(14/06/2017 09:07)childwallblues Wrote: [ -> ]The 0700 LIV-EUS failed yesterday morning at Milton & Broxton with a tilt problem. The driver identified the problem and after a reset the train proceeded in non tile mode to Euston. Afurther stop was made at Rugby to allow two faster trains to pass. Arrival was approx 27 minutes late.
I presume you mean Milford & Brocton?
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That's nothing compared to the 08.00 Euston-Manchester last Wednesday which failed south of Wembley Central and was eventually cleared to Wembley via Bletchley at 15.31!
(05/06/2017 12:36)mikestone Wrote: [ -> ]Virgin have applied to operate 06.46, 08.53 and 10.53 Euston-Blackpool and 10.45, 12.45 and 14.45 return Monday to Saturday from May 2018 calling at Rugby, Warrington, Wigan and Preston, and Kirkham and Poulton if a cost effective method can be agreed. It comments that the Grand Central rights are exprcted to expire as they haven't ordered any trains.
(I know wibble was that they wanted to use HSTs instead but I don't believe they ever made formal application)
Presumably 390s will be made available by tightening Euston turnrounds to accomodate HS2 work.
This would tie-in with the start of electric trains to Blackpool North, currently due in May 2018.
The next West Coast franchise will be run by one of an Anglo French consortium (Stagecoach, Virgin and SNCF), an Anglo Italian consortium (First and TrenItalia) or a consortium of American, Swedish, Japanese, Hong Kong and British companies led by MTR:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bidde...government
These days it just seems like put all the names in a bowl and its a lucky dip to find the winner.
Very similar to livery used on East Coast. Looks like an attempt to have one livery for both East and West Coast operations.
It isn’t. The DfT instructed Virgin to have a relatively neutral livery pending the new franchise award. They didn’t event want them to have Virgin branding but the swoosh was a compromise.
The second Pendolino in the new livery is 390006 which was on the 0744 LPY-EUS yesterday.
The third Pendolino to emerge from Widnes in the new livery is 390009.