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« on: April 08, 2008, 17:14:13 »
From the FGW▸ (First Great Western) website :

16:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 19:41
This train will run short formed with 2 carriages.This is due to an earlier train fault.
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« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2008, 07:27:31 »
Quote from: Lee Fletcher on April 08, 2008, 17:14:13
From the FGW▸ (First Great Western) website :

16:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 19:41
This train will run short formed with 2 carriages.This is due to an earlier train fault.


Why is that interesting?
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« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2008, 07:34:10 »
Quote from: Jim on April 09, 2008, 07:27:31
Quote from: Lee Fletcher on April 08, 2008, 17:14:13
From the FGW▸ (First Great Western) website :

16:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 19:41
This train will run short formed with 2 carriages.This is due to an earlier train fault.


Why is that interesting?

Because I have been keeping an eye out for services on which FGW are deploying 3-coach Class 158 conversions, and I am trying to keep up with how the overall process is going. In that context, short-formed Portsmouth-Cardiff services are of interest to me.
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« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2008, 08:10:33 »
Quote from: Lee Fletcher on April 09, 2008, 07:34:10
Quote from: Jim on April 09, 2008, 07:27:31
Quote from: Lee Fletcher on April 08, 2008, 17:14:13
From the FGW▸ (First Great Western) website :

16:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 19:41
This train will run short formed with 2 carriages.This is due to an earlier train fault.


Why is that interesting?

Because I have been keeping an eye out for services on which FGW are deploying 3-coach Class 158 conversions, and I am trying to keep up with how the overall process is going. In that context, short-formed Portsmouth-Cardiff services are of interest to me.

But that is a booked 4car...
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« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2008, 08:18:30 »
Quote from: Jim on April 09, 2008, 08:10:33
Quote from: Lee Fletcher on April 09, 2008, 07:34:10
Quote from: Jim on April 09, 2008, 07:27:31
Quote from: Lee Fletcher on April 08, 2008, 17:14:13
From the FGW▸ (First Great Western) website :

16:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 19:41
This train will run short formed with 2 carriages.This is due to an earlier train fault.


Why is that interesting?

Because I have been keeping an eye out for services on which FGW are deploying 3-coach Class 158 conversions, and I am trying to keep up with how the overall process is going. In that context, short-formed Portsmouth-Cardiff services are of interest to me.

But that is a booked 4car...

As I said, Jim, I am looking at the overall process, and in addition to that I am also studying what FGW may or may not be looking to do rolling stock deployment-wise in the future.

From my perspective, its something that can be referred back to if required in that respect.
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« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2008, 14:52:41 »
Few complaints about the 0643 Frome - Cardiff this morning as it was 5 cars, 3 car 158 with a 143 on the rear, loads of room to rattle around in.  Grin

Service somewhat let down by poor passenger info as to which section was going to be going onwards to Cardiff from BTM▸ (Bristol Temple Meads (strictly, it should be BRI) but BTM is a commonly used alternative)), guard announcement on the train was it was going to be the 143 so we duly got off only to see the 143 passengers heading in our direction, some general milling about until it was confirmed the 158 WAS the Cardiff train after all.
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« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2008, 21:26:10 »
Also interesting that the 143 forming the 0929 service from Nailsea to BTM▸ (Bristol Temple Meads (strictly, it should be BRI) but BTM is a commonly used alternative)) this morning was towing another 'apparently' broken down 143 (it was LOOU▸ (Locked Out Of Use), anyway).

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