Chiltern Railways 165 at Didcot Parkway

[gwr2006]

Chiltern Railways 2-car Class 165 165015 has just arrived at Didcot Parkway on a proving run from Aylesbury via Claydon, Bicester and Oxford.

 

[150219]

Chiltern Railways 2-car Class 165 165015 has just arrived at Didcot Parkway on a proving run from Aylesbury via Claydon, Bicester and Oxford.

Not quite. It's a route learner to/from Banbury

 

[Royston Vasey]

Noticed that yesterday arriving about 12:30. It shuttled out to the next signal on the westbound line and then back into the station, presumably to free up platform space, heading back towards Oxford at around 13:00.

It was there again today

Also yesterday, a very clean HST set passed through from the Oxford branch about 12.55 and through the station west to east. On the rear was 43189 (currently nameless) with what looked like a blanked out name plate.

Anyone else see this, or know if this is about to be renamed?

 

[route:oxford]

Chiltern Railways 2-car Class 165 165015 has just arrived at Didcot Parkway on a proving run from Aylesbury via Claydon, Bicester and Oxford.

I'm curious...

What made you think it came via Claydon?

There is no technical reason why it shouldn't have routed that way with a reversal at Claydon.

 

[Voyager 2093]

Saw 166 034 heading back from Willesden Junction LORL Depot at Around 7.00pm yesterday, any ideas of the path it took to get home?

 

[Cletus]

This was the timetable for yesterday:-

http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t11/t0407a.htm


Saw this article, so whizzed home from work to see it go by at the end of my road in Dover.

http://www.yourdover.co.uk/p_141/Ar...ive_Britannia_arrives_in_Kent_this_afternoon_