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WCML train types

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Hadrian

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Is there a source of information about which WCML trains are planned to be operated by Diesel trains (Voyagers) and whether they are planned to be a single unit or to operate in multiple?

Also: is there a source of information about which WCML trains are planned to be operated by 9 coach Pendolinos?

I appreciate that the change of timetable (tomorrow) and change of TOC (a few days ago) may well bring/have brought changes. The information requested would be more useful to me if it relates to the timetable period which is about to start.

I also appreciate that there are sometimes differences between what is in the plan and what actually happens on the day in response to failures or other disruptions.
 
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I can fill you in on the current Chester/North Wales services.
Northbound, they are all single Voyagers (xx10 from Euston) except the 0910, 1710, 1810, 1910 which are double.
The 0910 works double throughout to Holyhead and the 1253 back, and is the only double unit operating west of Chester.
The 1710, 1810 and 1910 from Euston drop a unit at Chester, with the 1810 second unit working to Wrexham.

Southbound (xx35 from Chester except the 0624) are all single Voyagers except:
The 0624 doubles up at Crewe with the early Blackpool unit.
The 0735 doubles up at Chester with a Wrexham unit.
The 1435 doubles up at Chester.
The 1535 is the return working of the 0910 Euston-Holyhead double working.
The upshot is that 3 double workings arrive at Euston in the late afternoon to form the peak double workings back north.

3 single Voyagers stable at Holyhead overnight and form the first Euston services next morning.
Another single Voyager works an early Birmingham-Holyhead to form a 4th mid-morning Euston service, with a balancing return service to Birmingham in the evening.
Late morning there is an ECS from Central Rivers to Chester which plugs a gap in the southbound service, with a later terminator running ECS back to Central Rivers.
 
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