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Class 730 LNR & WMR Delivery/test Updates

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I’m not sure any are at Soho yet? Someone can correct me but I think Oxley/Bletchley are more likely locations for any at the moment.
 
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I’m not sure any are at Soho yet? Someone can correct me but I think Oxley/Bletchley are more likely locations for any at the moment.
There has usually been 3-4 units there for several months
 

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Fair enough, must have missed them when I went by last month. Admittedly my view out the window wasn’t great!
 

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Has construction paused on the 730s? The last record of a delivery I can find was 730043, almost a month ago. Also, has any sign of 730204 been seen yet?
 
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Has construction paused on the 730s? The last record of a delivery I can find was 730043, almost a month ago. Also, has any sign of 730204 been seen yet?
According to Todays Railways they’re all built with 30-33 and44-48 still at Derby.
They give locations for all 48 as of late July with 3 Oxley.4 Soho, 7 Bletchley, 6 Crewe, 8 Doncaster, 2 Loughborough, 4 Wembley and 5 Euston Camden sidings.
More in London than Birmingham!
Quite a change for Oxley.
 

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730013 is sitting in Plat 5 at Bletchley at the moment, and I can see at least 5 more sets sitting at the carriage sidings, although I can't see the set numbers from here
 

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Hasn't the /2 subclass been dropped?
The /1 subclass has been dropped according to Modern Railways. 730101-103 will be modified to the /2 spec and reclassified as such.

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According to Todays Railways they’re all built with 30-33 and44-48 still at Derby.
They give locations for all 48 as of late July with 3 Oxley.4 Soho, 7 Bletchley, 6 Crewe, 8 Doncaster, 2 Loughborough, 4 Wembley and 5 Euston Camden sidings.
More in London than Birmingham!
Quite a change for Oxley.
That's interesting, probably explains why nothing has been delivered for a while then!
 

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The /1 subclass has been dropped according to Modern Railways. 730101-103 will be modified to the /2 spec and reclassified as such.
Thats odd because the latest issue of Rail Express says the /2 subclass has been abandoned and all 5 car units will be 730/1.
 

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I guess its just a case of wait and see what happens. Given few /1s have been built it would not surprise me if the /1 subclass has been dropped.

Not sure it matters though because I think only difference between /1 and /2 was the seating, but now all 730s are going to have 2+2 seating.
 

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Have any of the LNWR 730s been built yet, or is it just the WMT units that have been built?
 

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A test run at Liverpool South Parkway. In on platform 4, reverse at signal at Allerton junction before setting off on platform 3, c 09.30.
 

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A test run at Liverpool South Parkway. In on platform 4, reverse at signal at Allerton junction before setting off on platform 3, c 09.30.
Was off to stafford.
 

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37611 hauls 730202 on 5Q42 Old Dalby - Crewe CS today
Oh god this is going to confuse my tiny brain :D
Which unit was this then - presumably 730102? Confusing me more as I don't have a record of it having gone back to Old Dalby since 2022 - does anybody know when this went back there please?
 

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Oh god this is going to confuse my tiny brain :D
Which unit was this then - presumably 730102? Confusing me more as I don't have a record of it having gone back to Old Dalby since 2022 - does anybody know when this went back there please?
Presumably it was 730102, it's a rather elusive unit that I believe has been undergoing a lot of testing (or something) at Old Dalby.
 

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