Haig paxton
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- 29 Feb 2016
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Is the livery worn by CrossCountry Voyagers simply the Virgin livery with a few ammendments or have they ever been fully repainted? If it is original then it is wearing rather well.
As NajaB alludes to, they were revinyled (?), apart from the roof. Initially this did stick out a bit, however, with the amount of neglect that they've had, it no longer does
The phrase can't be bothered springs to mind when talking about CrossCountry voyagers, with their interior stripey doors and virgin standard class seats.
To be fair to CrossCountry, they did reupholster the seats the other year, but it was a decision to use the same moquette as Virgin did, except in First class.
The phrase can't be bothered springs to mind when talking about CrossCountry voyagers, with their interior stripey doors and virgin standard class seats. You can see how many people still to mistake them for the Virgin services that ran 9 years ago.
Now I quite like the XC house style and uniform which is quite smart, but when they took over the franchise they did not emphasis they were a new company and many people saw it as a more of a rebrand.
Rare for the phrase "love these trains" to be used in connection with Voyagers. I believe many on here would argue that it is not a refit they would love them to have.I'd love these trains to have a total refit...
The reason for using Virgin colour's was apparently due to DDA regulations or that the XC scheme was too dark...
I'd love these trains to have a total refit...