[calc7]

And of course route High Wycombe tickets are perfectly valid on Virgin Voyagers scheduled to be diverted to go through High Wycombe (or Aylesbury) no matter how little their management may like it.

[34D]

Depends on the permitted routes.

The forthcoming direct service is unlikely to change things for Birmingham-London, unless the maps get updated.

[hairyhandedfool]

Originally Posted by Cherry_Picker

Just out of pure curiosity, would a route High Wycombe ticket be valid via Banbury > Oxford > Bicester Town > walk to Bicester North > Marylebone? I presume it would. It would have to be valid once there are direct trains from Oxford to London via High Wycombe, wouldnt it?

It does not feature as a mapped route for Birmingham/Banbury/Leamington Spa-London, I doubt it is the shortest route (or within three miles of it) and there are no direct trains by that route. I do not know of an easement allowing that route (which would be odd given that an easement forbids journeys to Bicester North going via Oxford and Bicester Town).

[RPM]

Originally Posted by calc7

And of course route High Wycombe tickets are perfectly valid on Virgin Voyagers scheduled to be diverted to go through High Wycombe (or Aylesbury) no matter how little their management may like it.

Why would Virgin Voyagers be routed through Aylesbury? I'm not aware this has ever happened. I suppose if the WCML was closed and the Chiltern Main Line was blocked between Aynho and Princes Risborough then you could run VT services to London via Oxford, Claydon, Aylesbury & Princes Risborough but it isn't very likeley.

[oversteer]

Originally Posted by RPM

Why would Virgin Voyagers be routed through Aylesbury? I'm not aware this has ever happened. I suppose if the WCML was closed and the Chiltern Main Line was blocked between Aynho and Princes Risborough then you could run VT services to London via Oxford, Claydon, Aylesbury & Princes Risborough but it isn't very likeley.

I think that would probably be the ultimate "bash"

Maybe he means reversing at Aylesbury / PR like those rare occasions when the CML gets blocked between PR and Neasden

[Lad Brookes]

Do Voyagers have tripcocks for use on LU metals?

[RPM]

Originally Posted by oversteer

I think that would probably be the ultimate "bash"

Maybe he means reversing at Aylesbury / PR like those rare occasions when the CML gets blocked between PR and Neasden

Voyagers can't go over the Met though - no type approval or tripcocks.

[barrykas]

Originally Posted by RPM

Voyagers can't go over the Met though - no type approval or tripcocks.

And even if they did have tripcocks, a double Voyager (as is generally used on "Blockade Busters") wouldn't be allowed on the Met without permission from the Line Controller due to their length.