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1  Journey by Journey / Portsmouth to Cardiff / Re: New Units revisited on: July 25, 2009, 10:58:41
This electrification programme radically affects the requirements for rolling stock over the next decade. There will be far less need for diesel trains and a greater requirement for electric trains. In particular, the previously-planned procurement by the Government of new diesel trains has now been superseded.  We will accordingly publish a new rolling stock plan in the autumn, taking account of the changed circumstances.

This suggests that the new build stock for Cardiff-Pompey will never happen. Expect to see cascaded Class 165/166 some time around 2016. Or maybe 5 car HSTs (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) when they start to be offloaded from London-Cardiff.
2  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: No Fare Strike this year! on: January 05, 2009, 13:28:25
And last Saturday, FGW (First Great Western) ran a HST (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) set with SSL (Short Swing Link bogies (125)) bogies from Bristol to Portsmouth and back as a footie train.
3  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: First to Lose Franchise ( Rumour ) on: January 09, 2008, 13:15:00
I have heard from a reliable source (based on what i've been told previously), that SWT (South West Trains) have offered to take over running Portsmouth - Bristol/Cardiff, Weymouth and Exeter area services.

They currently have a surplus of DMUs (Diesel Multiple Unit) (for the next 2 years). I know that SWT have wanted to do this before - I wonder if this time they will get the chance...
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