No, im afraid not. The AT vehicle arrived around 3 months ago so hopefully its not too much longer.
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TfW ‘Active Travel’ Class 153 progress updates
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BillStampy
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568 is ready at Landore, finished conversion within the last 2 weeks so shouldn't be too long until it returns.
Ah thanks. Looks like its nearly here then.
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153568, part of AT06 has made its way today from Landore to Canton. Strangely its currently paired with non-Active travel 153323 but isnt numbered AT06.
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153568 has entered service today but still paired with 153323 so isnt yet formed into AT06. Its on the diagram that visits Swansea and Fishguard finishing in Carmarthen tonight.
One of the Newport-Ebbw shuttle diagrams is now booked single 153 rather than a 150.
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BillStampy
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It seems that 568 has taken a step backwards in a more concerning way as it is now out on its own according to RTT on the Maestegs to Ebbw Vale, which isn't great considering the unit only has half the seats of a normal 153!
Thats really surprising as usually a 150 covers on the Maesteg's if they are short of 197s. RTT is continuing to show the single 153 on that diagram all day.
A single 153 isnt enough capacity let alone and active travel single carriage! Often Maesteg gets 3 car 197s!
Robin Edwards
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Can anyone confirm if TfW 153s are identifiable from RTT? I couldn't find what I was looking for a while back but 150s, 197s etc were showing?
StripeyNick
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The regular ones are but the active travels sets aren't
Anonymous10
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At least there's plenty of standing room where the bikes go
If it’s a 2-car with no unit allocation then it’s an AT set, but you can’t tell which one.
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Thank you for confirming @chrisjo
BillStampy
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It's now showing as attached to 327 so is technically formed of its AT06 formation! Updated very recently so it clearly hasn't been a single all day and it's secretly been with 327.
Siemens Staines
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I am confused which is very easily done. Post #294 of this thread suggested that AT06 would now be 153568 + 153312, with 153327 as the spare? Has this changed again or is 153568 now paired with the spare. If it was the latter it would explain why they show up on RTT whereas they would disappear if was the correct formation for AT06? As I say, I am easily confused.
BillStampy
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I think the plan changed a while ago with 327 becoming the unit to be part of AT06. So AT06 is now formed correctly but likely has been given the AT06 allocation yet so therefore shows up on RealTimeTrains with the two 153s. I reckon they'll soon join the other AT with disappearing on RTT when it's given it's AT allocation proper.
UPDATE: I'm now being told 323 is on it still, seen by sight from somebody, how odd!
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seems likely its just an error when the allocations were inputted. AFAIK 327 is still at Crewe
Siemens Staines
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eye-gen is often more reliable than i-gen!
BillStampy
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Absolutely!
tfw756rider
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An Active Travel 153 unit/vehicle (not set) wouldn't have been allowed on its own, because it only has a non-universally-accessible toilet.
animationmilo
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So 327 will be with 568
568 is at Landore rather than Canton. The planned formation for AT06 has changed so many times I think it's safer to see what emerges now!
animationmilo
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Unless 327 goes with 572 and 318 with 568 because the rest are in order
507, 528, 531, 552, but 68 & 72 not the correct way
WirralLine
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Ive worked solo 153/9s in the past which had no toilet at all. Well technically they had an old toilet with no retention tank which was locked out of use permanently.
They would allocate them solo with no toilet if desperately short of units and it was only a short journey. When ive worked them solo it was Chester-Crewe shuttles.
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Apologies if this isn't the right place to ask this but RTT reports 153327+153361 escaping on Ebbws today, I'd thought all the non AT 153s had gone so is 361 awaiting AT'ing or just somehow managed a stay of execution?
BillStampy
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Non-AT 153s have been recently returning with a few /9s in too. The real question is why 153327 is out since that's meant to form AT06 alongside 153568!
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Anonymous10
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Suppose if 568 isnt ready and its send out 327 or have 1 carriage sending it out is the right choice.
BillStampy
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568's already been in service as a non-AT set allocation with 153323, not sure what the issue seems to be.
And here we are in mid-November ..... I'm thinking there may be an issue or two getting AT06 formed and into service?
Can anyone share any gen?
Many thanks
animationmilo
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Do we know why 153312 is not in service since March and when it might be around again.