Meldon Quarry TRAIN MIX!

[class 313]

Maybe you saw a 175?

 

[Tom]

1 - Inreliability. Around 90% of the times I travel to Westbury on a Friday a 180 is used. However, once, the coach I was in began spewing smoke before departure out of St Davids. We had to evacuate to another carraige.

You didn't get toasted?

3 - Closed in-ness: On most of these new trains, and all the pathetic attempts at the next HST, with electric doors and no openable windows, it makes you feel really cramped

You mean, the features that are meant to save your life in a crash?

 

[devon_metro]

Maybe you saw a 175?

Maybe you don't know what awful stock we have down here!

 

[matt]

When has First ever used a 175?

 

[Tom]

First Transpennine Express

 

[matt]

Ok, I shall rephrase it when has either FGW used a 175 or Transpennine Express run to Barnstaple

 

[class 313]

When has First ever used a 175?

First North Western.

 

[matt]

First North Western.

See post above Plus you have seen the wikipedia page about 175s...

 

[Guinness]

Besides the point, Can't imagine they are allowed to go to Barnstaple, and last time I was up there, Barnstaple was not a 125mph mainline railway!

I thought Barnstaple had weight limits.