On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:26:56 GMT, Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:
Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:38:08 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
In message <7u9opk5rq94ovej5co3dkkcd76mab57l7n@4ax.com>, at 10:13:12 on >>>> Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:29:34 +0000, Recliner
<recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:25:43 +0000, Coffee
<martin.coffee@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:
On 22/02/2026 11:57, Rupert Moss-Eccardt wrote:
On 22 Feb 2026 10:19, Roland Perry wrote:I've travelled on a Flirt (from Ipswich) on a London to Norwich service >>>>>>> so it might be a shortage of something else.
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day. >>>>>>>>>
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time". >>>>>>>>>
That'll be the Basils.
The reason in RTT is "a problem at the depot".
The NationalRail announcement is a little odd as it misses the other GA
train covering the Stansted-Norwich diagrams, which is still running >>>>>>>> and stops at some GA stops that EMR don't.
Looking at the cancellations, it appears to be only one unit missing. >>>>>>>>
You would have travelled on a 745, this is a 755.
Not necessarily. They've quite often used 755s in muttiple to
substitiute for 745s on the Norwich line, but never, so far as I know, >>>>> on the Stansted route.
Norwich-Stansted, or London-Stansted?
755s always work Norwich - Stansted. 745s, in multiple, are sometimes
found on Norwich - London.
Do 745s run in multiple? Or did you mean 755s?
Yes, of course. Good luck finding a platform that could accomodate a
pair of 745s.
On 23/02/2026 12:51, Trolleybus wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:26:56 GMT, Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:
Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> wrote:
Yes, of course. Good luck finding a platform that could accomodate a
pair of 745s.
Cambridge, if p1+4 counts as "a platform". Similar combinations are >available at Edinburgh, Colchester (mind the gap) and some unwired
stations such as Bournemouth and Gloucester.
Interpreting "a platform" strictly, there probably isn't one.--- Synchronet 3.21b-Linux NewsLink 1.2
Darlington p4 is short by 15 metres.
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:25:43 +0000, Coffee <martin.coffee@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:
On 22/02/2026 11:57, Rupert Moss-Eccardt wrote:
On 22 Feb 2026 10:19, Roland Perry wrote:I've travelled on a Flirt (from Ipswich) on a London to Norwich service
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled >>>> due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time".
That'll be the Basils.
The reason in RTT is "a problem at the depot".
The NationalRail announcement is a little odd as it misses the other GA
train covering the Stansted-Norwich diagrams, which is still running
and stops at some GA stops that EMR don't.
Looking at the cancellations, it appears to be only one unit missing.
so it might be a shortage of something else.
You would have travelled on a 745, this is a 755.
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:29:34 +0000, Recliner
<recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:25:43 +0000, Coffee <martin.coffee@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:
On 22/02/2026 11:57, Rupert Moss-Eccardt wrote:
On 22 Feb 2026 10:19, Roland Perry wrote:I've travelled on a Flirt (from Ipswich) on a London to Norwich service >>> so it might be a shortage of something else.
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled >>>>> due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time".
That'll be the Basils.
The reason in RTT is "a problem at the depot".
The NationalRail announcement is a little odd as it misses the other GA >>>> train covering the Stansted-Norwich diagrams, which is still running
and stops at some GA stops that EMR don't.
Looking at the cancellations, it appears to be only one unit missing.
You would have travelled on a 745, this is a 755.
Not necessarily. They've quite often used 755s in muttiple to
substitiute for 745s on the Norwich line, but never, so far as I know,
on the Stansted route.
In message <8dfopk1r825q9vih3p5d8dgp3t01u66fg7@4ax.com>, at 11:45:26 on
Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:38:08 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
In message <7u9opk5rq94ovej5co3dkkcd76mab57l7n@4ax.com>, at 10:13:12 on >>>Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:29:34 +0000, Recliner >>>><recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:25:43 +0000, Coffee >>>>><martin.coffee@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:
On 22/02/2026 11:57, Rupert Moss-Eccardt wrote:
On 22 Feb 2026 10:19, Roland Perry wrote:I've travelled on a Flirt (from Ipswich) on a London to Norwich service >>>>>>so it might be a shortage of something else.
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time". >>>>>>>>
That'll be the Basils.
The reason in RTT is "a problem at the depot".
The NationalRail announcement is a little odd as it misses the other GA >>>>>>> train covering the Stansted-Norwich diagrams, which is still running >>>>>>> and stops at some GA stops that EMR don't.
Looking at the cancellations, it appears to be only one unit missing. >>>>>>>
You would have travelled on a 745, this is a 755.
Not necessarily. They've quite often used 755s in muttiple to >>>>substitiute for 745s on the Norwich line, but never, so far as I know, >>>>on the Stansted route.
