The Anonymous Widower

Has Greater Anglia Improved Their Mk. 3 Coaches?

I went to Ipswich today, with the aim of seeing the Olympic Torch Relay in either Woodbridge or Felixstowe, so I travelled out of Liverpool Street in a rake of forty-year-old Mk 3 coaches, pushed by a thirty-year old Class 90.

I haven’t been on one of these trains for a couple of months and the ride quality seemed to have improved. At one point, I walked a couple of coaches to get a coffee and it was easier than last time.  I also talked to a mother sitting on the floor with her young child and she said it was very comfortable. Why she was sitting on the floor, I do not know, the train wasn’t very full.

They have been improving the track through to Norwich, so it was probably that or something to do with new balls in the wheel-bearings of the coaches.

On the other hand my balance could have been better?

On the other hand, Greater Anglia certainly haven’t improved their Ipswich to Felixstowe services, as the train I wanted to catch had gone AWOL. So I missed the Olympic Torch Relay.

So I came home in another excellent Mk. 3 coach. Is there rail vehicle in service as good as the Mk. 3?

July 5, 2012 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Felixstowe, Ipswich, Olympic Torch Relay, Trains