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EMT 158's
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:27 pm
by 6rdfar90
How many reliveried 158's does EMT own??
And how many unites would be needed to provide the same capacity as 2 222's?
Re: EMT 158's
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:41 pm
by AlistairW
EMT currently has 3 reliveried 158’s with a further two in Delta Rails workshop which are due out very soon taking the total to 5. In total they have 27 units and a further two on loan from SWT to cover for the one that hit a bridge and is currently in Crewe and one to cover the refurbishment programme, which was meant to be 1 unit at a time.
The refurbished 158’s have 158 seats per 2 coach set.
5 coach Meridian has 242 seats*
7 coach Meridian has 342 seats**
Therefore to cover a 5 coach Meridian you need 1 and half 158’s or 3 coaches and to cover a 7 coach Meridian you need 2 and a half 158’s or 5 coaches.
To answer your question, to cover for a 10 coach Meridian (two, five coach sets) you would need 3 158's.
* 192 Standard and 50 First class (5 coach).
** 236 Standard and 106 First class (7 coach).
Cheers,
Ali
Re: EMT 158's
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 1:31 pm
by LeeEAS
As current these are the 3 units in EMT livery:
158780
158783
158785
Re: EMT 158's
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 7:58 pm
by allypally
158848? was seen at Leicester in EMT livery the other day.
Re: EMT 158's
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 8:53 pm
by LeeEAS
158848 is a Northern unit, and is in Northern livery...
Re: EMT 158's
Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 4:42 pm
by allypally
Well it was 1588 summat. I have better things to do then take too much note of to be honest irrevelant DMUs!
Re: EMT 158's
Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 4:49 pm
by LeeEAS
allypally wrote:I have better things to do then take too much note of to be honest irrevelant DMUs!
So do a lot of people

, I used to be the same, they just bored me, then my mate got me spotting them...
As for the unit, I think it must of been 158847 you saw.
One things for sure it won't be 818-840 as they are with ATW.
Re: EMT 158's
Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 9:50 pm
by MCR247
847 & 852 are repainted
EDIT: Oops mean 847
Re: EMT 158's
Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 9:55 pm
by LeeEAS
158842 is another Northern unit, also in Northern livery
158852 is with EMT, last seen in Central Trains livery, possibly could have been repainted