IETs into passenger service from 16 Oct 2017 and subsequent performance issues

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[broadgage]

As Mark Hopwood is now a member of these forums, this is just the sort of thing to which he could reply with the facts.

[1st fan]

As Mark Hopwood is now a member of these forums, this is just the sort of thing to which he could reply with the facts.

I think there's more chance of all the IET^▸ (Intercity Express Train) fleet being sold to Jersey and the and the turbos being the replacement. I await being proved wrong on this.

[onthecushions]

I think there's more chance of all the IET^▸ (Intercity Express Train) fleet being sold to Jersey and the and the turbos being the replacement. I await being proved wrong on this.

They could do with new stock.

http://pallotmuseum.co.uk/railway/pages/locomotive_1/index.htm

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[TaplowGreen]

I think there's more chance of all the IET^▸ (Intercity Express Train) fleet being sold to Jersey and the and the turbos being the replacement. I await being proved wrong on this.

They could do with new stock.

http://pallotmuseum.co.uk/railway/pages/locomotive_1/index.htm

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.....ah but does it have a Pullman restaurant on board to keep Broadgage happy? 🙂

[broadgage]

I rather doubt it, OTOH^▸ (On The Other Hand) Jersey is small enough not to need an on board restaurant for any likely train journey. Unlike the mainland UK^▸ (United Kingdom).

[grahame]

I rather doubt it, OTOH^▸ (On The Other Hand) Jersey is small enough not to need an on board restaurant for any likely train journey. Unlike the mainland UK^▸ (United Kingdom).

I am rather concerned for the mainland future of the restaurant car too ... it is unclear to me what exceptions might be made for prohibited smelly food items ... it's not as if they'll be enclosed in transit if they're cooked then put on a plate in front of people, is it?

From BTP^▸ (British Transport Police) yesterday ...

To ensure all passengers have a hassle-free journey we have composed a brief list of prohibited items, which you are advised to please check before you travel:
•   Eggs
•   Fish (fresh and tinned)
•   Blue cheese
•   Sausage rolls
•   Fermented shark and vegetables
•   Fast food

A trolley looks like much less of a problem ... take off the egg and cress sandwiches and sausage rolls, and you don't have an issue.   Personally I don't consider a trolley to be fast food as it only arrives at my seat just before I get to my destination ... and (as CfN will confirm) it's far from fast to get past when you've joined a train at one end and you're looking to walk through to join your colleague at the other end.

[Jason]

I'm on 1W02 1722 Paddington to Hereford and we've conked out just outside of Paddington.

An engineer is coming out on the 1742 to have a look.

[SandTEngineer]

Yes, and causing a little bit of rush hour chaos behind you....

[Jason]

Limping back to Paddington for termination. Brake fault.

[TaplowGreen]

Lots of shortforms already today, all 5 instead of 9/10;

06:03 Bristol Temple Meads to Weston-Super-Mare due 06:34

06:05 Frome to London Paddington due 08:08

06:48 Weston-Super-Mare to London Paddington due 09:12

07:30 Carmarthen to London Paddington due 11:32

10:00 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads due 11:43

12:30 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington due 14:14

13:15 London Paddington to Cardiff Central due 15:23

14:45 London Paddington to Swansea due 17:42

15:56 Cardiff Central to London Paddington due 18:03

18:29 Swansea to London Paddington due 21:31

18:30 London Paddington to Weston-Super-Mare due 20:54

22:15 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads due 00:14

[grahame]

Lots of shortforms already today, all 5 instead of 9/10;

06:03 Bristol Temple Meads to Weston-Super-Mare due 06:34
06:48 Weston-Super-Mare to London Paddington due 09:12
10:00 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads due 11:43
12:30 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington due 14:14
14:45 London Paddington to Swansea due 17:42
18:29 Swansea to London Paddington due 21:31

06:05 Frome to London Paddington due 08:08

07:30 Carmarthen to London Paddington due 11:32
13:15 London Paddington to Cardiff Central due 15:23
15:56 Cardiff Central to London Paddington due 18:03
18:30 London Paddington to Weston-Super-Mare due 20:54
22:15 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads due 00:14

I've re-organised that ... looks like 2 (out of around 40?) full diagrams plus a single extra working.

Lots more than there should be (and by now there should be 3 x Bedwyn diagrams running) but still very much a minority of trains

[jamestheredengine]

A trolley looks like much less of a problem ... take off the egg and cress sandwiches and sausage rolls, and you don't have an issue.   Personally I don't consider a trolley to be fast food as it only arrives at my seat just before I get to my destination ... and (as CfN will confirm) it's far from fast to get past when you've joined a train at one end and you're looking to walk through to join your colleague at the other end.

And then you get incidents like yesterday's 1B46 1445 Paddington to Swansea, which really gets busy at Cardiff (and the buffet used to get busy at that point too). Instead the front unit (i.e. the busier one, as the exits at Neath and Swansea are at that end) trolley staff decided they couldn't be bothered to do another run through Standard Class on departure from Cardiff and instead locked it up and went and hid somewhere in First. There doesn't seem to be any sanction from GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) against this sort of laziness losing them money.

[GBM]

Is there any way of telling if 1A82 tomorrow, Penzance to Paddington (11th April) is an IET^▸ (Intercity Express Train) or HST^▸ (High Speed Train) please?

Many thanks

[phile]

A trolley looks like much less of a problem ... take off the egg and cress sandwiches and sausage rolls, and you don't have an issue.   Personally I don't consider a trolley to be fast food as it only arrives at my seat just before I get to my destination ... and (as CfN will confirm) it's far from fast to get past when you've joined a train at one end and you're looking to walk through to join your colleague at the other end.

And then you get incidents like yesterday's 1B46 1445 Paddington to Swansea, which really gets busy at Cardiff (and the buffet used to get busy at that point too). Instead the front unit (i.e. the busier one, as the exits at Neath and Swansea are at that end) trolley staff decided they couldn't be bothered to do another run through Standard Class on departure from Cardiff and instead locked it up and went and hid somewhere in First. There doesn't seem to be any sanction from GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) against this sort of laziness losing them money.

Is the service outsourced ?

[Sixty3Closure]

Some problems on the 17.07 to Frome yesterday. Not technical enough to know what they were but the driver was keeping us fully informed with details like 'on the phone to Hitachi', I found it interesting although not sure my fellow passengers agreed. The solution was to rest the motors (aka turn it off and on).

Thought it was good that drivers could get straight through to what was presumably  Hitachi 3rd line support though.