Norwich-Stansted, or London-Stansted?
755s always work Norwich - Stansted. 745s, in multiple, are sometimes
found on Norwich - London.
AIUI 745's are all 12-car, so a multiple is an impossible 24-car.
755's are bi-modes, the majority 4-car, but 3-car are used on the >Ipswich-Peterborough shuttle, and some branches like that to Sheringham.--- Synchronet 3.21b-Linux NewsLink 1.2
Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:29:34 +0000, Recliner
<recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:25:43 +0000, Coffee <martin.coffee@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:
On 22/02/2026 11:57, Rupert Moss-Eccardt wrote:
On 22 Feb 2026 10:19, Roland Perry wrote:I've travelled on a Flirt (from Ipswich) on a London to Norwich service >>>> so it might be a shortage of something else.
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled >>>>>> due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time".
That'll be the Basils.
The reason in RTT is "a problem at the depot".
The NationalRail announcement is a little odd as it misses the other GA >>>>> train covering the Stansted-Norwich diagrams, which is still running >>>>> and stops at some GA stops that EMR don't.
Looking at the cancellations, it appears to be only one unit missing. >>>>>
You would have travelled on a 745, this is a 755.
Not necessarily. They've quite often used 755s in muttiple to
substitiute for 745s on the Norwich line, but never, so far as I know,
on the Stansted route.
There is an 11-car formation booked every day on the London-Norwich
service, it does three round trips per day and is easy to spot on RTT
because it's a car shorter than the others.
<https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:LST/to/gb-nr:NRW/2026-02-23/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt&toc=LE>
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:36:06 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
In message <8dfopk1r825q9vih3p5d8dgp3t01u66fg7@4ax.com>, at 11:45:26 onPresumably possible to allow assistance ?
Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:38:08 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
In message <7u9opk5rq94ovej5co3dkkcd76mab57l7n@4ax.com>, at 10:13:12 on >>>> Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:29:34 +0000, Recliner
<recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:25:43 +0000, Coffee
<martin.coffee@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:
On 22/02/2026 11:57, Rupert Moss-Eccardt wrote:
On 22 Feb 2026 10:19, Roland Perry wrote:I've travelled on a Flirt (from Ipswich) on a London to Norwich service >>>>>>> so it might be a shortage of something else.
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day. >>>>>>>>>
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time". >>>>>>>>>
That'll be the Basils.
The reason in RTT is "a problem at the depot".
The NationalRail announcement is a little odd as it misses the other GA
train covering the Stansted-Norwich diagrams, which is still running >>>>>>>> and stops at some GA stops that EMR don't.
Looking at the cancellations, it appears to be only one unit missing. >>>>>>>>
You would have travelled on a 745, this is a 755.
Not necessarily. They've quite often used 755s in muttiple to
substitiute for 745s on the Norwich line, but never, so far as I know, >>>>> on the Stansted route.
Norwich-Stansted, or London-Stansted?
755s always work Norwich - Stansted. 745s, in multiple, are sometimes
found on Norwich - London.
AIUI 745's are all 12-car, so a multiple is an impossible 24-car.
378s can be coupled in pairs but will also be too long for most
platforms and the driver's information won't show all 10 vehicles (as demonstrated in a YouTube "how to start a 378" video).
On 23/02/2026 12:51, Trolleybus wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:26:56 GMT, Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:38:08 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
In message <7u9opk5rq94ovej5co3dkkcd76mab57l7n@4ax.com>, at 10:13:12 on >>>> Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:29:34 +0000, Recliner
<recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:25:43 +0000, Coffee
<martin.coffee@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:
On 22/02/2026 11:57, Rupert Moss-Eccardt wrote:
On 22 Feb 2026 10:19, Roland Perry wrote:I've travelled on a Flirt (from Ipswich) on a London to Norwich service
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day. >>>>>>>>>
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time". >>>>>>>>>
That'll be the Basils.
The reason in RTT is "a problem at the depot".
The NationalRail announcement is a little odd as it misses the other GA
train covering the Stansted-Norwich diagrams, which is still running >>>>>>>> and stops at some GA stops that EMR don't.
Looking at the cancellations, it appears to be only one unit missing.
so it might be a shortage of something else.
You would have travelled on a 745, this is a 755.
Not necessarily. They've quite often used 755s in muttiple to
substitiute for 745s on the Norwich line, but never, so far as I know, >>>>> on the Stansted route.
Norwich-Stansted, or London-Stansted?
755s always work Norwich - Stansted. 745s, in multiple, are sometimes
found on Norwich - London.
Do 745s run in multiple? Or did you mean 755s?
Yes, of course. Good luck finding a platform that could accomodate a
pair of 745s.
