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« Reply #1035 on: October 03, 2018, 23:29:56 » |
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We were a little surprised to see an IET▸ at Worcester Shrub Hill on Tuesday just after 5pm. Could we not have been mistaken? Surely this was never intended to be near their patch?
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« Reply #1036 on: October 04, 2018, 00:04:30 » |
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Ah yes, thank you. Didn't remember this. Quite a bit before I expected it though.
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« Reply #1037 on: October 04, 2018, 10:50:30 » |
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I'm off to Cardiff next week for work. Is it likely to be an IET▸ or HST▸ ? I've got a seat reservation but a bit concerned it might not exist?
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« Reply #1038 on: October 04, 2018, 11:02:48 » |
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Most Cardiff’s are IET▸ ’s now, very few short forms over the last few weeks. If you tell me which one I can check.
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« Reply #1039 on: October 04, 2018, 15:37:41 » |
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Thank you - its the 08.12 from Reading on the 10/10
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« Reply #1040 on: October 04, 2018, 17:12:50 » |
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Thank you - its the 08.12 from Reading on the 10/10
Booked for 2x800 units. |
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« Reply #1041 on: October 06, 2018, 15:55:09 » |
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Finally got to travel on an IET▸ this morning between Bath and London and we were very fortunate it was a a brand new nine car version. So was I impressed? Yes, in almost all ways apart from one which has cropped here a number of times. My the seats are hard. By Didcot my backside was feeling a bit numb.
I couldn’t do London to Penzance or Edinburgh sitting on one of these seats. Hang on, soon I won’t have a choice if I want to travel by train. Not entirely true if travelling between London and Edinburgh as I believe the original plan was to keep some 91s and Mk4s for the fasts though that might have changed.
So overall pretty impressed but you might want to bring your own cushion if travelling long distance!
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« Reply #1042 on: October 06, 2018, 16:48:24 » |
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Rumour has it IET▸ unit stopped at North Pole. "mice on board"
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« Reply #1043 on: October 06, 2018, 18:06:01 » |
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Rumour has it IET▸ unit stopped at North Pole. "mice on board"
Doubt it - I thought reindeer ate mice ... probably think Rudolf has been drinking and are breathalysing him. |
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« Reply #1044 on: October 06, 2018, 18:38:46 » |
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Rumour has it IET▸ unit stopped at North Pole. "mice on board"
Surely not ! Mice eat food crumbs. On trains food comes (mainly) from buffets. No buffet on IETs. Therefore no food crumbs. Therefore no mice. |
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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« Reply #1045 on: October 06, 2018, 22:47:37 » |
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So overall pretty impressed but you might want to bring your own cushion if travelling long distance!
Lidl were selling two packs of nice foam cushions last week ! |
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« Reply #1046 on: October 09, 2018, 07:52:46 » |
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0743 Bath to Paddington 2 x5 with rear set out of use. It is going to get very cosy. Fortunately I am in first.
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« Reply #1047 on: October 09, 2018, 08:09:46 » |
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0743 Bath to Paddington 2 x5 with rear set out of use. It is going to get very cosy. Fortunately I am in first.
Not showing up on Journeycheck. On ukrail forums there's been a frank discussion that there has been a marked reduction in short formed IETs▸ . Not everyone agrees with that as it is not always being advertised, the above being a case in point. |
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« Reply #1048 on: October 09, 2018, 08:38:50 » |
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0743 Bath to Paddington 2 x5 with rear set out of use. It is going to get very cosy. Fortunately I am in first.
An anouncement at Didcot referring to the rear 5 coaches suggests that this may have been remedied at Swindon |
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« Reply #1049 on: October 09, 2018, 13:24:00 » |
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On ukrail forums there's been a frank discussion that there has been a marked reduction in short formed IETs▸ . Not everyone agrees with that as it is not always being advertised, the above being a case in point.
There has definitely been a marked reduction, though the odd one still exists and Journeycheck is not always reporting them. Nowhere near as many as we were witnessing though. |
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