PVR on Valley Lines

[ValleyLines142]

Afternoon,

Does anybody know how many trains are required for each route on the Valley Lines network?

The Bay Line is obviously just one, the City Line I think is four, what about Penarth - Rhymney, Barry - Aberdare/Merthyr and Cardiff to Treherbert?

 

[Mojo]

Isn't PVR a bus industry term? I believe in rail industry parlance the term vehicle actually refers to an individual car/carriage. Are you after the number of units needed, or the number of trains (which may be formed of multiple coupled units)?

 

[Galaxy]

Yes PVR isn't a term we in the railway industry would use. I think he wants to know diagrams etc?

 

[PHILIPE]

Afternoon,

Does anybody know how many trains are required for each route on the Valley Lines network?

The Bay Line is obviously just one, the City Line I think is four, what about Penarth - Rhymney, Barry - Aberdare/Merthyr and Cardiff to Treherbert?

The number of trains required are:-
Treherbert - 5
Penarth/Bargoed/Rhymney - 10
Merthyr/Aberdare/Barry Island/Bridgend - 14
Coryton/City Line - 3
Bay - 1

This is the number of TRAINS required. The trains may be a Single 150 or a Pair of Pacers.

 

[Gareth Marston]

The number of trains required are:-
Treherbert - 5
Penarth/Bargoed/Rhymney - 10
Merthyr/Aberdare/Barry Island/Bridgend - 14
Coryton/City Line - 3
Bay - 1

This is the number of TRAINS required. The trains may be a Single 150 or a Pair of Pacers.

Don't forget your 153's on the bay and coryton lines

 

[ValleyLines142]

Isn't PVR a bus industry term?

Yes, it is, but I wasn't sure what the bus equivalent is called.

Are you after the number of units needed, or the number of trains (which may be formed of multiple coupled units)?

Yes, the number of trains in multiple. So say 150208+143605 would just be one, 142077 would be one also, so that's two. Basically, the number of diagrams that are used.

The number of trains required are:-
Treherbert - 5
Penarth/Bargoed/Rhymney - 10
Merthyr/Aberdare/Barry Island/Bridgend - 14
Coryton/City Line - 3
Bay - 1

This is the number of TRAINS required. The trains may be a Single 150 or a Pair of Pacers.

Yes, this sounds about right. Thank you!