Cambridge, if p1+4 counts as "a platform". Similar combinations are available at Edinburgh, Colchester (mind the gap) and some unwired
stations such as Bournemouth and Gloucester.
Interpreting "a platform" strictly, there probably isn't one.
Certes <Certes@example.org> posted:
On 23/02/2026 12:51, Trolleybus wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:26:56 GMT, Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:
Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:38:08 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
In message <7u9opk5rq94ovej5co3dkkcd76mab57l7n@4ax.com>, at 10:13:12 on >>>>>> Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:29:34 +0000, Recliner
<recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:25:43 +0000, Coffee
<martin.coffee@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:
On 22/02/2026 11:57, Rupert Moss-Eccardt wrote:
On 22 Feb 2026 10:19, Roland Perry wrote:I've travelled on a Flirt (from Ipswich) on a London to Norwich service
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day. >>>>>>>>>>>
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time". >>>>>>>>>>>
That'll be the Basils.
The reason in RTT is "a problem at the depot".
The NationalRail announcement is a little odd as it misses the other GA
train covering the Stansted-Norwich diagrams, which is still running >>>>>>>>>> and stops at some GA stops that EMR don't.
Looking at the cancellations, it appears to be only one unit missing.
so it might be a shortage of something else.
You would have travelled on a 745, this is a 755.
Not necessarily. They've quite often used 755s in muttiple to
substitiute for 745s on the Norwich line, but never, so far as I know, >>>>>>> on the Stansted route.
Norwich-Stansted, or London-Stansted?
755s always work Norwich - Stansted. 745s, in multiple, are sometimes >>>>> found on Norwich - London.
Do 745s run in multiple? Or did you mean 755s?
Yes, of course. Good luck finding a platform that could accomodate a
pair of 745s.
Cambridge, if p1+4 counts as "a platform". Similar combinations are
available at Edinburgh, Colchester (mind the gap) and some unwired
stations such as Bournemouth and Gloucester.
Interpreting "a platform" strictly, there probably isn't one.
Not even at HS1?
Don't know whether HS1 might accept 745s.
On 23/02/2026 20:08, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> wrote:
Not necessarily. They've quite often used 755s in muttiple to
substitiute for 745s on the Norwich line, but never, so far as I know,
on the Stansted route.
There is an 11-car formation booked every day on the London-Norwich
service, it does three round trips per day and is easy to spot on RTT
because it's a car shorter than the others.
<https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:LST/to/gb-nr:NRW/2026-02-23/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt&toc=LE>
Thanks for confirming this, I knew it had run in the past, but I don't
get up the GEML as often as I used to.
Charles Ellson <charlesellson@btinternet.com> wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:36:06 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
In message <8dfopk1r825q9vih3p5d8dgp3t01u66fg7@4ax.com>, at 11:45:26 onPresumably possible to allow assistance ?
Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:38:08 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
In message <7u9opk5rq94ovej5co3dkkcd76mab57l7n@4ax.com>, at 10:13:12 on >>>>> Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:29:34 +0000, Recliner
<recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:25:43 +0000, Coffee
<martin.coffee@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:
On 22/02/2026 11:57, Rupert Moss-Eccardt wrote:
On 22 Feb 2026 10:19, Roland Perry wrote:I've travelled on a Flirt (from Ipswich) on a London to Norwich service
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day. >>>>>>>>>>
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time". >>>>>>>>>>
That'll be the Basils.
The reason in RTT is "a problem at the depot".
The NationalRail announcement is a little odd as it misses the other GA
train covering the Stansted-Norwich diagrams, which is still running >>>>>>>>> and stops at some GA stops that EMR don't.
Looking at the cancellations, it appears to be only one unit missing. >>>>>>>>>
so it might be a shortage of something else.
You would have travelled on a 745, this is a 755.
Not necessarily. They've quite often used 755s in muttiple to
substitiute for 745s on the Norwich line, but never, so far as I know, >>>>>> on the Stansted route.
Norwich-Stansted, or London-Stansted?
755s always work Norwich - Stansted. 745s, in multiple, are sometimes
found on Norwich - London.
AIUI 745's are all 12-car, so a multiple is an impossible 24-car.
378s can be coupled in pairs but will also be too long for most
platforms and the driver's information won't show all 10 vehicles (as
demonstrated in a YouTube "how to start a 378" video).
Nitpick question: presumably the 24-car impossibility is due to infrastructure restraints - platform lengths and so on - or software limitations rather than anything inherent in putting that many coaches together.
I note that Stadler also make the SBBrCOs 11-car Giruno, RABe 501, and they happily run in pairs. Note that a 12-car 745 is 236 m long whereas the
RABe 501 is a mere 202 m.
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time".
That'll be the Basils.
