Bye-bye 317

[melikepie]

Not sure which is the best place to put this but it has been confirmed Saturday (16th July) will be the last day 317s will be on the Greater Anglia network. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/last-chance-to-ride-greater-anglias-old-class-317-trains-this-weekend-55980/

[MoreToJack]

Last booked day of work. The units remain on standby (as they have been for the last fortnight or so; Saturday is a complete contrivance of the part of Greater Anglia and rather questionable given the weather forecast) for the time being. Personally, I'd be surprised if they don't make it out again given the chronic unreliability of the class 745s.

[Chris L]

Jul 13, 2022 13:21:18 GMT MoreToJack said:

Last booked day of work. The units remain on standby (as they have been for the last fortnight or so; Saturday is a complete contrivance of the part of Greater Anglia and rather questionable given the weather forecast) for the time being. Personally, I'd be surprised if they don't make it out again given the chronic unreliability of the class 745s.

Wrong line for 745s

[MoreToJack]

Jul 13, 2022 13:38:00 GMT Chris L said:

Jul 13, 2022 13:21:18 GMT MoreToJack said:

Last booked day of work. The units remain on standby (as they have been for the last fortnight or so; Saturday is a complete contrivance of the part of Greater Anglia and rather questionable given the weather forecast) for the time being. Personally, I'd be surprised if they don't make it out again given the chronic unreliability of the class 745s.

Wrong line for 745s

Nope. The 317s have run plenty of cover turns on Stansted Expresses over the last few weeks. Preference has now shifted to covering these with pairs of 720s and backfilling those turns with the 317s, but it's still down to a shortage of 745s.