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sjpowermac
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TPE Nova 3 (Class 68 + Mk5s) updates and withdrawal from service
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Many thanks for the reply, appreciated. I can well understand your feelings. I know there were a lot of very talented people involved...
13 Mar 2024
sjpowermac
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Back in January you said: Are you now more positive about the Mk5A sets being used by another operator? (I’m not picking fault, just...
13 Mar 2024
sjpowermac
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TPE Nova 3 (Class 68 + Mk5s) updates and withdrawal from service
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The sets at Long Marston will return to Longsight for routine exams every 45 days. Once these are completed the sets will return to Long...
23 Feb 2024
sjpowermac
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Yes, you are absolutely correct about TPE being in a privileged position regarding being able to ‘introduce trains when they see fit.’...
13 Feb 2024
sjpowermac
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Many thanks for the info, most appreciated. Yes, I agree entirely, much better for TPE to offer what they can be certain of delivering...
12 Feb 2024
sjpowermac
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Yes indeed and this was the primary reason given for the reduction in the timetable from December 2023. I’m not questioning if the...
11 Feb 2024
sjpowermac
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Again, something really doesn’t add up here. TPE claimed that the reductions in the December 2023 timetable were so that they could...
11 Feb 2024
sjpowermac
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Thank you for the time you have taken to put that answer together, it’s most appreciated and very interesting. What I’m still...
11 Feb 2024
sjpowermac
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TPE Nova 3 (Class 68 + Mk5s) updates and withdrawal from service
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You claim “the training backlog is largely on its way to being solved,” (and this is within two months of the reduced timetable being...
11 Feb 2024
sjpowermac
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TPE Nova 3 (Class 68 + Mk5s) updates and withdrawal from service
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More jam tomorrow. I thought that the ‘tweaked’ timetable introduced in December 2023 was so that TPE could reduce their training...
11 Feb 2024
sjpowermac
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TPE Nova 3 (Class 68 + Mk5s) updates and withdrawal from service
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And that’s even with the ‘small reduction in North Route services’, that in reality reduced from 4 to 3 per hour the number of services...
10 Feb 2024
sjpowermac
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Potential future uses for class 68 & Mk5 sets?
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Not upset in the slightest, though point scoring does get a bit tedious. You make an interesting point about the Voyager routes, I’ll...
6 Feb 2024
sjpowermac
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That’s as maybe, but I did say ‘more likely’ rather than ‘I propose they use the Mk5A sets on that route’. Posts like this remind me...
5 Feb 2024
sjpowermac
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I think most (all?) of the trains on Cross Country that are operated by the Class 220 units are timed at 125 mph. The trains operated...
5 Feb 2024
sjpowermac
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The South Route had the added advantage that TPE set up a servicing point at Doncaster Railport, well away from any residential areas...
4 Feb 2024
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