On 24/02/2026 10:34, Sam Wilson wrote:
Charles Ellson <charlesellson@btinternet.com> wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:36:06 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
In message <8dfopk1r825q9vih3p5d8dgp3t01u66fg7@4ax.com>, at 11:45:26 on >>>> Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:Presumably possible to allow assistance ?
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:38:08 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
In message <7u9opk5rq94ovej5co3dkkcd76mab57l7n@4ax.com>, at 10:13:12 on >>>>>> Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:29:34 +0000, Recliner
<recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:25:43 +0000, Coffee
<martin.coffee@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:
On 22/02/2026 11:57, Rupert Moss-Eccardt wrote:
On 22 Feb 2026 10:19, Roland Perry wrote:I've travelled on a Flirt (from Ipswich) on a London to Norwich service
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day. >>>>>>>>>>>
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time". >>>>>>>>>>>
That'll be the Basils.
The reason in RTT is "a problem at the depot".
The NationalRail announcement is a little odd as it misses the other GA
train covering the Stansted-Norwich diagrams, which is still running >>>>>>>>>> and stops at some GA stops that EMR don't.
Looking at the cancellations, it appears to be only one unit missing.
so it might be a shortage of something else.
You would have travelled on a 745, this is a 755.
Not necessarily. They've quite often used 755s in muttiple to
substitiute for 745s on the Norwich line, but never, so far as I know, >>>>>>> on the Stansted route.
Norwich-Stansted, or London-Stansted?
755s always work Norwich - Stansted. 745s, in multiple, are sometimes >>>>> found on Norwich - London.
AIUI 745's are all 12-car, so a multiple is an impossible 24-car.
378s can be coupled in pairs but will also be too long for most
platforms and the driver's information won't show all 10 vehicles (as
demonstrated in a YouTube "how to start a 378" video).
Nitpick question: presumably the 24-car impossibility is due to
infrastructure restraints - platform lengths and so on - or software
limitations rather than anything inherent in putting that many coaches
together.
I note that Stadler also make the SBBrCOs 11-car Giruno, RABe 501, and they >> happily run in pairs. Note that a 12-car 745 is 236 m long whereas the
RABe 501 is a mere 202 m.
The High Speed railway TSI specifies 400 m as the target length for >passenger infrastructure. Hence the standard length for high speed units
is 200 m so that they can run in pairs on busier routes. As the UK
generally doesn't conform to this TSI, having a unit that is longer than
200 m but not too long for stations makes sense.
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:19:15 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time".
That'll be the Basils.
Interestingly, Avanti offered the same explanation for the
cancellation of my train on Thursday. I wonder if this is a new
addition to the Network Rail playbook.
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:19:15 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time".
That'll be the Basils.
Interestingly, Avanti offered the same explanation for the
cancellation of my train on Thursday. I wonder if this is a new
addition to the Network Rail playbook.
On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:13:44 +0100, Bob <nospam@gmail.com> wrote:
On 24/02/2026 10:34, Sam Wilson wrote:
Charles Ellson <charlesellson@btinternet.com> wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:36:06 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
In message <8dfopk1r825q9vih3p5d8dgp3t01u66fg7@4ax.com>, at 11:45:26 on >>>>> Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:Presumably possible to allow assistance ?
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:38:08 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> >>>>>> wrote:
In message <7u9opk5rq94ovej5co3dkkcd76mab57l7n@4ax.com>, at 10:13:12 on >>>>>>> Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:29:34 +0000, Recliner
<recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:25:43 +0000, Coffee
<martin.coffee@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:
On 22/02/2026 11:57, Rupert Moss-Eccardt wrote:
On 22 Feb 2026 10:19, Roland Perry wrote:I've travelled on a Flirt (from Ipswich) on a London to Norwich service
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day. >>>>>>>>>>>>
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time". >>>>>>>>>>>>
That'll be the Basils.
The reason in RTT is "a problem at the depot".
The NationalRail announcement is a little odd as it misses the other GA
train covering the Stansted-Norwich diagrams, which is still running
and stops at some GA stops that EMR don't.
Looking at the cancellations, it appears to be only one unit missing.
so it might be a shortage of something else.
You would have travelled on a 745, this is a 755.
Not necessarily. They've quite often used 755s in muttiple to
substitiute for 745s on the Norwich line, but never, so far as I know, >>>>>>>> on the Stansted route.
Norwich-Stansted, or London-Stansted?
755s always work Norwich - Stansted. 745s, in multiple, are sometimes >>>>>> found on Norwich - London.
AIUI 745's are all 12-car, so a multiple is an impossible 24-car.
378s can be coupled in pairs but will also be too long for most
platforms and the driver's information won't show all 10 vehicles (as
demonstrated in a YouTube "how to start a 378" video).
