Just a note, that if you are intending to travel by train anywhere in Wales in the next week or two- you need to keep checking the Transport for Wales website as there is a national shortage of trains across Wales.
Thus some entire lines are closed (which is a moving target) with bus replacements.
First Great Western, Avanti and Cross Country trains are not affected.
This is due to the temporary withdrawal of an entire class of trains (the Class 175 for anyone who needs to know) after three on board fires in a short period of time.
So the remaining fleet is being spread quite thinly across the nation- resulting in planned cancellations and bus substitutions, short formed trains, and some unlikely substitutions of train types.
Yesterday the issue was eased with the planned introduction on a line in North Wales with a new fleet- the Class 230's- of totally rebuilt London Underground trains.
The underlying cause is not a worry- with new parts on the way for the 175's after the issue was identified- it is just one of those things.
I have thought long and hard about this post as I don't want to cause alarm, over what was a minor issue, now under control, with the 175's.
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