That's something else, at the top of the columns there is an H for train formed of High Speed Stock, and a V for service operated by VOYAGER train.
EXCUSE ME, but IIRC▸ the term VOYAGER only applies to Virgin Trains fomed of class 221 or 222 stock.
Arriva XC▸ don't use the term Voyager at ALL...
A railway myth I'm afraid, I emailed
AXC» on this very point a year or so ago. They replied:
"Voyager is the name of the class of train so consequently we have made reference to it as such. However we don't plan to refer to the trains as Voyagers in our onboard and information screen announcements."
Voyager is not a registered trademark either, but obviously Virgin is, I suspect in due course the term Virgin Pendolino will also be replaced by plain Pendolino. A look through the Crosscountry website yesterday shows a number of occurences of 'Voyager', eg:
http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/AboutCrossCountry/PressAndMedia/PressReleaseXC2008009DE.aspx"CrossCountry customers can look forward to extra seats and up to 25 percent more luggage space following the award of a contract to redesign and refresh the interiors of the company^s Voyager train fleet.
"Starting in September, train builder Bombardier will add an extra 16 seats and 20 percent more luggage space to each of the 22 five-car Voyagers and...
"CrossCountry Managing Director Andy Cooper said: ^Interior redesign of our Voyager trains will make a significant contribution to ....
Paul
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