Reply to: Good riddance!

[original PM]

Indeed, the notably crap, unreliable, and unlamented Arriva Trains Wales.

It used to be Arriva Trains Wales on the line i use to get to Manchester - in general they were actually quite good...

Think it is now run by Transport for Wales.

Not sure who owns them.

[DoctorStrangelove]

ICE are very nice to travel on. Top speed 186mph, quiet, comfortable and have a decent buffet service. DB, however, is as unreliable as any British rail franchise. In fact, IIRC, they owned some.

Indeed, the notably crap, unreliable, and unlamented Arriva Trains Wales.

[NotAllThere]

recorded this ICE Bahn leaving Pasing the other week..

ICE are very nice to travel on. Top speed 186mph, quiet, comfortable and have a decent buffet service. DB, however, is as unreliable as any British rail franchise. In fact, IIRC, they own some.

[Paddy]

I did not hear the zug fahrt.

[vetran]

recorded this ICE Bahn leaving Pasing the other week..

why am I not surprised spooter is a train spooter?

[vetran]

you really are a twat, mr ackeroff.

sorry, - ivan.

you misspelt it

its wackoff!

[BrilloPad]

WGAS??

Do you mind! Its the highlight of Scoot's life so far this year!

We will have to crowd fund for therapy if you carry on being beastly. Anyone would think this was general or something.....

[BR14]

recorded this ICE Bahn leaving Pasing the other week..

WGAS??

[scooterscot]

recorded this ICE Bahn leaving Pasing the other week..

[Big Blue Plymouth]

Yes the howl used to be ear splitting.

The luxury of aircon back in 1976 was remarkable.

The seats on the Hirohito's Revenge units are disgraceful.

Like sitting on a plank.

Not to mention the joy of figuring out whether or not you're in a carriage where the doors will open to let you off.

They used to run the prototype through here in the years leading up to the introduction of the HSTs. That was loud too - I can remember because my schoolyard was right next to the train tracks.

I was under the impression that they were going to continue with the HSTs on the Paddington- Exeter route for the foreseeable future. The line isn't even electrified yet.
Shame because it is a faster route into London but I'll just use SWT from Gillingham from now on to avoid those ghastly hard seats. Cheaper too.

[Yorkie62]

That story's a load of bollocks. InterCity 125s, aka HSTs, are still in daily use on the Midland Main Line, the East Coast Main Line, and several other routes. ScotRail is currently increasing their usage on long-distance routes, using the very trains that are being decommissioned by GWR.

The BBC apparently thinks GWR is the only train company, possibly because the Paddington to Bristol route is the one the news editors' wives and children take to get to their weekend cottages in the Cotswolds.

That is true. Hull Trains loans a few to run from Hull to London when all their rolling stock broke down. they started running them as of end of Jan this year.

[BrilloPad]

That story's a load of bollocks. InterCity 125s, aka HSTs, are still in daily use on the Midland Main Line, the East Coast Main Line, and several other routes. ScotRail is currently increasing their usage on long-distance routes, using the very trains that are being decommissioned by GWR.

The BBC apparently thinks GWR is the only train company, possibly because the Paddington to Bristol route is the one the news editors' wives and children take to get to their weekend cottages in the Cotswolds.

Announcing its the last service is a great way of flogging tickets to railway types though. They pay a fortune for that stuff.

[NickFitz]

That story's a load of bollocks. InterCity 125s, aka HSTs, are still in daily use on the Midland Main Line, the East Coast Main Line, and several other routes. ScotRail is currently increasing their usage on long-distance routes, using the very trains that are being decommissioned by GWR.

The BBC apparently thinks GWR is the only train company, possibly because the Paddington to Bristol route is the one the news editors' wives and children take to get to their weekend cottages in the Cotswolds.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Yes the howl used to be ear splitting.

The luxury of aircon back in 1976 was remarkable.

The seats on the Hirohito's Revenge units are disgraceful.

Like sitting on a plank.

Not to mention the joy of figuring out whether or not you're in a carriage where the doors will open to let you off.

[GJABS]

Sad news I have to say - I've often diverted a bit north to Reading in order to get one into London - only 22 minutes at a top speed of 125mph. And as a boy I used to time the quarter-mile posts to ensure it was keeping the correct speed (3600/(125*4)) = 7.2 seconds

Still they've never been quite the same since they replaced the screaming Vanenta engines with quieter MTU ones