Where do trains go on Christmas day?

[fgwrich]

Best reply so far

Hope they don't get hungover though!

 

[Harbon 1]

Hope they don't eat too many sprouts......don't want no smelly fumes coming from the trains.

The voyagers have been burning them off for a good few years now!

 

[Beveridges]

Depots have to have enough room to hold the entire fleet, like at Xmas when everything is back on depot but this is no different to 02:00-04:00 in the morning on any given day where the entire fleet is out of service and back at depot (apart from some specific TOCs that unusually have a few overnight services like TPE)

 

[jamieP]

Depots have to have enough room to hold the entire fleet, like at Xmas when everything is back on depot but this is no different to 02:00-04:00 in the morning on any given day where the entire fleet is out of service and back at depot (apart from some specific TOCs that unusually have a few overnight services like TPE)

Most depots can't hold there entire fleet so units will also be in yards across there network.

 

[Beveridges]

All the Depots utilised by the TOC combined have enough room to store the entire fleet is what I mean

 

[jopsuk]

"Depot" tends to have a fairly specific meaning in railway terms- a lot of the stock will be stabled in locations with little or no maintenance facilities- often not even light cleaning facilities.

 

[ChiefPlanner]

Some TOCs usually park their trains up in unsecure locations over Christmas that are within easy reach of graffiti vandals.

With careful planning and some security measures , this can be avoided.

EG - never leave anything at Camden CS - ! (used to have a careful plan to get stock back to manned and more secure locations - never a problem with graffitti vandals accordingly.

 

[fraser158]

I have seen a Christmas Special Traffic Notice in the 80's with a train running from North Pole Jct at 23.59 on Christmas Eve, arriving back 00.01 25th Dec.
Honest Guv

Here's another Santa Express.

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/S73184/2012/12/24/advanced

 

[MCR247]

Interesting how Santa visits everywhere in alphabetical order

 

[The Colonel]

Where do trains go on Christmas day?

Well 5703 8011 8021 5908 5919 5847 444019 5911 5742 5730 5741 amongst others were at Guildford station yesterday. Expect they're still there today if anyone needs them

 

[455driver]

Here's another Santa Express.

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/S73184/2012/12/24/advanced

Brentwood is "interesting"!

 

[Crossover]

Interesting how Santa visits everywhere in alphabetical order

Last time I checked, they weren't in alphabetical order :P

Brentwood is "interesting"!

There is also a "Naughty Child" where it was booked to pass

 

[gerryuk]

Depots have to have enough room to hold the entire fleet, like at Xmas when everything is back on depot but this is no different to 02:00-04:00 in the morning on any given day where the entire fleet is out of service and back at depot (apart from some specific TOCs that unusually have a few overnight services like TPE)

What happens in places like Sheffield? There must be a fair few train based there for early morning services, however there is no depot in Sheffield. What happens to the trains overnight there?

 

[sprinterguy]

What happens in places like Sheffield? There must be a fair few train based there for early morning services, however there is no depot in Sheffield. What happens to the trains overnight there?

Northern do have a depot at Sheffield for their units. Additionally, Northern also use the through roads at Sheffield to stable large numbers of DMUs overnight and at weekends. I would suspect that Christmas day stabling arrangements at Sheffield are similar to the scene early on a Sunday morning.