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REGIONAL RAILWAYS
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This service ran between Cardiff and Portsmouth approximately every hour, with one journey each day being extended to Brighton on the up service. Trains comprised mark 1 WR stock varied in composition, but generally comprised four or five coaches, and hauled by a class 33 locomotive. Class 155 Sprinters were introduced in 1988, being temporarily replaced by class 156 units later that year, and subsequently superceded by class 158 units. The brochure for 1987 shows a Saver fare between Cardiff and Portsmouth as being £17:50.
The introduction of the Sprinter units was controversial as they provided less accommodation than the trains they replaced. The trains became more crowded each year and this problem was never resolved during the life of Regional Railways.
References to these workings can be found in :-
| Passenger Timetables | : Summer 1987; Summer 1988; Winter 1995-6; |
| Working Timetables | : |
| Carriage Working Notices | : |
| Photo album | : pp.31/various; 33/various; 47/various; |
| Observations | : Class 31 - 27/2/87; |
| : Class 33 - 10/6/86; 12/8/86; 14/8/86; 14/8/86; 15/10/86; 6/11/86; 9/1/87; 9/1/87; | |
| : 22/1/87; 6/2/87; 11/2/87; 11/2/87; 17/2/87; 20/2/87; 20/2/87; 21/2/87; 21/2/87; | |
| : 21/2/87; 28/2/87; 28/2/87; 7/5/87; 22/5/87; 22/5/87; 1/6/87; 5/6/87; 12/6/87; | |
| : 13/6/87; 16/6/87; 16/6/87; 21/6/87; 24/6/87; 29/6/87; 19/7/87; 23/7/87; 19/10/87; | |
| : 20/10/87; 19/11/87; 27/11/87; 8/1/88; 8/1/88; 8/1/88; 8/1/88; 12/1/88; 9/2/88; | |
| : 10/2/88; 12/2/88; 19/4/88; 3/5/88; 3/5/88; 25/5/88; 7/6/88; 12/12/88; 12/12/88; | |
| : 27/9/88; | |
| : Class 47 - 24/7/87; 18/4/88; | |
| : Class 3D - 16/1/91; | |
| : Class 156 - 22/12/88; 22/12/88; 23/12/88; 23/12/88; 11/4/89; 8/5/89; 10/6/89; | |
| : 10/6/89; | |
| : Class 158 - 28/2/91; | |
| Books | : |
| Websites | : |
| Unusual workings | : Class 31; NSE coaches; Double headed |
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