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« Reply #420 on: July 15, 2013, 05:36:38 » |
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Knock on effect is the 07:41 Penzance to London Paddington will start from Exeter St David's because the HST▸ planned to run the service was used for the sleeper.
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« Reply #421 on: July 15, 2013, 07:40:19 » |
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Additional Information:
Cross Country have kindly agreed for those First Great Western ticket holders who would have travelled on this altered train service to travel on their 08:28 Penzance to Glasgow service between Penzance and Exeter St Davids in order to connect with alternative train services. |
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« Reply #422 on: July 15, 2013, 09:04:43 » |
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Not much help taking the XC▸ service if trying to get to work anywhere East of Camborne for 9am though. I imagine a lot of late people to work in Cornwall this morning.
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« Reply #423 on: July 15, 2013, 10:37:10 » |
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The XC▸ service also stopped at Hayle and 1A81 is stopping at Saltash & St. Germans additionally.
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« Reply #424 on: July 15, 2013, 16:38:20 » |
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ITV Westcountry were invited aboard the up Night Riviera on 11th July 2013. Report and video at the following link: http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/search/?q=all+aboard+the+night+trainSleeper carriages have a few more years left in them. But those Class 57s? Parts of them are nearly 50 years old. It's always them that cause cancellations of the Sleeper service. Time that alternative traction was looked at. |
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« Reply #425 on: July 15, 2013, 21:09:36 » |
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The Mk111 sleepers were introduced as a consequence of the Taunton Fire in 1978 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton_sleeping_car_fire the Mk1 sleeper were not destined to be replaced BR▸ and the DoT and particularly the MP▸ 's did not want to go through the flak that withdrawal of the service would have caused. |
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« Reply #426 on: July 16, 2013, 01:03:45 » |
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Sleeper set went through Dawlish mid morning on the up.
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« Reply #427 on: July 16, 2013, 09:24:16 » |
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It ran in the path of the 0740 although was approx 20 early at Saltash due to non stop.
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« Reply #428 on: July 21, 2013, 00:40:11 » |
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The tragic Taunton sleeper train fire in 1978 was also discussed on this forum at http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=3153.0  |
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« Reply #429 on: August 02, 2013, 12:44:47 » |
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Was this a 57 fault again? If so FGW▸ seriously need to look at alternative motive power, as there are only so many times you can let your customers down before they look elsewhere e.g stay in a hotel
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« Reply #430 on: August 04, 2013, 19:50:28 » |
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And what options would there realistically be to replace the 57s, as HST▸ power cars are not an option yet?
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« Reply #431 on: August 04, 2013, 20:05:18 » |
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Was this a 57 fault again? If so FGW▸ seriously need to look at alternative motive power, as there are only so many times you can let your customers down before they look elsewhere e.g stay in a hotel
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« Reply #432 on: August 05, 2013, 16:58:27 » |
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if the sleeper class 57 problems are getting more frequent then surely retire them and hire class 67's?
i do not know if class 66 could be used for sleeper coach hauling?
what do you need, 3 of them?
pity you cannot use HST▸ power cars, something to do with 2 different voltages and electric wiring on HST mk3 coaches and normal mk3 coaches...totally incompatible..hmmm what a great way to build things
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« Reply #433 on: August 05, 2013, 17:55:22 » |
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Power Cars will no doubt be used in the future after IEP▸ happens, however even if they were compatible, are there even any spares to use?
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« Reply #434 on: October 04, 2013, 07:52:50 » |
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On arrival at Paddington this morning (Friday 4th October ) the overnight sleeper was parked on p1 as normal but at the main concourse end it was fronted by two back to back class 43 power units
Was there a problem with the normal power unit on this service?
Thanks out of curiosity
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