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robreed90001
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755407 returned to Norwich CP from Cambridge this evening with 37800 being the loco for the move.
Railperf
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Have the flirt units started their 2000-Mile fault free running programme yet? They are going to need several Norwich to Colchester runs per night to build that kind of mileage up???
robreed90001
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thought it was 1000 miles of fault free running they have to do? or has it changed?.
robreed90001
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first 745 to be delivered this Thursday?.
dk1
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Yes. First few will be 745/1s before being followed by all ten 745/0s. The rest of the /1s will then follow.
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Not cleared yet for OLE use yet so I doubt they have started their fault free running as yet.
robreed90001
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hearing that tomorrow’s 745 delivery is now cancelled?. would anyone be able to confirm this please?.
Don't think there are anymore in the Country yet
have heard that at the end of this week, the 745 will be tried out on the OHL under an SPZ. (so that will be nights)
dk1
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Poor thing can't move much unaided without the juiceDon't think there are anymore in the Country yet
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This schedule has been activated around 20:30 this evening so maybe a Class 745 is coming.
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O80854/2019/02/06/advanced
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O80854/2019/02/06/advanced
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Activated exactly two hours before departure, so will be an auto activation. Doesn't mean it will necessarily run.
robreed90001
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it will be this path you'll want to watch, as this path is the one the first part of the drag to Norwich moves on
. However like '43096' has said above, this path has been activated 2 hours before it's booked departure time so may not run.23:15 Dollands Moor to Ripple Lane.
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H36337/2019/02/06/advanced
dk1
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A new station at Sheringham has been announced which will accommodate the Stadler 755 fleet. It will be twice the size of the current woefully inadequate structure. Bus replacement will be in operation from Cromer for approx five weeks from the end of March.
Link to story about station upgrade
Seaside train station will shut for over a month as new platform rolls in
12 February, 2019 - 00:01
Sheringham Railway Station will be closed for more than a month as a new platform is built there to accommodate the new bi-mode trains. Picture: MARK BULLIMORE
Sheringham Railway Station will shut for over a month so a new platform can be installed.
One of Greater Anglias new bi-mode trains. Picture: Greater Anglia
Greater Anglia is closing the station from Sunday 31 March to Sunday 5 May for the £1m+ project, which will see a new 80 metre platform put in to accommodate the next generation of trains, which are arriving this year.
The new platform will be twice the length of the current 40-metre structure, allowing the longer, three or four-carriage ‘bi-mode’ trains to fit in there.
During that closure, Bittern Line services from Norwich to Sheringham will terminate at Cromer. Passengers travelling to and from West Runton and Sheringham will be able to continue their journey by rail replacement bus.
Andrew Goodrum, the train firm’s business readiness director, said: “We apologise to customers affected by the upgrade works, but by completing them by early May, the new station will be ready ahead of the new trains’ entry into service and the busy summer season.
“People may already have spotted our new trains around the network, as we have been carrying out safety and performance tests day and night, as part of our preparations for bring them into service.”
MORE: Greater Anglia’s new trains on test across the region
Greater Anglia said the new platform would also be wider, with improved lighting and a new shelter.
Andrew Munden, general manager of the North Norfolk Railway, which runs heritage steam and diesel trains between Sheringham and Holt, said their service would not be affected by the closure.
Mr Munden said despite the disruption the work would cause to passengers and Sheringham’s traders over the Easter period, the new platform would benefit the town.
He said: “The platform we’ve got now we were saddled with in 1967 and it was only meant to be temporary.”
The new trains are ‘bi-mode’ because they can switch between electric and diesel power.
They are made by Swiss company Stadler and have already been running between Norwich and Great Yarmouth and Norwich and Diss.
Greater Anglia said passenger numbers on the Bittern Line had grown from 200,000 in the mid-1990s to more than 680,000 in 2017/18 – an increase of 290pc.
robreed90001
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755407 on test this morning from Norwich to Colchester and return.
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Slightly off topic, but will the 755s on the Bittern Line switch to electric mode for the approach into Norwich as otherwise their bi-mode capabilities seem a bit wasted on a non electrified service?
Probably not worth while in view of the miniscule distance, although removing diesel fumes from Norwich station would be a plus.
samuelmorris
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Given they could interwork with other diagrams that see more use under the wires, they may well pan-up once they arrive at Norwich itself, for the turnaround period?
grumpyoldman01
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I thought I'd read somewhere that this would happen, and that fuel tank sizes had been planned accordingly.
Would be good PR if it does. I understand that the latest Arriva buses just introduced into service here in Derby (Wrightbus Streetlites) have "start/stop micro-hybrid technology", so if the new bi-modes don't match this by having to run on diesel under the wires for short distances as at Norwich, Greater Anglia will be leaving themselves open to criticism from those who care about clean air, the environment, etc., and there's a risk that they will be compared in a negative way with modern buses; people will ask why, if stop/start technology is available on modern buses, why can't trains switch quickly and easily from electric to diesel, and vice versa.
61653 HTAFC
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5 weeks doesn't sound long... I assume they're not using the same team that did the recent extensions on the Calder Valley then!
Or Crossrail...
Not sure they 'planned' the fuel tank size at all did they ? just made them smaller to bring the weight in line with our restrictions.