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I suspect that XC will be pulling out of Bournemouth altogether soon enough. Either terminations at Southampton or Reading.

Do you have a link to that track access application? The Hemel trains (certainly the 0731 off Hemel) are very well loaded.

Test runs? Just warm storage runs surely?

I don’t think they’re making a big deal about it. They rarely do when it’s cuts to services. Odd that.

The MKC to WFJ change saved them 4x 377/2 units I believe and allowed them to dump the 455s. The Hemel workings are done in the same time the unit dwells in the bay at Watford for. It meant that if the bay was not available then the unit could go to Hemel and come back again.

It isn’t. There’s no saving on unit, operating costs or crew. This is a Network Rail decision. End of. Nothing to do with GTR allegedly. There aren't that I’m aware of. I’ve seen the crew workings.

Am told Network Rail refused the pathways. 1709930346 Nope. They’re gone I’m afraid.

And that’s encouraging to read. With the government being so anti-rail it seems to me that these units will need to demonstrate their use before the election or else that incentive to persevere will just witter away.

Does anyone actually think this is going to go ahead? It seems quite likely to me that this will go the same way as 769s and virtually everything else, it will get pulled and they’ll end up going for scrap and the money will have been wasted. I hope to be proved wrong.

Pan Up or Pan Down?

Long long ago Corby was originally meant to be a destination for the 319s I believe. So it’s always had the ‘risk’ of 3+2 seating. They were just spoiled with 222 & HST luxury for a while there!

Someone has raised them then, that’s encouraging.

But then there is the Norton Bridge.

Noticed all the 321s at Wembley Yard are now panned down. They had been panned up prior to Christmas. Could this be a sign that they are soon to be moved on?

With Ardwick, presumably the replacement bridge will need to come with lifts and accessibility that the current one doesn’t provide?