Another TPE 68 & Nova 3 post...

[TheLancsNinja]

I have booked a day off work on Friday 17th November to try and bag a Cat or two prior to their removal from the TPE diagrams during the Dec timetable change. I can get to YRK for 0800, and would need to be departing around 1600 to get home on time; looking through RTT, all the services to Scarborough on the day are simply listed as "DMU" - is there a way to easily distil which services will potentially be working with 68s? Sorry if these seem like basic questions but I am fairly new to dedicated bashes, so planning these kind of things is new to me!

 

[xotGD]

Real Time Trains will give you the allocations.

 

[JonathanH]

Real Time Trains will give you the allocations.

I think the original poster was bemoaning the fact that the information on RTT is only known on the day.

However, by looking at previous days, they can see which services have been 68+Mk5 and plan on that basis, given it is known that there are only four possible diagrams, with the risk that 185s may substitute in which case they need to change their plans.

 

[TheLancsNinja]

I think the original poster was bemoaning the fact that the information on RTT is only known on the day.

However, by looking at previous days, they can see which services have been 68+Mk5 and plan on that basis, given it is known that there are only four possible diagrams, with the risk that 185s may substitute in which case they need to change their plans.

To be fair, I understand the system RTT is built on will have it's limitations; it was more if there was a way to work the diagrams out ahead of time so I can plan my journeys instead of winging it on the day. But if you do know the usual diagrams, that would be very much appreciated!

 

[JonathanH]

But if you do know the usual diagrams, that would be very much appreciated!

This is the best representation I think https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...awal-from-service.190693/page-64#post-6460883

 

[TheLancsNinja]

This is the best representation I think https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...awal-from-service.190693/page-64#post-6460883

Thank you for that, much appreciated!