Let Down By A Class 150
On my way down from Merthyr, the Class 150 broke down and we had to get out at Taff’s Well to get another train.
A Broken Down Class 150 At Taff’s Well
One of the conductors had put the mockers on it earlier, by saying he really that type of train.
But it didn’t really matter as the dead train was quickly moved on and after deliberately passing on the next train as it went to Bridgend, I caught the next one to Barry Island, where I had wanted to go anyway.
In some ways this illustrates one of the strengths of a rail line which has branches, which fan out at both ends and where trains funnel through a busy centre section. London’s Thameslink and East London Lines, Liverpool’s Northern Line all have this layout.
The Anonymous Widower 
[…] There are 135 two-car and 2 three-car Class 150 trains. They were built in the mid-1980s and can spruce up remarkably well, as this one has on the St. Ives branch. But I have been delayed by an unreliable Class 150. […]
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