Chiltern 165 which has stunk of diesel fumes , although it has been a while .

Maybe it's poor maintenance from FGW/GWR .