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Title: 02/08/2017 17:49 - 2, not 8 coaches Post by: Jason on August 02, 2017, 16:04:56 My automated phone alerts inform me that this train today will have 2, not 8 coaches.
That could be a cozy ride if that is the case. Title: Re: 02/08/2017 17:49 - 2, not 8 coaches Post by: ChrisB on August 02, 2017, 16:14:46 It's got a Shipton styop in it, hasn't it? It *will* be very cosy indeed.
Title: Re: 02/08/2017 17:49 - 2, not 8 coaches Post by: Richard Fairhurst on August 02, 2017, 17:09:10 And people are starting to arrive at Charlbury in their droves for the Wilderness Festival...
Title: Re: 02/08/2017 17:49 - 2, not 8 coaches Post by: IndustryInsider on August 02, 2017, 19:19:12 You'd have thought a 3-car could have been found, though that would of course have meant something else running short. Was known about at around midday so plenty of notice.
Title: Re: 02/08/2017 17:49 - 2, not 8 coaches Post by: ChrisB on August 02, 2017, 20:46:06 Isn't Shipton a 2car platform, or SDO needed?
Thats one of the reasons why the halts trains are exactly that Title: Re: 02/08/2017 17:49 - 2, not 8 coaches Post by: IndustryInsider on August 02, 2017, 21:21:56 Three cars in that direction, so it would have been ok, though it is two cars coming the other way.
Title: Re: 02/08/2017 17:49 - 2, not 8 coaches Post by: Richard Fairhurst on August 02, 2017, 21:45:27 Yep. Also possible to operate with a 3-car and send passengers for the shorter platforms by taxi from Oxford - I've seen that done a couple of times.
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