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« on: May 15, 2008, 08:04:44 AM » |
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From the FGW website :
07:31 Truro to Falmouth Docks due 07:54
This train has been cancelled.This is due to a train fault.
Replacement road transport is in operation from Truro to Falmouth Docks.
07:57 Falmouth Docks to Truro due 08:21
This train has been cancelled.This is due to a train fault.
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Conner
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« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2008, 08:11:43 AM » |
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150 failures are getting more common now.
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vacman
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« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2008, 07:09:40 PM » |
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150 failures are getting more common now.
ummm, it was a 153 today! 305, NRN radio failed, had to fit an entire new one, first train to run was the 1239 I think! |
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Conner
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« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2008, 09:29:03 PM » |
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150 failures are getting more common now.
ummm, it was a 153 today! 305, NRN radio failed, had to fit an entire new one, first train to run was the 1239 I think! Shouldn't be a 153 on Falmouth, crazy at peak time. |
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« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2008, 10:05:58 PM » |
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It booked a pair of 153s from next week, wonder how often one will get 'pinched' though when something else goes wrong.....
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Conner
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« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2008, 10:07:28 PM » |
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It booked a pair of 153s from next week, wonder how often one will get 'pinched' though when something else goes wrong.....
As long as the something else won't get cancelled without a 153 Falmouth should keep it, it gets busy in the peak as a 150. |
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« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2008, 11:03:43 PM » |
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It booked a pair of 153s from next week, wonder how often one will get 'pinched' though when something else goes wrong.....
Are they giving you more slack then?? |
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Jim
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« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2008, 07:29:16 AM » |
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It booked a pair of 153s from next week, wonder how often one will get 'pinched' though when something else goes wrong.....
Are they giving you more slack then?? What for? 153's are fast enough in a pair.... |
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Cheers Jim  AG's most famous quote "It'll be better next week" |
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oooooo
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« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2008, 10:56:40 AM » |
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You loose time with a pair of 153s as station dwell time is longer, takes far longer to get large amounts of passengers in/out of a pair of 153s than it does a 150.
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vacman
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« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2008, 11:58:33 AM » |
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150 failures are getting more common now.
ummm, it was a 153 today! 305, NRN radio failed, had to fit an entire new one, first train to run was the 1239 I think! Shouldn't be a 153 on Falmouth, crazy at peak time. was due to the 150 being swapped to go to St Ives due to the 30th anniversary of the Park and Ride. |
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vacman
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« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2008, 11:59:29 AM » |
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You loose time with a pair of 153s as station dwell time is longer, takes far longer to get large amounts of passengers in/out of a pair of 153s than it does a 150.
Maybe, but Wessex used to diagram a SINGLE 153 on the Fal branch during the summer months! |
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chris from nailsea
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« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2008, 10:29:23 PM » |
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Just an observation, but 153370 turned up, rather late, for the 0859 from Nailsea to BTM this morning. Is it just me, or are 153s rubbish?  |
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John R
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« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2008, 07:25:31 AM » |
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It was about 20 down on the preceding working to Weston when I passed it. Maybe it was drafted in at short notice to replace something else.
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chris from nailsea
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« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2008, 12:55:37 PM » |
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I agree, John: the 0859 is usually a 143 - generally adequate, for the number of commuters at that time. Last week, however, we had a rare treat: one of my fellow passegers saw the approaching 0859 and exclaimed with surprise, 'Oh, look: two trains in one this morning!' I didn't have the heart to tell her it was actually just the one train - a three car 158!  A bit over the top for the number of passengers on that occasion - but it does seem to confirm that the 143s are struggling with reliability. |
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Conner
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« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2008, 08:21:20 PM » |
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Wow 158 vice 143, wish that sort of swap happened more often.
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