OneTrackMinded
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As mentioned upthread, just after midnight 701 operation is officially switching over to DOGC, which also coincides with when the first trainees should complete their training (6 day course) as it begun on Tuesday.
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Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates
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I believe the trainees who started on Tuesday have two more days as the training course doesn't run on weekends.
OneTrackMinded
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Was wondering that, thanks for confirming
WWTownEnth
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How many drivers attend each course (roughly)? Is there only capacity for one cohort at a time or could multiple courses be run on an overlapping basis to speed things up?
From monday it seems there will be multiple
DelW
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How have they been operated until now? Among all the discussions of different flavours of door control, I've lost track of what's actually being used.
DOGC but it wasn’t in “official” writing. It was switched over due to the lack of DCO approved stations
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Thanks for the explanation, I understand the meaning of post #12961 now.
norbitonflyer
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Are there any 701s in passenger service today? I can't find any on RTT
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