Nitpick question: presumably the 24-car impossibility is due to
infrastructure restraints - platform lengths and so on - or software
limitations rather than anything inherent in putting that many coaches
together.
I note that Stadler also make the SBBrCOs 11-car Giruno, RABe 501, and they >>> happily run in pairs. Note that a 12-car 745 is 236 m long whereas the
RABe 501 is a mere 202 m.
The High Speed railway TSI specifies 400 m as the target length for
passenger infrastructure. Hence the standard length for high speed units
is 200 m so that they can run in pairs on busier routes. As the UK
generally doesn't conform to this TSI, having a unit that is longer than
200 m but not too long for stations makes sense.
The normal maximum length of UK express passenger trains is up to 265m (11-car 395 or 10-car 800).
On 24/02/2026 15:17, Scott wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:19:15 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time".
That'll be the Basils.
Interestingly, Avanti offered the same explanation for the
cancellation of my train on Thursday. I wonder if this is a new
addition to the Network Rail playbook.
We often see it in south Wales during the autumn leaf fall season.
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:13:44 +0100, Bob <nospam@gmail.com> wrote:
On 24/02/2026 10:34, Sam Wilson wrote:
Charles Ellson <charlesellson@btinternet.com> wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:36:06 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
In message <8dfopk1r825q9vih3p5d8dgp3t01u66fg7@4ax.com>, at 11:45:26 on >>>>>> Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:Presumably possible to allow assistance ?
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:38:08 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> >>>>>>> wrote:
In message <7u9opk5rq94ovej5co3dkkcd76mab57l7n@4ax.com>, at 10:13:12 on
Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:29:34 +0000, Recliner
<recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:25:43 +0000, Coffee
<martin.coffee@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:
On 22/02/2026 11:57, Rupert Moss-Eccardt wrote:
On 22 Feb 2026 10:19, Roland Perry wrote:I've travelled on a Flirt (from Ipswich) on a London to Norwich service
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time". >>>>>>>>>>>>>
That'll be the Basils.
The reason in RTT is "a problem at the depot".
The NationalRail announcement is a little odd as it misses the other GA
train covering the Stansted-Norwich diagrams, which is still running
and stops at some GA stops that EMR don't.
Looking at the cancellations, it appears to be only one unit missing.
so it might be a shortage of something else.
You would have travelled on a 745, this is a 755.
Not necessarily. They've quite often used 755s in muttiple to >>>>>>>>> substitiute for 745s on the Norwich line, but never, so far as I know,
on the Stansted route.
Norwich-Stansted, or London-Stansted?
755s always work Norwich - Stansted. 745s, in multiple, are sometimes >>>>>>> found on Norwich - London.
AIUI 745's are all 12-car, so a multiple is an impossible 24-car.
378s can be coupled in pairs but will also be too long for most
platforms and the driver's information won't show all 10 vehicles (as >>>>> demonstrated in a YouTube "how to start a 378" video).
Nitpick question: presumably the 24-car impossibility is due to
infrastructure restraints - platform lengths and so on - or software
limitations rather than anything inherent in putting that many coaches >>>> together.
I note that Stadler also make the SBBrCOs 11-car Giruno, RABe 501, and they
happily run in pairs. Note that a 12-car 745 is 236 m long whereas the >>>> RABe 501 is a mere 202 m.
The High Speed railway TSI specifies 400 m as the target length for
passenger infrastructure. Hence the standard length for high speed units >>> is 200 m so that they can run in pairs on busier routes. As the UK
generally doesn't conform to this TSI, having a unit that is longer than >>> 200 m but not too long for stations makes sense.
The normal maximum length of UK express passenger trains is up to 265m
(11-car 395 or 10-car 800).
s/395/390/ I think.
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:19:15 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time".
That'll be the Basils.
Interestingly, Avanti offered the same explanation for the
cancellation of my train on Thursday. I wonder if this is a new
addition to the Network Rail playbook.
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:19:15 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time".
That'll be the Basils.
Interestingly, Avanti offered the same explanation for the
cancellation of my train on Thursday. I wonder if this is a new
addition to the Network Rail playbook.
Why would it be Network Rail?
Cancellation reason codes will be entered by the TOC.
"More trains than usual needing repairs at the same time" has been a GW >staple for several years.
On 24/02/2026 10:34, Sam Wilson wrote:
Charles Ellson <charlesellson@btinternet.com> wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:36:06 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
In message <8dfopk1r825q9vih3p5d8dgp3t01u66fg7@4ax.com>, at 11:45:26 on >>> Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:Presumably possible to allow assistance ?
