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Title: Photos Of Stored Adelantes At Oxley Post by: Lee on February 14, 2008, 10:56:42 From the Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth Rail Passenger Association (link below) :
http://www.nwrail.org.uk/nwnews.htm Quote Feeling a bit squashed on the train in the South West? All the off lease Adelantes (Class 180^s) from FGW are now in store in the West Midlands at Oxley, Wolverhampton. The North Wales Coast Railway website has some photographs. Please scroll half way down. The pictures appear to have been taken by an employee of ATW or possibly Alstom from inside of Oxley depot. The units appear to be more hidden from public view than the stuff at Eastleigh last year presumably to avoid embarrassment. London Midland Birmingham New St to Shrewsbury stoppers and ATW Birmingham New ST to Chester or Aberystwyth/Pwllheli services run through the site. The website also has the depressing news that a freight flow has stopped- from Anglesey Aluminium the customer in Austria prefers to pay east European lorry drivers peanuts to work very long shifts ^ there^s a lot of concern about safety on the A55 across N Wales. The same link also features photos of the newly-opened Ebbw Vale line. Title: Re: Photos Of Stored Adelantes At Oxley Post by: Btline on February 14, 2008, 12:13:53 Quote Also noted at Oxley was the DRS passenger rake, with several coaches re-branded with Stobart logos: the Steady Eddie train! Apparently Stobart will be running 'Pullman' charters under the name 'Stobart EXpress.' A waste of Mk3s!!!! >:( Title: Re: Photos Of Stored Adelantes At Oxley Post by: Timmer on February 17, 2008, 17:12:55 Quote Also noted at Oxley was the DRS passenger rake, with several coaches re-branded with Stobart logos: the Steady Eddie train! Apparently Stobart will be running 'Pullman' charters under the name 'Stobart EXpress.' A waste of Mk3s!!!! >:( The longer those 180s sit there at Oxley the more the press will jump on the fact that in their view 'perfectly serviceable' trains are sitting there whilst overcrowding affects many parts of the country. 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 |