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The Last Ever Pacer Train
- Published_at:2021-05-31
- Category:Travel & Events
- Channel:Geoff Marshall
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- description: The Pacer trains are finally disappearing from the rail network (although some will be saved by moving to heritage railways). Introduced in the 1980's there were only meant to run for 20 years, but were still in use in 2019, when Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations required them to be retired. Northern's went in November 2020, GWR said goodbye to theirs in in December 2020, and the end of May saw Transport for Wales Class 143 finally run for the last time, so with two units out in operation, I went for one last bumpy, squeaky, trip, and say farewell ... Thanks to James Bennet from TfW, more on their new fleet of trains is here: https://tfwrail.wales/metro/trains The other James whom helped the mother up with her pushchair is a volunteer at the Network SouthEast Railway Society. you should go visit them! (They've got a preserved Class 142 Pacer unit!) they're at Sheperdswell in Kent, here: https://www.nsers.org/ Also a huge thanks to Alex, Chris and Rhydian for providing me with the Welsh subtitles for the PA at 1m 50sec in. I thought it would be a nice touch to add it in Welsh! (Translated into English, it says "Follow our safer travelling advice - Face coverings must be worn unless you are exempt - Plan ahead to avoid busy periods - Keep your distance, and wash your hands or use hand sanitser regularly.")
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