Yes, that is what is going to happen but, Apedlar12, scroll back on this thread to see why it's not going to be very soon.
Yes, thanks more likely December then at this rate... I see you did mention something about changing the train at St Davids so that the Barnstaple section would receive the 158s and then the Exmouth and Paignton end would be 143/150. I guess if this did happen, it may happen before the 158s turn up full time?
Yes, if it happens, it would be before the 158s turn up full time. We'll see.
Where did you hear the info about this possible idea before they turn up fully?
A very good source but it was a couple of months ago and they were speculating. If it did happen, it would be a hassle for passengers and staff to have to change and move forward at St Davids. It would take a few minutes too. Easy to see it not happening, I'm afraid.
If that happened, surely there would have to be a lot of platform changes due to other services needing to use P1/P3 at EXD. As usually the Barnstaple bound services use P3 but if there was to be a 158 waiting for the 150/143 it would have to be stored elsewhere e.g. P2 until the service from EXM arrived?
Sorry, just seen this. No, not necessarily. For example, in the southbound direction the 150 or 142 for Exmouth could already be in platform 1 and the 158 ex Barnstaple would come in behind it. If it was decided it was a good idea, it could be done fairly simply but, of course, not as simply as running the train with 150/143s straight through. We'll see in time.
