WHR Carriage Formations

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As the service on the WHR line has grown, the formation of the carriage rakes has been amended. Formations have been supplemented by transfers from the FR as appropriate. Here are details of those amendments, logged as they happen.

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[edit] 1997

The initial formation when the line opened in 1997 was

[edit] 2000

On the day of the official Welsh Highland Opening to Waunfawr - Friday 15 September - the service trains were formed:-

11 - 23 - 17 - 37

Over the weekend 16 & 17 September, the formation was:-

11 - 12 - 23 - 17 - 37

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[edit] 2004 and 2005

During Summers 2004 and 2005 the WHR(C) currently had 2 main passenger sets, consisting of 5 corridor carriages, NWNG Railway compartment coach and a bike wagon each:

For Superpower Weekend 2005 a third - called the Colonel Stephens set - was formed based on the The 1930's Train:

For this event, Carriage 26 was brought from the FR to substitute for Carriage 23 in F-set.

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[edit] Winter 2005/06 Set Formation

Source - Winter 2005/06 Operating Department Provisional Timetable

[edit] Other Winter 2005/06 changes


11 December 2005 - ( 2090 - 2040 - 2042 - 2041 - 2115 - 113) 2020 substituted for 113 giving longest all enclosed, corridor connected rake to date.

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[edit] 2006

[edit] 2006 Set Formation (for WHR Subscribers Specials on 8 April 2006)

[edit] 2006 Set Formation (from 9 April 2006)

The shuttle set for the Welsh Highland Superpower 2006 on 9 & 10 September was:-

1001 - 16 - 39

Carriages 16 and 39 where delivered to Dinas on Friday 8 September, being returned to the FR on 11 September.

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[edit] 2007

[edit] Set Formations for Subscribers Trains - 24 March 2007

[edit] Spring Set Formation (from 25 March 2007)

[edit] Summer Set Formation

Set formations following the entry into traffic of Carriages 2043, 2044 and 2045.

Carriages 24 and 2022 are spare at Dinas Junction. Carriage 2041 is undergoing a major overhaul at Boston Lodge, the last of the 1997 batch to be so treated.

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[edit] 2008

[edit] Spring Set Formation (from 15 March 2008)

Carriages 23, 24 and 2021 are available as spares at Dinas.

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[edit] 2009

[edit] Projected 2009 WHR passenger sets

This leaves 2022, 24 and 23 to be added as demand requires. Bike wagons may also be added to these sets.

It was announced in Mid June 2009 that there would be some shuffle of carriages to accomodate the increase in passengers following the extension of the WHR. The formations for the WHR side is predicted to become the following:

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[edit] 2011

2011 marks the first year of the complete WHR and as such any (Subject to Rule book restrictions) F&WHR carriage/set could operate on the route during this year. However the railway still has two WHR only sets, E and F sets. These will be formed for 2011 as follows:



Also due to limited overlap between Cae Pawb and Snowdon Street LC set lengths have been reduced with the removal of the bike wagons. These are no-longer required as the service cars (2010 and 2011) have ample room for cycles.


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