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Title: Short formations to the South West Post by: bradshaw on June 28, 2019, 08:56:27 Cross Country seem to have caught the GWR problem. Over the last couple of days there have been significant short formations.
SHORT FORMATION: We are sorry but the 09:00 Glasgow Central to Penzance service is formed of 4 coaches instead of 8 today. Coaches G, I, J and L are not available. If you have a reservation and end up standing as a result.... Also 0925 Penzance to Dundee https://twitter.com/crosscountryuk/status/1144500668872265730?s=21 Title: Re: Short formations to the South West Post by: grahame on June 28, 2019, 09:13:44 Penzance to Dundee would be a record stand!!
With loads of parked-up HSTs, why are we seeing so many short formations? Title: Re: Short formations to the South West Post by: ray951 on June 28, 2019, 15:27:05 Penzance to Dundee would be a record stand!! With loads of parked-up HSTs, why are we seeing so many short formations? Because privatisation caused the ownership of the trains to be separated from the train operators. I would therefore assume that Cross Country would have to first have to agree a contract with the train owner and then have another discussion with the Dft over changes to the franchise contract and then probably a third discussion with Network Rail about access charges (so another contract). So why bother. In this instance privatisation has been good for lawyers and rent extractors, but not passengers. Title: Re: Short formations to the South West Post by: bradshaw on June 29, 2019, 10:53:56 Another cosy journey today
From XC Twitter account SHORT FORMATION: We are sorry but the 09:40 Newquay to Dundee service is formed of 4 coaches instead of 8 coaches today. Coaches G I J and L are unavailable. If you have a reservation and end up standing as a result, visit This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |