Cut-down HSTs on Cardiff

phile

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Re: Cut-down HSTs on Cardiff - Taunton?

« Reply #45 on: November 08, 2019, 12:04:10 »

Quote from: Adrian on November 07, 2019, 21:56:47

Quote from: Adrian on August 16, 2019, 21:03:37

I notice the 1200 and 1800 ex Cardiff; 0916 and 1456 ex Taunton diagram has been a 'classic' this week.
That's classics on most of this route's diagrams now, isn't it? Exceptions are the 0602 TAU^» - CDF^» / 0900 CDF - PLY^» and 0925 SJP - CDF / 1300 CDF - EXD^» , I think.

I understand that GWR^▸ now have 6 'castles' - they're not all required for the far west services, so where are the others? I haven't seen any on the Cardiff to Taunton run since the May timetable change.

Seem to be back to just 3 'castle' diagrams on Cardiff-Taunton in recent weeks. Today I think it was only 2. One diagram was a 3-car dmu. I think everything else was 2-car. Not very impressive, and no reason to think anything will magically improve next month.

At the moment, workings can change even from week to week due to the transitional period and influenced by availability. The Castle programmed is running late due to late deliveries from Wabtec


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Adrian

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Re: Cut-down HSTs on Cardiff - Taunton?

« Reply #46 on: November 08, 2019, 18:40:48 »

Quote from: phile on November 08, 2019, 12:04:10

The Castle programmed is running late due to late deliveries from Wabtec

Understood - but that doesn't necessarily affect the total number of castles and classics available for service?


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phile

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Re: Cut-down HSTs on Cardiff - Taunton?

« Reply #47 on: November 08, 2019, 22:08:04 »

Quote from: Adrian on November 08, 2019, 18:40:48

Quote from: phile on November 08, 2019, 12:04:10

The Castle programmed is running late due to late deliveries from Wabtec

Understood - but that doesn't necessarily affect the total number of castles and classics available for service?

There are 9 booked out each weekday and a full complement when everything being available should be 11.


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