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« Reply #255 on: January 06, 2013, 13:59:53 »

Saturday services aren't meant to be Adelantes anyway, so an information failure rather than a Turbitution. It's possible that another 2 coaches were to be added at Oxford and the information system was being a little premature about the train length - I've seen that happen before.
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« Reply #256 on: January 09, 2013, 12:20:23 »

Today (Wed Jan 09), the 06:48 Paddington - Great Malvern was operated by a Turbo.

These replacements don't seem to be listed in the 'train formations' section of the journeycheck lists - are they happening too often?
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« Reply #257 on: January 09, 2013, 12:41:02 »

Today (Wed Jan 09), the 06:48 Paddington - Great Malvern was operated by a Turbo.

These replacements don't seem to be listed in the 'train formations' section of the journeycheck lists - are they happening too often?

That's the first diagram that hasn't been covered so far this week to be fair.  Though major signalling problems will now cause further Turbo replacements on some trains today - that's no fault of the 180s in this case.
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« Reply #258 on: January 09, 2013, 13:36:13 »

That's the first diagram that hasn't been covered so far this week to be fair.  Though major signalling problems will now cause further Turbo replacements on some trains today - that's no fault of the 180s in this case.

Hi II, things certainly seem to be improving but why on earth do signal problems mean Turbo replacements?
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« Reply #259 on: January 09, 2013, 14:08:18 »

Sets 102 and 104 were due to work the 11:20 and 12:20 departures from Paddington, but Turbo units were used as the trains instead started from Oxford - though since I posted that originally, the 11:20 PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains)-GMV looks as if it has been cancelled throughout.  The 12:20 from PAD started at Oxford on time though, using 166219.
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« Reply #260 on: January 09, 2013, 16:30:57 »

I was on the 1421 Paddington to Worcester today (as far as Reading), which didn't leave until about 1432 and was a Turbo.
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« Reply #261 on: January 09, 2013, 20:56:23 »

The evening stopper service Didcot-Gt Malvern was a two car turbo as well, reason given by an announcement was a major train failure on the train originally going to be used for this service.
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« Reply #262 on: January 10, 2013, 11:18:37 »

I was on the 1421 Paddington to Worcester today (as far as Reading), which didn't leave until about 1432 and was a Turbo.

The evening stopper service Didcot-Gt Malvern was a two car turbo as well, reason given by an announcement was a major train failure on the train originally going to be used for this service.

Yes, those would have been Turbos as the 1421ex PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) is the diagram that wasn't covered yesterday, and the DID» (Didcot Parkway - next trains)-GMV service was one of the 180s trapped at Paddington lunch time.  That being said, there was no real reason why the 17:18 PAD-OXF» (Oxford - next trains) and 19:31 OXF-PAD couldn't have been the original Class 180 yesterday - perhaps the 'might as well keep a Turbo on it as it's easier' mentality was adopted?  Mind you, signalling problems at Oxford in the evening led to the 19:31 OXF-PAD being cancelled and the set trapped in the Carriage Sidings, so perhaps that wasn't a bad thing!  Another day of disruption!

I'm keeping a daily log of Class 180 usage by the way, so we'll get a clear picture of what the actual situation is this year.  Today we're back up to 100% with all four diagrams covered.
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« Reply #263 on: January 10, 2013, 11:39:57 »

I caught a 180 into Oxford the other day. Standing at the Oxford end of Charlbury platform 2, ready to load my bike, I was intrigued to find myself next to an FGW (First Great Western) travelling fitter who was about to board at the same place - and it was difficult not to overhear his mobile conversation! But he actually seemed pretty upbeat about the 180s, and FGW's ability to keep them under control; each one, he said, had its own idiosyncracies but they were learning them and slowly fixing the persistent issues. I made some friendly throwaway comment as we were boarding and he replied that they were going well. Only a minor anecdote, but bodes well, I thought.
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« Reply #264 on: January 17, 2013, 16:04:37 »

I'm keeping a daily log of Class 180 usage by the way, so we'll get a clear picture of what the actual situation is this year.  Today we're back up to 100% with all four diagrams covered.

Hi II how's the log going? Doesn't seem to be the problems there were.
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« Reply #265 on: January 17, 2013, 16:43:05 »

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Hi II how's the log going? Doesn't seem to be the problems there were.

I haven't been keeping a log but I can say that last week the 4 services that I caught that were supposed to be operated by 180's were and that is the fisrt time I have got 100% availability since they have been reintroduced. Obviously the christmas break did them some good Smiley

This week of the 3 services that I have caught that should have been operated by 180's (4th will be tonight) all have been operated by 165/166. Maybe its the cold or snow they don't like.

The 4th wasn't operated by a 180 either so 0% for this week for me.

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« Reply #266 on: January 18, 2013, 17:07:25 »

Hi II how's the log going? Doesn't seem to be the problems there were.

Here's the first two weeks since most people returned to work on the 8th January.  It started off very well with two days where all four diagrams were covered, but that hasn't happened since, and as 'ray951' posted, this week has been patchy.  Surprisingly, today was the best of the week with three diagrams covered - I had suspected FGW (First Great Western) might use the snow as an excuse to keep them in the shed all day again!  Set 106 has been the least active, only out on two of the ten days, whereas set 102 has been out every day.

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« Reply #267 on: January 18, 2013, 17:47:28 »

Thanks for this II. Very interesting.
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« Reply #268 on: January 21, 2013, 11:33:48 »

Two diagrams covered today.  The two that aren't appear to have a 2-Car Class 165s allocated to them throughout the day.  Not acceptable FGW (First Great Western)!
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« Reply #269 on: January 21, 2013, 13:54:35 »

Two diagrams covered today.  The two that aren't appear to have a 2-Car Class 165s allocated to them throughout the day.  Not acceptable FGW (First Great Western)!
I can confirm that - just waved someone off on the 12:06 from Foregate St to Paddington, formed of a 2-car class 165. I do hope that an extra unit will get added at Oxford.
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