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:38:08 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
In message <7u9opk5rq94ovej5co3dkkcd76mab57l7n@4ax.com>, at 10:13:12 on >>>>> Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:29:34 +0000, Recliner
<recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:25:43 +0000, Coffee
<martin.coffee@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:
On 22/02/2026 11:57, Rupert Moss-Eccardt wrote:
On 22 Feb 2026 10:19, Roland Perry wrote:I've travelled on a Flirt (from Ipswich) on a London to Norwich service
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day. >>>>>>>>>>
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time". >>>>>>>>>>
That'll be the Basils.
The reason in RTT is "a problem at the depot".
The NationalRail announcement is a little odd as it misses the other GA
train covering the Stansted-Norwich diagrams, which is still running
and stops at some GA stops that EMR don't.
Looking at the cancellations, it appears to be only one unit missing.
so it might be a shortage of something else.
You would have travelled on a 745, this is a 755.
Not necessarily. They've quite often used 755s in muttiple to
substitiute for 745s on the Norwich line, but never, so far as I know, >>>>>> on the Stansted route.
Norwich-Stansted, or London-Stansted?
755s always work Norwich - Stansted. 745s, in multiple, are sometimes >>>> found on Norwich - London.
AIUI 745's are all 12-car, so a multiple is an impossible 24-car.
378s can be coupled in pairs but will also be too long for most
platforms and the driver's information won't show all 10 vehicles (as
demonstrated in a YouTube "how to start a 378" video).
Nitpick question: presumably the 24-car impossibility is due to infrastructure restraints - platform lengths and so on - or software limitations rather than anything inherent in putting that many coaches together.
I note that Stadler also make the SBBrCOs 11-car Giruno, RABe 501, and they happily run in pairs. Note that a 12-car 745 is 236 m long whereas the RABe 501 is a mere 202 m.
The High Speed railway TSI specifies 400 m as the target length for passenger infrastructure. Hence the standard length for high speed units
is 200 m so that they can run in pairs on busier routes. As the UK
generally doesn't conform to this TSI, having a unit that is longer than
200 m but not too long for stations makes sense.
In message <10nlihp$ckpe$2@dont-email.me>, at 01:16:41 on Wed, 25 Feb
2026, Anna Noyd-Dryver <anna@noyd-dryver.com> remarked:
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:19:15 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled >>>> due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time".
That'll be the Basils.
Interestingly, Avanti offered the same explanation for the
cancellation of my train on Thursday. I wonder if this is a new
addition to the Network Rail playbook.
Why would it be Network Rail?
Because in this case the 'news' arrived in the form of an announcement
sent as a press release from National Rail. So they had clearly made the decision to use that wording in a public facing context.
Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:
In message <10nlihp$ckpe$2@dont-email.me>, at 01:16:41 on Wed, 25 Feb
2026, Anna Noyd-Dryver <anna@noyd-dryver.com> remarked:
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:19:15 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled >>>>> due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time".
That'll be the Basils.
Interestingly, Avanti offered the same explanation for the
cancellation of my train on Thursday. I wonder if this is a new
addition to the Network Rail playbook.
Why would it be Network Rail?
Because in this case the 'news' arrived in the form of an announcement
sent as a press release from National Rail. So they had clearly made the
decision to use that wording in a public facing context.
Network Rail, infrastructure provider != National Rail, TOC coordination
and front end.
Bob <nospam@gmail.com> posted:
On 24/02/2026 10:34, Sam Wilson wrote:
Charles Ellson <charlesellson@btinternet.com> wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:36:06 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
In message <8dfopk1r825q9vih3p5d8dgp3t01u66fg7@4ax.com>, at 11:45:26 on >>>>> Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:Presumably possible to allow assistance ?
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:38:08 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> >>>>>> wrote:
In message <7u9opk5rq94ovej5co3dkkcd76mab57l7n@4ax.com>, at 10:13:12 on >>>>>>> Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> remarked:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:29:34 +0000, Recliner
<recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:25:43 +0000, Coffee
<martin.coffee@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:
On 22/02/2026 11:57, Rupert Moss-Eccardt wrote:
On 22 Feb 2026 10:19, Roland Perry wrote:I've travelled on a Flirt (from Ipswich) on a London to Norwich service
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day. >>>>>>>>>>>>
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time". >>>>>>>>>>>>
That'll be the Basils.
The reason in RTT is "a problem at the depot".
The NationalRail announcement is a little odd as it misses the other GA
train covering the Stansted-Norwich diagrams, which is still running
and stops at some GA stops that EMR don't.
Looking at the cancellations, it appears to be only one unit missing.
so it might be a shortage of something else.
You would have travelled on a 745, this is a 755.
Not necessarily. They've quite often used 755s in muttiple to
substitiute for 745s on the Norwich line, but never, so far as I know, >>>>>>>> on the Stansted route.
Norwich-Stansted, or London-Stansted?
