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« on: June 24, 2008, 11:31:19 »
From the FGW▸ (First Great Western) website :

08:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due 11:54
This train will run short formed with 2 carriages between Cardiff Central and Portsmouth Harbour.This is due to an earlier train fault.

09:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due 12:54
This train will run short formed with 2 carriages between Cardiff Central and Portsmouth Harbour.This is due to an earlier train fault.

13:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 16:43
This train will run short formed with 2 carriages between Portsmouth Harbour and Cardiff Central.This is due to an earlier train fault.

16:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due 19:54
This train will run short formed with 2 carriages between Cardiff Central and Bristol Temple Meads.This is due to an earlier train fault.

From Bristol Temple Meads to Portsmouth Harbour this train will be formed of 4 carriages instead of 5.

17:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due 20:59
This train will run short formed with 2 carriages.
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« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2008, 07:10:25 »
Looks like one of FGW▸ (First Great Western)'s three car 158s must be out of action as another 2 car 158 is running the route today:

05:49 Westbury to Portsmouth Harbour due 07:45
This train will run short formed with 2 carriages.This is due to a train fault.

08:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 11:43
This train will run short formed with 2 carriages.This is due to an earlier train fault.


Tom can correct me if I'm wrong but I assume this will then run the 12.30 Cardiff-Portsmouth, 16.22 Portsmouth-Cardiff later in the day?
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« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2008, 11:13:03 »
Two of the 3-car 158's are out of action by the look of it :

09:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due 12:54
This train will run short formed with 2 carriages.This is due to an earlier train fault.


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« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2008, 12:52:06 »
Not all of them have been formed yet...
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« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2008, 14:49:10 »
Quote from: devon_metro on June 25, 2008, 12:52:06
Not all of them have been formed yet...

Portsmouth-Cardiff services are all diagrammed as 3-coach 158's though (link below.)
http://www.southwesternlines.co.uk/downloads/fgwdiagmay08/SX_PM158s.pdf
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« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2008, 15:03:30 »
Correct, but there are still some 3 coach 158s to be put together. I'm sure Jim would update us, but he's banned...
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« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2008, 15:32:06 »
Quote from the link below.
http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=3035.msg23283#msg23283

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All twelve First Great Western single carriage class 153 units have now been refurbished by Wabtec Rail at Doncaster. First Great Western now has eight three-carriage refurbished class 158 units in service ^ the company is planning to have eleven three-carriage refurbished class 158 units, primarily for use on services between Cardiff Central and Portsmouth Harbour.

Hope this helps.
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« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2008, 08:53:11 »
Looks like one of the new 158/9^s has had problems as it has reverted to 2 car as it ran last nights 1822 BTM▸ (Bristol Temple Meads (strictly, it should be BRI)) Pompey. It arrived at Filton as 2 car but fortunately attached to a 150 on Platform 1.

As an aside I take it there is a broken rail at Filton junction judging by the speed restriction currently imposed there.
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