Arriva Class 175 in the Bristol area today??

XPT

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Arriva Class 175 in the Bristol area today??

« on: October 28, 2010, 20:13:14 »

Today when walking through the office complex which I work at, I looked out through the large panoramic window, and I'm pretty sure that I saw an Arriva Class 175 running from Bristol Parkway down towards Temple Meads. This would have been at just after 2:30pm. Could this possibly have been the 1251 Great Malvern-Weymouth service, running about 10 minutes late? And this set is on hire to FGW^▸ from Arriva? Or could this Class 175 have been used on a non-passenger service today running through the Bristol area for some reason?

I hope my eyes weren't deceiving me. But I'm pretty sure it was a Class 175. It would be very interesting to see any of these used on FGW services.


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anthony215

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Re: Arriva Class 175 in the Bristol area today??

« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2010, 00:43:22 »

I would be very surprised if it was a class 175 as arriva are having a bit of a shortage of rolling stock.


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dog box

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Re: Arriva Class 175 in the Bristol area today??

« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2010, 18:35:10 »

wouldnt have been in service only possible reason it may have been running empty to the axiom rail depot at Barton Hill for work


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Jez

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Re: Arriva Class 175 in the Bristol area today??

« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2010, 19:43:52 »

Quote from: anthony215 on October 29, 2010, 00:43:22

I would be very surprised if it was a class 175 as arriva are having a bit of a shortage of rolling stock.

Are ATW^▸ running short of 175s?


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