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Title: Class 150 Unit Works Portsmouth - Cardiff Services (14/12/2007) Post by: Lee on December 14, 2007, 16:02:00 A Class 150 unit was deployed on the 0830 Cardiff - Portsmouth & 1222 Portsmouth - Cardiff services today.
Title: Re: Class 150 Unit Works Portsmouth - Cardiff Services (14/12/2007) Post by: grahame on December 23, 2007, 19:48:04 And now a 153 ...
17:08 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 20:38 This train will be started from Fratton.It will no longer call at: Portsmouth Harbour and Portsmouth & Southsea.This train will run short formed with 1 carriages.This is due to a member of train crew being unavailable. I wonder how crowded that one was! Title: Re: Class 150 Unit Works Portsmouth - Cardiff Services (14/12/2007) Post by: Jim on December 23, 2007, 22:53:18 And now a 153 ... 17:08 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 20:38 This train will be started from Fratton.It will no longer call at: Portsmouth Harbour and Portsmouth & Southsea.This train will run short formed with 1 carriages.This is due to a member of train crew being unavailable. I wonder how crowded that one was! It wasn't a 153... Title: Re: Class 150 Unit Works Portsmouth - Cardiff Services (14/12/2007) Post by: grahame on December 24, 2007, 06:48:54 And now a 153 ... 17:08 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 20:38 This train will be started from Fratton.It will no longer call at: Portsmouth Harbour and Portsmouth & Southsea.This train will run short formed with 1 carriages.This is due to a member of train crew being unavailable. I wonder how crowded that one was! It wasn't a 153... OK ... I thought that the class 153 was the only one coach train operated by FGW. Jim - can you shed any further light on this ... was it really a one coach train of some other type, or was the report incorrect? Title: Re: Class 150 Unit Works Portsmouth - Cardiff Services (14/12/2007) Post by: Conner on December 24, 2007, 07:45:52 And now a 153 ... 17:08 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 20:38 This train will be started from Fratton.It will no longer call at: Portsmouth Harbour and Portsmouth & Southsea.This train will run short formed with 1 carriages.This is due to a member of train crew being unavailable. I wonder how crowded that one was! It wasn't a 153... OK ... I thought that the class 153 was the only one coach train operated by FGW. Jim - can you shed any further light on this ... was it really a one coach train of some other type, or was the report incorrect? Title: Re: Class 150 Unit Works Portsmouth - Cardiff Services (14/12/2007) Post by: vacman on December 24, 2007, 10:52:52 Didn't think 153's were allowed to Pompey?
Title: Re: Class 150 Unit Works Portsmouth - Cardiff Services (14/12/2007) Post by: grahame on December 24, 2007, 11:46:03 Didn't think 153's were allowed to Pompey? Perhaps they're not - I've made a layman's assumption on this. The only trains that are one coach run by FGW are class 153. Their trin from Asuumption made - it was a 153. It could have also been an information error on their web site, or it could have been a 2 car unit with one car locked out of use for some reason. "Staff Shortage" quoted. Title: Re: Class 150 Unit Works Portsmouth - Cardiff Services (14/12/2007) Post by: Jim on December 24, 2007, 21:37:03 It was 150244 with lighting problems in the rear coach.
Title: Re: Class 150 Unit Works Portsmouth - Cardiff Services (14/12/2007) Post by: Shazz on December 25, 2007, 00:23:29 I swear i've seen 153's cover that entire route before on arriving into cardiff, so maybe 153's are?
So digging around is required! Title: Re: Class 150 Unit Works Portsmouth - Cardiff Services (14/12/2007) Post by: Jim on December 25, 2007, 08:35:51 I swear i've seen 153's cover that entire route before on arriving into cardiff, so maybe 153's are? So digging around is required! I don't think it has ever happenend the whole route. Title: Re: Class 150 Unit Works Portsmouth - Cardiff Services (14/12/2007) Post by: moonraker on December 25, 2007, 23:14:20 I do not know the facts on this journey but it will NEVER be a 153 as far down as Fratton because they are not permitted beyond Southampton, however they can be seen Southampton to Eastleigh to Romsey and can use this circuit legitimately.
A number of reasons may reduce a two car to one, lighting, suspension etc, but not staff shortages as our services can only convey passengers with both Driver and Conductor on board for safety. Title: Re: Class 150 Unit Works Portsmouth - Cardiff Services (14/12/2007) Post by: smithy on January 16, 2008, 20:48:37 it should never be a 153 that far down they are out of gauge in that region.
Title: Re: Class 150 Unit Works Portsmouth - Cardiff Services (14/12/2007) Post by: oooooo on January 16, 2008, 21:59:02 But a 153 DID make it to PMH yesterday :o
Title: Re: Class 150 Unit Works Portsmouth - Cardiff Services (14/12/2007) Post by: Jim on January 17, 2008, 07:27:10 But a 153 DID make it to PMH yesterday :o Yep, and I wasn't on it :o :( This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |