Stated by GWR in the current Modern Railways that their primary routes will be Penzance - Plymouth/Exeter and Exeter - Barnstaple/Okehampton/Paignton.
No, not currently cleared up there for passenger services.
I am not surprised. The 175 from the time table change has become a token run to keep a promise they would be in passenger service in 2025. The work to get them running was harder than they thought. The public are now told to expect a "Mexican wave" (Modern Railways Jan 2026 p66) of trains arriving in 2026.
Strange analogy as it usually involves a very brief burst of hand waving followed by a massed sitting down.
Yes. When I was on the Underground, when a train sat down it wasn't going anywhere.
Looks as if it has been cancelled:
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Oh dear...Looks as if it has been cancelled:
Realtime Trains | 2C26 1340 Plymouth to Penzance | 05/01/2026
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Looks as if it has been cancelled:
Realtime Trains | 2C26 1340 Plymouth to Penzance | 05/01/2026
Real-time train running information for 2C26 1340 departure from Plymouth to Penzance on 05/01/2026. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.
Due to a problem with the trainOh dear...
If anyone in here who knows what that problem is could let us know, that would be appreciated.Fire alarm sounding on train in Plymouth, no actual fire but enough to cancel the service. Also there are unverified reports that the 175 drag scheduled for tomorrow from Ely to Penzance is cancelled. Loco failure being cited as the reason.Due to a problem with the train
Are the 175s like the 14x & 15x units in that after the fire alarms sound for so many seconds the fire bottles discharge....and the unit becomes a total demic?
I worked on 180s for a few years during my maintenance apprenticeship, assuming 175s use the same principals (which you would hope they do), when the TMS has a fault notification, the fire bell goes off to alert staff to said fault. Usually wasn't fire related (it even went off for small stuff like toilets malfunctioning).
Again, with the preface that I'm only going off what 180s done, if it was just a fault notification fire bell activation, they could ring for ages. Was a common occurrence that you would leave a 180 idling, come back to it 20 minutes later and the fire bell had being blaring for the full 20 minutes.
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First redone 175/1(s?) coming down then. Wolverton have no 175/0s up there currently.Realtime Trains | 5V84 1145 Wolverton Centre Sidings to Laira T.& R.S.M.D. | 09/01/2026
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Something comes this way.
I was referencing the upcoming move on Friday - today's move is not relevant.
2 out of 7 175/0 available. Others are on the stop list for a wide variety of reasons but nothing wildly different to what I’d expect to see on the stop lists for the other traction types. Nothing to break out the tin foil hats for!
I think it's been announced that a second 175 diagram will be introduced this month and a third in February.2 out of 7 175/0 available. Others are on the stop list for a wide variety of reasons but nothing wildly different to what I’d expect to see on the stop lists for the other traction types. Nothing to break out the tin foil hats for!
I suspect as there’s only one unit required for passenger service a day and 175001 appears to be fairly decent then that will be the go to choice.
With the addition of some reworked 3 car units soon hopefully we'll get one of those rolling soon too!
I presume you mean passenger workings. There are already three working diagrams but only one diagram has the current passenger workings on it. The other two diagrams are all ECS training runs.
What's the other available 175? 175003?2 out of 7 175/0 available. Others are on the stop list for a wide variety of reasons but nothing wildly different to what I’d expect to see on the stop lists for the other traction types. Nothing to break out the tin foil hats for!
I suspect as there’s only one unit required for passenger service a day and 175001 appears to be fairly decent then that will be the go to choice.
Just with only a single unit in service, no more Guards can be signed off as fully competent as they need to of used the 2D Switch in a multiple formation to have Class 175 added to their Licence.2 out of 7 175/0 available. Others are on the stop list for a wide variety of reasons but nothing wildly different to what I’d expect to see on the stop lists for the other traction types. Nothing to break out the tin foil hats for!
I suspect as there’s only one unit required for passenger service a day and 175001 appears to be fairly decent then that will be the go to choice.
It's TUDI ("TOOdee") - Trailing Unit Door Isolation
Does anyone have any insider depot knowledge of the defects individual units have on the stop list ?2 out of 7 175/0 available. Others are on the stop list for a wide variety of reasons but nothing wildly different to what I’d expect to see on the stop lists for the other traction types. Nothing to break out the tin foil hats for!
I suspect as there’s only one unit required for passenger service a day and 175001 appears to be fairly decent then that will be the go to choice.
Take two has been scheduled for Tuesday next week:
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