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Sorry Paul i didnt get round to sending you a messgae back but did go to Nottingham and had a good day out.
I traveled on the 07.47 East Midlands Trains Service from Liverpool Lime Street to Nottingham which was operated by 158 865 which wasent all that comfortable.
It was ok as far as Manchester but beyond that i wasent very comfortable a not mutch padding on the seats for such a long joureny plus it was i bit drughty as i had to keep my ht on all the way plus the heaters wernt all that good.
I was quite impresed buy the trams altogh i only really took a trip to HUKNALL and back to Nottingham Stn.
For the jouney back lucly i managed a ride on Medrian 222 020 From Nottingham to Shefield for which i was very impresed with as it was very comfortable, clean, tidy mutch an improvement on the voyager mainley with the seating being mutch better as they seem to be proper seats wide and reasonabley padded.
I just cant see why EMT cant run these on the Liverpool-Nottingham rote they would be mutch more suited they could even run a service from London St Pancrise to Liverpool via Shefild etc as it runs the same route from Shefild to Nottingham as the Liverpool service.
I traveled on Transpennie Express Service from Shefield to Manchester Piccadilly which was packed to the rafters seriousley over crowded needed to be six cars but only three FTPE seem to be abit like Northern pack em all in like sardeens policy this is why i think it would be good if EMT could run a Service from London St Pancriase to L/Pool as it would take some presure off the FTPE route.
I was waiting to see what train came in for the 15.37 EMT service from MAN PIC to L/Pool and i was pleaently surprised when Loanded unit 158 887 came in so i decided to get on it which was aslo packed out comming in to Manchester and out as far as Warrington very nice units to travel on are the SWT refurbed 158's.
If it wasent one of these i would have probably come back via the ATW Service as far as Earlestown /Newton Le Willows which would have given me a ride on a 175.
My origional plan wa to come back Via Derby and Crewe but i chose the medrian instead as it was the first time i had been on one of these and as i say was well impressed and a good day out.
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