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Title: Future of the 165s Post by: GWR 158 on June 27, 2024, 12:23:56 Hi all
I was pondering about the future of 165s on the Thames Valley branches, are there any current plans for them to be replaced? Thanks in advance Title: Re: Future of the 165s Post by: grahame on June 27, 2024, 13:08:38 Hi all I was pondering about the future of 165s on the Thames Valley branches, are there any current plans for them to be replaced? Thanks in advance Yes - see the GWR Community Rail conference I reported on here for members earlier this week ... Mark Hopwood said Quote Proud of electric but still a lot of diesels. Keen to move cl 230 forward. Pretty sure other TV branches and also D&C branches. Title: Re: Future of the 165s Post by: Electric train on June 28, 2024, 17:56:50 Hi all I was pondering about the future of 165s on the Thames Valley branches, are there any current plans for them to be replaced? Thanks in advance Yes - see the GWR Community Rail conference I reported on here for members earlier this week ... Mark Hopwood said Quote Proud of electric but still a lot of diesels. Keen to move cl 230 forward. Pretty sure other TV branches and also D&C branches. It will be interesting to see the Class 230 manage the grade from Furze Platt to Maidenhead, in wet leaf fall season 165's struggle. However Class 230 or something similar is the likely answer for the TV branches This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |