Go-op

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Go-op’s application to run train services between Swindon, Taunton and Weston-super-Mare by late 2025 using Class 153 DMUs approved by ORR:

ORR press release: www.orr.gov.uk/search-news/regulator-approves-new-go-op-train-service-between-swindon-taunton-and-weston-super

Go-op: go-op.coop/

[someone]

I must say, that choice of rolling stock is a disappointment. It's 2024, not 2000! At least go for some trains that are longer than 1 car in length.

[vjaska]

Nov 17, 2024 11:53:43 GMT someone said:

I must say, that choice of rolling stock is a disappointment. It's 2024, not 2000! At least go for some trains that are longer than 1 car in length.

I’d be more concerned with the reliability of using 153’s - on the Heart of Wales line, 153’s have a habit of breaking down and being substituted or even rescued by 150’s

[someone]

Nov 17, 2024 12:22:14 GMT vjaska said:

Nov 17, 2024 11:53:43 GMT someone said:

I must say, that choice of rolling stock is a disappointment. It's 2024, not 2000! At least go for some trains that are longer than 1 car in length.

I’d be more concerned with the reliability of using 153’s - on the Heart of Wales line, 153’s have a habit of breaking down and being substituted or even rescued by 150’s

Good point! I guess the company is a bit cash-strapped, but remember even Hull trains in its early days could afford Class 170s!