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Title: Invitation to tender LHS Cardiff-Taunton Post by: LiskeardRich on September 20, 2016, 09:21:16 From Rail Magazines Facebook page
Quote Up to three locomotive-hauled trains will enter traffic with Great Western Railway (GWR) next May, running between Cardiff and Taunton. They will be used to replace Class 150 and ‘153’ diesel multiple units that are being sent north for use by Northern in time for the May timetable. An Invitation to Tender (ITT) has been issued. The locomotive-hauled coaching stock (LHCS) must be formed of up to four carriages, and the ITT specifies that they will run between May and December 2017, but that there could be a change in October. There is the possibility that the trains could run for more than that seven month period Mods feel free to move but I guessed it would serve Bristol commuters predominantly. Title: Re: Invitation to tender LHS Cardiff-Taunton Post by: anthony215 on September 20, 2016, 23:31:57 Yes I suspect it will be the same two diagrams as last time as these do cover the busiest section of the route between Cardiff & Bristol TM during the peaks.
Lots of options including Class 67's top & tailing a class 442 especially as db will be looking for work for their 67 fleet. Title: Re: Invitation to tender LHS Cardiff-Taunton Post by: paul7575 on September 20, 2016, 23:55:56 Lots of options including Class 67's top & tailing a class 442 especially as db will be looking for work for their 67 fleet. A dead horse still being flogged, I see.Title: Re: Invitation to tender LHS Cardiff-Taunton Post by: Chris from Nailsea on September 21, 2016, 00:12:30 Mods feel free to move but I guessed it would serve Bristol commuters predominantly. Yes, it will serve Nailsea & Backwell commuters to Bristol (and elsewhere) admirably. :P ::) ;D 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 |