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Title: XC Services Post by: ReWind on June 19, 2009, 22:48:23 I think this is the best place to post this.
A couple of queries regarding the XC HST's that have been bugging me of late. Does anyone know where XC got the HST's from. If they were so readily available, surely FGW would have got them, long before XC! Also, since the introduction of XC HST's, the voyagers from the diagrams they have took up, seem to have dissappeared into thin air! Surely XC now have spare voyagers to run extra services to/from the South West etc. I havn't noticed any new services these voyagers have took up!! Title: Re: XC Services Post by: devon_metro on June 19, 2009, 22:51:08 The stock was converted from virgin wcml stock. A number of 221s went to Virgin too.
Title: Re: XC Services Post by: cereal_basher on June 19, 2009, 22:55:34 Two HST coaching rakes were from EMT, as they were surplus to requirement along with five power cars. The other five power cars were brought out of store and were in a very bad condition. The other two coaching rakes were converted from ex LHCS MK3s.
As for the reason for no extra diagrams, the five HSTs directly replaced five Class 221s that went to Virgin in December. Title: Re: XC Services Post by: Btline on June 19, 2009, 23:15:28 I wonder what Virgin are doing with their Voyagers, as they seem to have enough spare for Shrewsbury this and Chiltern Blockade that!
Title: Re: XC Services Post by: cereal_basher on June 19, 2009, 23:39:54 Currently lots of services are double voyagers, extensions are just half of a double voyager going somewhere with the other half going to the usual destination. When they need to divert via the Chiltern route they have low stock demand due to the engineering work so they can run them using voyagers.
Title: Re: XC Services Post by: paul7575 on June 20, 2009, 12:55:36 Currently lots of services are double voyagers, extensions are just half of a double voyager going somewhere with the other half going to the usual destination. When they need to divert via the Chiltern route they have low stock demand due to the engineering work so they can run them using voyagers. They also transfer unused Pendolinos to the Birmingham - Glasgow/Edinburgh route, releasing Voyagers for the Chilterns blockade busters, this is apparently the only time Pendolinos are seen in Edinburgh now... Paul Title: Re: XC Services Post by: readytostart on June 20, 2009, 18:42:40 Currently lots of services are double voyagers, extensions are just half of a double voyager going somewhere with the other half going to the usual destination. When they need to divert via the Chiltern route they have low stock demand due to the engineering work so they can run them using voyagers. They also transfer unused Pendolinos to the Birmingham - Glasgow/Edinburgh route, releasing Voyagers for the Chilterns blockade busters, this is apparently the only time Pendolinos are seen in Edinburgh now... Paul 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 |