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Class 376 deployment questions
"Chris Fribbins" wrote in message ... R.C. Payne wrote: MIG wrote: James Looker wrote in message ... Nick Lawford wrote: "Peter Masson" wrote in message There won't be enough 376s to displace Networkers completely from any route. There are more than enough to cover specific routes entirely. 36 units must be more than enough to cover a service such as Hayes or Dartford via Greenwich (and excluding the obvious but silly answer of Bromley North). Surely both routes are entirely served from CS/CX so the short platforms issue does not arise. I can't see any reason why they'd diagram in such a way to be 376 only, but it could be done in theory, which is why I assume the OP asked the question. -- Nick Bromley North has been using the new trains and they have also been down to Orpington and Sevenoaks. The routes through Grove Park are definetly getting all new Class 376 trains within the next year. No one seems to have news of a drastic change in the diagrams that would keep units on specific routes. That's why they can't be kept on journeys they are best suited to. The are already doing some "semi-fasts" via Woolwich and Lewisham. I seem to recall having heard talk that (somehow) these trains were to be kept off longer distance trips such as beyond Dartford, and people here (on both uk.railway and u.t.l) pointing out how dificult that would be. Have TPTB finally given up the idea of keeping them off Gillingham services and the like? Robin They are diagrammed on the 17:46 from Cannon Street to Higham (Strood when tunnel re-opens in January) every day at the moment - 2 x 5 cars. The official line is that they will run to Gravesend in off-peak but may be used on longer journeys to/from Gillingham in the peak (also Orpington off-peak, Sevenoaks in Peak). In reality seats are likely to become available at Dartford (Coastbound) or earlier if you walk through the train (easier than most) and you will get a seat from longer out if you are London bound - that is if you want one!. Chris I can't believe this - are they seriously planning to run to Gillingham on stock with no toilets? This is just absured, it really is. Aaron ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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Class 376 deployment questions
Aaron Borbora wrote:
I can't believe this - are they seriously planning to run to Gillingham on stock with no toilets? This is just absured, it really is. There's a precedent - they run from London Bridge to Tonbridge using class 508s. -- John Ray |
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On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:09:10 +0000, John Ray wrote:
Aaron Borbora wrote: I can't believe this - are they seriously planning to run to Gillingham on stock with no toilets? This is just absured, it really is. There's a precedent - they run from London Bridge to Tonbridge using class 508s. a 508 *is* a toilet! :/ |
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Class 376 deployment questions
Aaron Borbora wrote to uk.transport.london on Tue, 30 Nov 2004:
I can't believe this - are they seriously planning to run to Gillingham on stock with no toilets? This is just absured, it really is. When did you last travel on a train that had a working one? They are invariably locked out of service, in my experience - and if they *should* happen to be open, they are filthy and unusable. Cue old-ladyish mutter of "In my young day....."..... -- "Mrs Redboots" http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/ Website updated 28 November 2004 |
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Class 376 deployment questions
In article , Mrs Redboots
writes I can't believe this - are they seriously planning to run to Gillingham on stock with no toilets? When did you last travel on a train that had a working one? About 90 minutes ago. Admittedly this was on WA"not any more, but we can make 365s work"GN. -- Clive D.W. Feather | Home: Tel: +44 20 8495 6138 (work) | Web: http://www.davros.org Fax: +44 870 051 9937 | Work: Please reply to the Reply-To address, which is: |
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Mrs Redboots wrote in message ...
Aaron Borbora wrote to uk.transport.london on Tue, 30 Nov 2004: I can't believe this - are they seriously planning to run to Gillingham on stock with no toilets? This is just absured, it really is. When did you last travel on a train that had a working one? They are invariably locked out of service, in my experience - and if they *should* happen to be open, they are filthy and unusable. Cue old-ladyish mutter of "In my young day....."..... Not on South Eastern Networkers for a long time, but to be fair, they never had them on the EPBs that ran to Gillingham. Now that they work less and less, the stink isn't so bad. You can usually get a seat near the toilets because people assume that they stink and stay away. |
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Aaron Borbora wrote: I can't believe this - are they seriously planning to run to Gillingham on stock with no toilets? This is just absured, it really is. Such as 2x 4EPB, for instance ... Nick -- http://www.leverton.org/ ... So express yourself |
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