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Title: 1641 Bristol Temple Meads to Great Malvern Post by: asdfg on November 12, 2008, 18:43:01 Today this service was operated by a 3-car Class 158 (158951 for those that care). For some reason this service started at Westbury rather than Warminster so I presume that there was a problem and we were lucky that FGW had a 3-car unit available. How much more comfortable the journey was compared to the usual 2-car Class 150 that is booked to operate this service.
It only goes to show that heavily loaded local journeys leaving Temple Meads between 1600 and 1800 need at least a 3-car unit. I'm not blaming FGW as I know they only have a limited amount of stock available but I am amazed that at sometime, someone decided that all units in the south west were to be a maximum of two cars. :o Title: Re: 1641 Bristol Temple Meads to Great Malvern Post by: Btline on November 12, 2008, 18:59:06 I bet it arrived early at Worcester, with the 90 mph speed.
Title: Re: 1641 Bristol Temple Meads to Great Malvern Post by: devon_metro on November 12, 2008, 19:06:06 I bet it arrived early at Worcester, with the 90 mph speed. No ;) Title: Re: 1641 Bristol Temple Meads to Great Malvern Post by: John R on November 12, 2008, 19:11:02 The diagram that forms the 0751 Bristol to Weston and 0840 return appears to be a regular 3 car 158 currently, which surprises me, since it's travelling away from the flow and then back in when the peak is over and 2 cars is sufficient.
Title: Re: 1641 Bristol Temple Meads to Great Malvern Post by: Chris from Nailsea on November 12, 2008, 20:28:17 Indeed, John, the 08:59 NLS to BRI on Monday, and this morning, was a three car 158 - I had nearly a whole carriage to myself! ;) :D ;D
Title: Re: 1641 Bristol Temple Meads to Great Malvern Post by: Btline on November 12, 2008, 22:05:44 I bet it arrived early at Worcester, with the 90 mph speed. No ;) Title: Re: 1641 Bristol Temple Meads to Great Malvern Post by: G.Uard on November 13, 2008, 07:11:48 ::) The driver probably went at 75 to save fuel. Yeah right! ;D ;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 |