755s always work Norwich - Stansted. 745s, in multiple, are sometimes >>>>>> found on Norwich - London.
AIUI 745's are all 12-car, so a multiple is an impossible 24-car.
378s can be coupled in pairs but will also be too long for most
platforms and the driver's information won't show all 10 vehicles (as
demonstrated in a YouTube "how to start a 378" video).
Nitpick question: presumably the 24-car impossibility is due to
infrastructure restraints - platform lengths and so on - or software
limitations rather than anything inherent in putting that many coaches
together.
I note that Stadler also make the SBBrCOs 11-car Giruno, RABe 501, and they >>> happily run in pairs. Note that a 12-car 745 is 236 m long whereas the
RABe 501 is a mere 202 m.
The High Speed railway TSI specifies 400 m as the target length for
passenger infrastructure. Hence the standard length for high speed units
is 200 m so that they can run in pairs on busier routes. As the UK
generally doesn't conform to this TSI, having a unit that is longer than
200 m but not too long for stations makes sense.
Not a problem. It isn't longer than 400 m. Is it high speed by this very TSI?
In message <10nml7u$n1e8$1@dont-email.me>, at 11:08:46 on Wed, 25 Feb
2026, Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> remarked:
Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:
In message <10nlihp$ckpe$2@dont-email.me>, at 01:16:41 on Wed, 25 Feb
2026, Anna Noyd-Dryver <anna@noyd-dryver.com> remarked:
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:19:15 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled >>>>>> due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time".
That'll be the Basils.
Interestingly, Avanti offered the same explanation for the
cancellation of my train on Thursday. I wonder if this is a new
addition to the Network Rail playbook.
Why would it be Network Rail?
Because in this case the 'news' arrived in the form of an announcement
sent as a press release from National Rail. So they had clearly made the >>> decision to use that wording in a public facing context.
Network Rail, infrastructure provider != National Rail, TOC coordination
and front end.
Yes, I know, which is why I put this particular ball in National Rail's court.
Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:
In message <10nml7u$n1e8$1@dont-email.me>, at 11:08:46 on Wed, 25 Feb
2026, Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> remarked:
Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:
In message <10nlihp$ckpe$2@dont-email.me>, at 01:16:41 on Wed, 25 Feb
2026, Anna Noyd-Dryver <anna@noyd-dryver.com> remarked:
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:19:15 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> >>>>>> wrote:
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled >>>>>>> due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time". >>>>>>>
That'll be the Basils.
Interestingly, Avanti offered the same explanation for the
cancellation of my train on Thursday. I wonder if this is a new
addition to the Network Rail playbook.
Why would it be Network Rail?
Because in this case the 'news' arrived in the form of an announcement >>>> sent as a press release from National Rail. So they had clearly made the >>>> decision to use that wording in a public facing context.
Network Rail, infrastructure provider != National Rail, TOC coordination >>> and front end.
Yes, I know, which is why I put this particular ball in National Rail's
court.
So your initial rCLplaybookrCY comment was a typo, then.
In message <10np7mf$1ibss$1@dont-email.me>, at 10:35:59 on Thu, 26 Feb
2026, Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> remarked:
Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:
In message <10nml7u$n1e8$1@dont-email.me>, at 11:08:46 on Wed, 25 Feb
2026, Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> remarked:
Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:
In message <10nlihp$ckpe$2@dont-email.me>, at 01:16:41 on Wed, 25 Feb >>>>> 2026, Anna Noyd-Dryver <anna@noyd-dryver.com> remarked:
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:19:15 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> >>>>>>> wrote:
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time". >>>>>>>>
That'll be the Basils.
Interestingly, Avanti offered the same explanation for the
cancellation of my train on Thursday. I wonder if this is a new
addition to the Network Rail playbook.
Why would it be Network Rail?
Because in this case the 'news' arrived in the form of an announcement >>>>> sent as a press release from National Rail. So they had clearly made the >>>>> decision to use that wording in a public facing context.
Network Rail, infrastructure provider != National Rail, TOC coordination >>>> and front end.
Yes, I know, which is why I put this particular ball in National Rail's
court.
So your initial rCLplaybookrCY comment was a typo, then.
Wasn't *my* comment!
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:19:15 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>Why would it be Network Rail? Cancellation reason codes will be entered by >the TOC.
wrote:
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled >>> due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time".
That'll be the Basils.
Interestingly, Avanti offered the same explanation for the
cancellation of my train on Thursday. I wonder if this is a new
addition to the Network Rail playbook.
"More trains than usual needing repairs at the same time" has been a GW >staple for several years.
In message <r5grpk55ude5rr6vccaj6o2emrmqvu2qo6@4ax.com>, at 15:17:18 on
Tue, 24 Feb 2026, Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> remarked:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:19:15 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>
wrote:
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled >>>due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time".
