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« Reply #1110 on: October 24, 2018, 13:29:21 » |
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Half term seemed as a good time to take carriages off the tracks to perform “upgrades”?.. Does anyone have an updated programme for when we should expect to see all the IETs▸ delivered?
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« Reply #1111 on: October 24, 2018, 23:06:45 » |
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Half term seemed as a good time to take carriages off the tracks to perform “upgrades”?.. Does anyone have an updated programme for when we should expect to see all the IETs▸ delivered?
Last HST▸ to leave Paddington is expected at around spring time now and the last remaining diagrams will be on the Berks and Hants. 19/11/18 all Cheltenham-Paddington services will be operated by Class 800s. 10/12/18 Wales will see very few HST operated services. From that date there will be just 13 active HST diagrams. November is going to be a busy month as many IETs are expected to be introduced including many nine car units. |
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« Reply #1112 on: October 25, 2018, 13:21:38 » |
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It is being reported on another forum that all 800s and 802s are currently (no pun intended) restricted to diesel traction only, due to an issue with vacuum circuit breakers.
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« Reply #1113 on: October 25, 2018, 17:11:17 » |
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By the time you posted this, the diesel only restriction had been lifted.
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« Reply #1114 on: October 25, 2018, 17:27:09 » |
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Sorry I was slow. I was running on diesel.  |
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« Reply #1115 on: October 25, 2018, 18:38:53 » |
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« Reply #1116 on: October 25, 2018, 23:19:57 » |
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Can I ask where you get this information from? I would love to be able to source it. Half term seemed as a good time to take carriages off the tracks to perform “upgrades”?.. Does anyone have an updated programme for when we should expect to see all the IETs▸ delivered?
Last HST▸ to leave Paddington is expected at around spring time now and the last remaining diagrams will be on the Berks and Hants. 19/11/18 all Cheltenham-Paddington services will be operated by Class 800s. 10/12/18 Wales will see very few HST operated services. From that date there will be just 13 active HST diagrams. November is going to be a busy month as many IETs are expected to be introduced including many nine car units. |
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« Reply #1117 on: October 26, 2018, 10:55:37 » |
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Can I ask where you get this information from? I would love to be able to source it. Half term seemed as a good time to take carriages off the tracks to perform “upgrades”?.. Does anyone have an updated programme for when we should expect to see all the IETs▸ delivered?
Last HST▸ to leave Paddington is expected at around spring time now and the last remaining diagrams will be on the Berks and Hants. 19/11/18 all Cheltenham-Paddington services will be operated by Class 800s. 10/12/18 Wales will see very few HST operated services. From that date there will be just 13 active HST diagrams. November is going to be a busy month as many IETs are expected to be introduced including many nine car units. I get my information from drivers who work for GWR▸ and have access to the STP diagrams. Some information is sourced on RailUK forums from various members of staff as well. |
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« Reply #1118 on: November 01, 2018, 08:41:55 » |
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This was posted on the WNXX▸ Forum earlier this morning (01/11/2018): Urgent checks being undertaken following the discovery of a detached pan head on an 800 on test before delivery to LNER» . Faulty weld on the Brecknell Willis pantograph identified as the cause. All 800s, 801s and 802s affected.
Whether this was found as a result of the 802016 mishap on the GWML▸ , or unconnected was not mentioned in the bulletin. |
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« Reply #1119 on: November 01, 2018, 17:59:21 » |
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Shall I pop over the road and ask the Brecknell Willis factory foreman if he knows what's going on?  |
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« Reply #1120 on: November 02, 2018, 11:41:46 » |
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Interesting post this morning on Rail UK▸ Forums regarding a possible solution to the issue of seat reservations being affected by last-minute rolling stock changes: Hybrid Seat Reservation system is going to be introduced early December. This means that you will be given HST▸ , 9Car and 10Car reservations all on one reservation. Of course, as of current, 10car reservations won’t be offered on South and North Cotswolds.
No further information given as of yet but not too long until this issue will be resolved.
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« Reply #1121 on: November 02, 2018, 11:57:27 » |
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Shall I pop over the road and ask the Brecknell Willis factory foreman if he knows what's going on? [/quote Or Mr Freeman or Mr Hardy ? What a shame they didn't stick with making pipe organs. |
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« Reply #1122 on: November 02, 2018, 18:10:00 » |
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Interesting post this morning on Rail UK▸ Forums regarding a possible solution to the issue of seat reservations being affected by last-minute rolling stock changes: Hybrid Seat Reservation system is going to be introduced early December. This means that you will be given HST▸ , 9Car and 10Car reservations all on one reservation. Of course, as of current, 10car reservations won’t be offered on South and North Cotswolds.
No further information given as of yet but not too long until this issue will be resolved.
That was me  . The twitter te m have been replying things just like: Glad to hear you're seated, we are introducing a hybrid reservation system from Christmas which will make the reservations much more reliable as they will fit both the old and new trains. -Andy We are moving to a hybrid reservation system which will work for either the old or new trains, so an on the day change shouldn't affect it which is what's causing the issues at the moment as reservations don't match. -Andy |
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« Reply #1123 on: November 03, 2018, 08:40:41 » |
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An interesting comment from a GWR▸ Insider on the WNXX▸ Forum.... If the passenger figures justify it there is already talk that the production line could be opened to extend the length of some 5 cars and do away with a proportion of the multiple working. My Hitachi contact informs me that it is a relatively simple job to insert two 'lightweight standards' (38t) into the 5 cars but that a completely standard fleet of nine cars is not justifiable at the moment. |
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« Reply #1124 on: November 03, 2018, 10:17:27 » |
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If the passenger figures justify it there is already talk that the production line could be opened to extend the length of some 5 cars and do away with a proportion of the multiple working. My Hitachi contact informs me that it is a relatively simple job to insert two 'lightweight standards' (38t) into the 5 cars but that a completely standard fleet of nine cars is not justifiable at the moment. Hang on a mo’ – let me get this right…. The original 125s weren’t long enough with 7 cars, so they lengthened them to 8. Then 8 cars weren’t long enough, so they bought new 10 car trains. Except that the new 10 car trains were actually two 5 car trains joined together. Now, apparently, the 5 car trains aren’t long enough, so they are going to extend them to 7 cars – but the previous 7 car trains weren’t long enough years ago. If they now join two 5 (7) car trains together they will be way too long for the majority of platforms, so how/where will they be used ? They do have a 9 car train available now but that appears to be too long !!!...............   I do not claim copyright on the above statement – I could not possibly have made it up …………….. |
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