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« on: May 29, 2008, 11:11:24 »
Off of XC▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) site:
06:15 Bristol Temple Meads to Edinburgh due 13:16
This train will run short formed with 3 carriages between Birmingham New Street and Edinburgh.This is due to a train fault.

3 car voyager?! surely not. *scratches head*
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« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2008, 11:48:39 »
Sounds like it's been replaced by a Class 170 at Birmingham. Wonder how much time that will lose?
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« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2008, 11:53:39 »
And in reply to my own question, currently running on time north of Newcastle. Maybe they just had to take one carriage out of passenger use but the set ran in normal formation. 
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« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2008, 12:32:24 »
It sounds quite logical for either
the only other thing i could think of was that it could have been a double formation voyager and it being formed of 3 was a typo and was meant to be 4..
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« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2008, 18:22:48 »
i would guess at a 4 car voyager having a car locked out of use for a lighting fault or something like that.

i doubt the ex central drivers who sign 170's sign the route to jock land and also doubt ex virgin sign 170's.the reason i say this is down to different pay and conditions hence the staff are unable to cross train yet
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« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2008, 19:16:36 »
Whether it was a Voyager or a 170, this service must have been critically overcrowded! Angry

Voyagers are bad enough, but with one car down? Huh

Why did Virgin reduce the capacity of their trains? And don't say "Operation Princess" - that did not increase frequencies on the extrimites of the network (i.e. past Plymouth), nor on the routes towards Reading! These services basically had capacity cut by a half.

At least XC▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) is undoing some of the damage... Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2008, 19:37:44 »
this was a slip of the key error. It arrived 10 early in EDB, a 170 wouldn't manage that!
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« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2008, 21:12:09 »
Quote from: swlines on May 29, 2008, 19:37:44
this was a slip of the key error. It arrived 10 early in EDB, a 170 wouldn't manage that!
It probably could with the amount of slack in XC▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) timings!
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« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2008, 21:15:23 »
Quote from: vacman on May 29, 2008, 21:12:09
Quote from: swlines on May 29, 2008, 19:37:44
this was a slip of the key error. It arrived 10 early in EDB, a 170 wouldn't manage that!
It probably could with the amount of slack in XC▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) timings!
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« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2008, 21:23:10 »
Quote from: vacman on May 29, 2008, 21:12:09
Quote from: swlines on May 29, 2008, 19:37:44
this was a slip of the key error. It arrived 10 early in EDB, a 170 wouldn't manage that!
It probably could with the amount of slack in XC▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) timings!

Not when the areas where it picked up time are 125mph linespeed and the XCs are booked for 115mph!
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« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2008, 09:19:03 »
Quote from: vacman on May 29, 2008, 21:12:09
Quote from: swlines on May 29, 2008, 19:37:44
this was a slip of the key error. It arrived 10 early in EDB, a 170 wouldn't manage that!
It probably could with the amount of slack in XC▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) timings!

Not that the HSTs▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) would suggest was there. 9V57 running over 30 late yesterday surprise surprise!
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