That'll be the Basils.
Interestingly, Avanti offered the same explanation for the
cancellation of my train on Thursday. I wonder if this is a new
addition to the Network Rail playbook.
*National* Rail, rather than *Network* Rail.
On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 01:16:41 -0000 (UTC), Anna Noyd-Dryver <anna@noyd-dryver.com> wrote:
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:19:15 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>Why would it be Network Rail? Cancellation reason codes will be entered by >> the TOC.
wrote:
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled >>>> due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time".
That'll be the Basils.
Interestingly, Avanti offered the same explanation for the
cancellation of my train on Thursday. I wonder if this is a new
addition to the Network Rail playbook.
"More trains than usual needing repairs at the same time" has been a GW
staple for several years.
I was thinking because it's a Network Rail station (Glasgow Central),
Network Rail would be responsible for the destination boards and
rather than each TOC writing its own script there would be a
standardised set of options. As I had not noticed this particular
wording before, I thought it might be new. But I take your point: if
GWR is using it, no reason why Avanti should not use it too.
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 01:16:41 -0000 (UTC), Anna Noyd-Dryver
<anna@noyd-dryver.com> wrote:
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:19:15 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk>Why would it be Network Rail? Cancellation reason codes will be entered by >>> the TOC.
wrote:
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled >>>>> due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time".
That'll be the Basils.
Interestingly, Avanti offered the same explanation for the
cancellation of my train on Thursday. I wonder if this is a new
addition to the Network Rail playbook.
"More trains than usual needing repairs at the same time" has been a GW
staple for several years.
I was thinking because it's a Network Rail station (Glasgow Central),
Network Rail would be responsible for the destination boards and
rather than each TOC writing its own script there would be a
standardised set of options. As I had not noticed this particular
wording before, I thought it might be new. But I take your point: if
GWR is using it, no reason why Avanti should not use it too.
AFAIK the screens etc will be controlled from the station control room
which will have staff from NR and the major TOCs, but mainly under NR >control.
However in normal use they just show the standard feed information for each >train, powered by a central system which I don't recall the name of.
Cancellation or delay reason codes can be entered by either TOC or NR, and >will be from a list of standard codes which have now become public-facing >thanks to the likes of RTT.
The station control room can also add local notes (eg "this train will stop >at the far end of platform 7 due to roof damage"), but that's unlikely to
be what we're discussing here.
Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:
In message <10nml7u$n1e8$1@dont-email.me>, at 11:08:46 on Wed, 25 Feb
2026, Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> remarked:
Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:
In message <10nlihp$ckpe$2@dont-email.me>, at 01:16:41 on Wed, 25 Feb
2026, Anna Noyd-Dryver <anna@noyd-dryver.com> remarked:
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:19:15 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> >>>>>> wrote:
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled >>>>>>> due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time". >>>>>>>
That'll be the Basils.
Interestingly, Avanti offered the same explanation for the
cancellation of my train on Thursday. I wonder if this is a new
addition to the Network Rail playbook.
Why would it be Network Rail?
Because in this case the 'news' arrived in the form of an announcement >>>> sent as a press release from National Rail. So they had clearly made the >>>> decision to use that wording in a public facing context.
Network Rail, infrastructure provider != National Rail, TOC coordination >>> and front end.
Yes, I know, which is why I put this particular ball in National Rail's
court.
So your initial oplaybooko comment was a typo, then.
On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:35:59 -0000 (UTC), Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> wrote:
Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:I was responsible for the 'playbook' comment so you can blame me if
In message <10nml7u$n1e8$1@dont-email.me>, at 11:08:46 on Wed, 25 Feb
2026, Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> remarked:
Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:
In message <10nlihp$ckpe$2@dont-email.me>, at 01:16:41 on Wed, 25 Feb >>>>> 2026, Anna Noyd-Dryver <anna@noyd-dryver.com> remarked:
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:19:15 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> >>>>>>> wrote:
Fairly newly nationalised Greater Anglia having a field day.
"A number of services between Norwich and Cambridge have been cancelled
due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time". >>>>>>>>
That'll be the Basils.
Interestingly, Avanti offered the same explanation for the
cancellation of my train on Thursday. I wonder if this is a new
addition to the Network Rail playbook.
Why would it be Network Rail?
Because in this case the 'news' arrived in the form of an announcement >>>>> sent as a press release from National Rail. So they had clearly made the >>>>> decision to use that wording in a public facing context.
Network Rail, infrastructure provider != National Rail, TOC coordination >>>> and front end.
Yes, I know, which is why I put this particular ball in National Rail's >>> court.
So your initial -oplaybook-o comment was a typo, then.
you like. I still think it was a valid summary of the point I was
making.
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