Class 153 Unit On Heart Of Wessex/Malvern Services? (13/03/2008)

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[Lee]

From the FGW^▸ (First Great Western) website :

06:39 Westbury to Weymouth due 08:05
This train will run short formed with 1 carriages.

[CliveD]

I can confirm that this is correct - 153329 to be precise - ruuning 14 minutes late. This would mean that that the 0811 Weymouth Gt Malvern (not good as this is often an extremely busy train), 1251 Gt Malvern Weymouth (1449 ex Bristol TM^‡(resolve)) and 1711 Weymouth Cheltenham will be so formed. Interestingly, a 150 and a 158 were noted stabled in the sidings at Westbury this morning.

[Graz]

I can confirm that this is correct - 153329 to be precise - ruuning 14 minutes late. This would mean that that the 0811 Weymouth Gt Malvern (not good as this is often an extremely busy train), 1251 Gt Malvern Weymouth (1449 ex Bristol TM^‡(resolve)) and 1711 Weymouth Cheltenham will be so formed. Interestingly, a 150 and a 158 were noted stabled in the sidings at Westbury this morning.

If it was a Ex-Arriva 150 you saw, then it formed the 07:38 to Great Malvern from Westbury. Interestingly it arrived 150+158 from Warminster and also joined onto the 143 pacer I boarded down to Westbury this morning, to form a FGW^▸ (First Great Western) 143+ ex ATW^▸ (Arriva Trains Wales (former TOC^▸ (Train Operating Company))) 150+ ex TPX 158 6 car combo Great Malvern train. A real mix up, but 6 cars will be appriciated by passengers further up the line. I took a video of this on my phone, see the link below!! (apologies for the quality, anyone with a Sony Ericsson phone will know what the video quality is like!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odDLPyG_7KQ

[tramway]

I take it that there were all sorts of stock in wrong places this morning following last night's chaos around Parkway due to the failed freight.

[Graz]

^ I thought something was up yesterday when the train I caught from Warminster to Oldfield Park was a 143, probably the same one as today. I have to admit that it was a comfortable journey, though. Pacers run pretty smoothly on main lines

[Lee]

I can confirm that this is correct - 153329 to be precise - ruuning 14 minutes late. This would mean that that the 0811 Weymouth Gt Malvern (not good as this is often an extremely busy train), 1251 Gt Malvern Weymouth (1449 ex Bristol TM^‡(resolve)) and 1711 Weymouth Cheltenham will be so formed. Interestingly, a 150 and a 158 were noted stabled in the sidings at Westbury this morning.

Not related to the 153, but I note the following :

10:43 Great Malvern to Brighton due 16:14
This train will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.It will no longer call at: Great Malvern, Malvern Link and Worcester Foregate Street.This is due to an earlier train fault.

[Jim]

I can confirm that this is correct - 153329 to be precise - ruuning 14 minutes late. This would mean that that the 0811 Weymouth Gt Malvern (not good as this is often an extremely busy train), 1251 Gt Malvern Weymouth (1449 ex Bristol TM^‡(resolve)) and 1711 Weymouth Cheltenham will be so formed. Interestingly, a 150 and a 158 were noted stabled in the sidings at Westbury this morning.

150233 now on the diagram.

[Jim]

^ I thought something was up yesterday when the train I caught from Warminster to Oldfield Park was a 143, probably the same one as today. I have to admit that it was a comfortable journey, though. Pacers run pretty smoothly on main lines

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[Jim]

I can confirm that this is correct - 153329 to be precise - ruuning 14 minutes late. This would mean that that the 0811 Weymouth Gt Malvern (not good as this is often an extremely busy train), 1251 Gt Malvern Weymouth (1449 ex Bristol TM^‡(resolve)) and 1711 Weymouth Cheltenham will be so formed. Interestingly, a 150 and a 158 were noted stabled in the sidings at Westbury this morning.

Not related to the 153, but I note the following :

10:43 Great Malvern to Brighton due 16:14
This train will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.It will no longer call at: Great Malvern, Malvern Link and Worcester Foregate Street.This is due to an earlier train fault.

That was being worked by an ATW^▸ (Arriva Trains Wales (former TOC^▸ (Train Operating Company))) 150, as far as Bristol.