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Title: Hired in 387s Post by: GWR 158 on September 29, 2021, 16:38:51 Hi all,
I've seen quite a few class 387s hired in from C2C and Gatwick Express on Reading-Newbury and London-Didcot Parkway stopper services. The C2C Class 387s seem to be more common on the Reading-Newbury stoppers. Anyone know why GWR are having to hire in 387s? Thanks GWR 158 Title: Re: Hired in 387s Post by: grahame on September 29, 2021, 16:50:40 Hi all, I've seen quite a few class 387s hired in from C2C and Gatwick Express on Reading-Newbury and London-Didcot Parkway stopper services. The C2C Class 387s seem to be more common on the Reading-Newbury stoppers. Anyone know why GWR are having to hire in 387s? Thanks GWR 158 I believe that services such a those at 07:12 09:18 12:12 14:15 and 17:12 from Paddington to Bristol Parkway use 387s, replacing alternative services which had been planned using IETs. Title: Re: Hired in 387s Post by: paul7575 on September 29, 2021, 17:22:06 The root cause is the IET structure cracking issues, which Grahame didn’t mention.
I believe there are issues running the c2c versions in multiple with the other 387 variants operated by GW and Gatwick Excess, so they tend to be used singly on the Reading to Newbury route. Paul Title: Re: Hired in 387s Post by: Electric train on September 30, 2021, 21:11:39 These are ex Gatwick Express 387 they are actually borrowed from Great Northern
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