Transport for Wales Rail

[mikestone]

RE: Transport for Wales Rail

(11/11/2021 19:23)R557 ABA Wrote:  A full 1st class restaurant service resumed on Tuesday for the Holyhead to Cardiff service. It's available on 6 services providing breakfast, lunch and dinner.

These are the following journeys;

1W91 06:45 Cardiff to Holyhead 11:17
1W93 11:22 Cardiff to Holyhead 16:19
1W96 17:16 Cardiff to Holyhead 21:38

1V91 05:33 Holyhead to Cardiff 09:58
1V96 11:33 Holyhead to Cardiff 16:15
1V98 16:49 Holyhead to Cardiff 21:28

Where did you find that?

[R557 ABA]

RE: Transport for Wales Rail

(13/11/2021 16:25)mikestone Wrote:  Where did you find that?

Nothing on the website as of yet, however, the information posted was from TfW Rail on Twitter.

As others have rightfully noted, the service isn't fully operational yet though.

https://twitter.com/tfwrail/status/1458792008236126215

Hope that helps.

[mikestone]

RE: Transport for Wales Rail
I take anything posted by TOC Twitter feeds with a pinch of salt - I suspect they are only really meant to deal with such questions as "why has my train been standing at X for half an hour".
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As it happens all six were mk.4 sets on Tuesday but haven't been since. On Wed 1V91 terminated at Chester and went empty to Crewe and 1W96 was 20 l/s, on Thursday 1V91/1W93/1V98 were mk.4s and on Friday 1W96 was mk.4 to Salop where it swopped sets with 175101 on 1V98, with everything else dmu. To give them their due 1W96 was swopped at the Junction on Thursday to make Fridays 1V91 a three car.

[knutstransport]

RE: Transport for Wales Rail

(14/11/2021 14:31)mikestone Wrote:  I take anything posted by TOC Twitter feeds with a pinch of salt - I suspect they are only really meant to deal with such questions as "why has my train been standing at X for half an hour".

Companies that use social media effectively use them for both marketing and customer service.

TPE employed a new social manager a few years back and the first thing she did was to create a load of posts about the new livery for the 350s.

[ant17612]

RE: Transport for Wales Rail

(13/11/2021 00:02)ant17612 Wrote:  The first of TfWs new Stadler FLIRT Units is due into the country next week, DB will be delivering these units.

231002 and 231004 have now arrived at Cardiff Canton.

[childwallblues]

RE: Transport for Wales Rail
197002 arrived at Allerton Depot on Tuesday. Northern have a contract with TfW to do maintenance presumably until Chester Depot has space for this.

[knutstransport]

RE: Transport for Wales Rail

(03/12/2021 19:03)childwallblues Wrote:  197002 arrived at Allerton Depot on Tuesday. Northern have a contract with TfW to do maintenance presumably until Chester Depot has space for this.

Presumably Alstom will severe ties with the Chester depot once the 175s go off-lease, especially considering they now have the Widnes facility.

[childwallblues]

RE: Transport for Wales Rail
I think that you are correct about the future of Chester Depot. The 175s do not appear to have a future anywhere. It appears that the 77 X 197s will all be based at Chester together with the 5 X 230s.

[507022]

RE: Transport for Wales Rail

(06/12/2021 08:19)childwallblues Wrote:  I think that you are correct about the future of Chester Depot. The 175s do not appear to have a future anywhere. It appears that the 77 X 197s will all be based at Chester together with the 5 X 230s.

I thought the 230s were to be maintained at Birkenhead North EMUD, although that may be just whilst they’re on test, I suppose

[ant17612]

RE: Transport for Wales Rail

(21/11/2021 23:09)ant17612 Wrote:  231002 and 231004 have now arrived at Cardiff Canton.

These have now started overnight test runs between Cardiff and Gloucester.