Norhern Rail Class 153

[caliwag]

153s in regular use on the half hourly Maritime line...Truro-Falmouth, with a third parked at the South end of Truro. I rather like them on that route.

Northern seems to use "three" coupled together on the Leeds/Harrogate/Knaresborough shuttle, which aside from capacity issues would seem to be a bit of a wasted resource...comfortable though they are.

 

[142094]

It's usually a 2 car 150 with a 153 on the end for the Harrogate line services, and usually used on the peak time Harrogate - York - Leeds morning service and then the ones from Leeds during the evening. Probably not worth the hassle of splitting them up during the day and they putting them back together again later on.

Also gives some operational flexibility - the 08.27 York - Leeds is booked for a 142 coming off a Selby - York service, but once when this was caped, it would have been easy to just cancel the 08.27 and get eveyone on the TPE (apart from those at Micklefield, East Garforth and Cross Gates of course), but the 153 was decoupled from the 150, sent down to Holgate sidings, reversed and then worked the 08.27. Even though it was packed, at least those people at the above 3 stations got to work on time.

 

[caliwag]

My mistake...155 set with a 153...still lots of seats though

 

[142094]

Lots of seats, but 150s are not much use on Huddersfield - Man Vic services. Should have a 158 at least on that.

 

[tbtc]

Lots of seats, but 150s are not much use on Huddersfield - Man Vic services. Should have a 158 at least on that.

Do you mean a 158 is needed for capacity or for speed on the "all stops" service?

 

[142094]

Capacity - you see the 158s empty on some services when they would be better on Huddersfield - Man Vic. Weekends seem to be the worst time, but then again I've seen some daytime weekday services which are rammed as well.

 

[I like Class 153]

I might try again catching the 09:44 train from Sheffield to Worksop and make sure it is a Northern Class 153 unit because when I planned to go, my train from Derby to Sheffield was delayed and I missed it which was a blow and I had catch 10:44 train from Sheffield to Worksop on Class 144 which I really hated,

Please give me a Class 153 single car unit from Sheffield to Worksop

 

[yorksrob]

Do you mean a 158 is needed for capacity or for speed on the "all stops" service?

Actually, I'd say a 158 is ideal for that route in terms of passenger comfort as well (although to be honest a 156 would be fine as well). Some of the journeys involved are a bit long for a 150.

 

[I like Class 153]

On the Monday to Friday 09:44 Sheffield to Lincoln service is the service still booked for the Class 153 single carriage unit as I'm thinking of still going on it? I tried it before but I missed that train as my train from Derby to Sheffield was delayed and I had to go on a 144 unit which I hated.

 

[realsteam123]

Preston- Ormskirk all day long. Its the same 153 all day but it often changes from day to day. The tims can be found here towards the bottom of the page.
http://www.northernrail.org/pdfs/timetables/20100523/10.pdf