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RE: TransPennine Express - ant17612 - 08/06/2018 19:31
TransPennine will now not be using the Mark 3 Sets in public service.
https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/media-centre/mark-3-disability-statement
RE: TransPennine Express - ant17612 - 10/06/2018 10:03
68027+68032 off to York today for Driver Training duties.
RE: TransPennine Express - mikestone - 10/06/2018 10:23
(08/06/2018 19:31)ant17612 Wrote: TransPennine will now not be using the Mark 3 Sets in public service.
https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/media-centre/mark-3-disability-statement
The link no longer works - did anyone save a copy?
RE: TransPennine Express - Gordon V - 10/06/2018 10:43
(10/06/2018 10:23)mikestone Wrote: The link no longer works - did anyone save a copy?
No but similar info here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44418231
RE: TransPennine Express - mikestone - 10/06/2018 14:37
Apparently its still in the google cache.
Its disappearance perhaps suggests they haven't had DfT approval?
RE: TransPennine Express - ant17612 - 14/06/2018 10:17
47812+47813 delivering the next Mark 5A set to Manchester International tomorrow.
RE: TransPennine Express - knutstransport - 24/07/2018 16:18
TPE have the dubious honour of taking the top two slots on DfT's most overcrowded train list for Autumn 2017: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/728107/top-10-overcrowded-train-services-england-and-wales-autumn-2017.csv/preview
RE: TransPennine Express - childwallblues - 25/07/2018 05:05
Given that the figures are published nine months after the event it is probable that they are no longer accurate as the trains no longer stop at Wigan North Western.
RE: TransPennine Express - knutstransport - 25/07/2018 09:32
(25/07/2018 05:05)childwallblues Wrote: Given that the figures are published nine months after the event it is probable that they are no longer accurate as the trains no longer stop at Wigan North Western.
Autumn figures cover the December 2017 timetable (even though most would claim that's winter), while the Spring figures cover the May 2017 timetable. It's a valid point that TPE stopped calling at Wigan around 2 months ago. However, as the 16:00 Manchester Airport to Edinburgh service now departs slightly later and the number of Manchestrer to Preston via Bolton services have temporarily been reduced, it would well be that TPE are carrying more Preston passengers.
RE: TransPennine Express - wirralbus - 25/07/2018 12:16
(24/07/2018 16:18)knutstransport Wrote: TPE have the dubious honour of taking the top two slots on DfT's most overcrowded train list for Autumn 2017: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/728107/top-10-overcrowded-train-services-england-and-wales-autumn-2017.csv/preview
Those two services have been up and around the top of the lists for a while now.
The removal of Wigan North Western on some services was because the train was supposedly to be routed via Bolton which couldnt happen due to the delay in electrification.