Virgin Trains

[First Class]

RE: Virgin Trains

(12/06/2013 13:34)wirralbus Wrote:  At the best i think Network Rail are trying to say that they can not reliably get the Virgin Trains timetable to run properly as it stands what hope have they with a reversal at Stafford , one delay could escalate badly if say it fails in the platform .

Electrifying Wolves-Shrewsbury would be a great improvement. You could then just extend the VT Wolverhampton services. (Shrewsbury-Crewe may then also be worthwhile)

You'd also free up quite a few Class 170/172 DMUs, if LM then used electric stock.

[wirralbus]

RE: Virgin Trains
I think this Euston - Shrewsbury service would have had to have turned back from Platform 6 , enabling a following service to follow it into Stafford and Continue north on Platform 5 . One out of course delay and the service would be late on the turn round , I can see Network Rail's reticence for allowing this service .

[wirralbus]

RE: Virgin Trains
Virgin train services are being diverted via Northampton due to signalling problems between Rugby and Milton Keynes Central.

[childwallblues]

RE: Virgin Trains
The cab end Virgin motif on 390127 now says FLY VIRGIN TRAINS.

[jtd508110]

RE: Virgin Trains
I have been told that they are going to apply the "fly virgin trains" braiding to all of their fleet of pendos

[childwallblues]

RE: Virgin Trains
390156 was named "Stockport 170" at Stockport Station today to celebrate 170 years of the station.

[jtd508110]

RE: Virgin Trains
The Bank Holiday today brings engineering work to the WCML and diversions to the Chiltern Mainline.

I have been reliably informed that these diversions are 15 car super voyagers and WB64.

For WB64, the timings are:

1Z04, 10:04 London Euston - Birmingham Intl (calls unadvertised Banbury & SDO Coventry).
1Z07, 12:48 Birmingham Intl - London Euston (calls Coventry PUO & unadvertised stop Banbury) 
1Z16, 16:04 London Euston - Birmingham Intl (calls unadvertised Banbury & SDO Coventry).
1Z19, 19:07 Birmingham Intl - London Euston (calls Coventry PUO & unadvertised stop Banbury).

The mk3 rake will be hauled by 2 class 57's

[N271CKB]

RE: Virgin Trains
A virgin voyager has hit the buffers on platform 1 at Chester station at slow speed.
No reports of any serious injurys.

[wirralbus]

RE: Virgin Trains
Led to believe its causing severe delays to all services at Chester as permissive working of platforms has been withdrawn , therefore only one train is allowed to be platformed at any one time on platforms 4 and 7.

[wirralbus]

RE: Virgin Trains
I would suspect that Platform 1 will be out of action for a while as they will need to check the rails to look for contamination when the train eventually gets removed.