uxm
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Any ideas as to when they will enter service? I'm aware of the current issues.
GWR replaced the moquette in July LNER may do the same.They're not what's been fitted in the end - LNER have got the same seats as GWR on their 800s instead...
Any ideas as to when they will enter service? I'm aware of the current issues.
They're not what's been fitted in the end - LNER have got the same seats as GWR on their 800s instead...
Any ideas as to when they will enter service? I'm aware of the current issues.
I seem to remember that too, the seats were brown in FC?That render has been doing rounds for years, IIRC there's a more recent version knocking about - albeit Virgin branded.
Aye there were two; one of them was a non-leather material mock-up seat for an advert, and the other was a render of a similar style but with leather trims.I seem to remember that too, the seats were brown in FC?
Found one of them
Red is not a restful colour and shows up as such on brainwave patterns. Greys and greens are the most restful.The seats in the East Coast fleet were always going to be exactly the same type as the GW trains also ordered by the DfT through the IEP programme, just with red covers, courtesy of Virgin's love affair with all things red...
Here is the first class interior mock up
All IETs will arrive with stock Hitachi seats. The plans are to rip them off and replace them with the seats which were already ordered by virgin. GWR did the same.This is what it looked like today at Leeds, having run the empty slot vacated when a diagram was pulled a while ago. Roughly on the 15:03 KX to Leeds, and subsequent 17:15 (left 2 early) south again.
801 101 on 5Q33 mostly early until Wakefield and 8 late at Leeds. Went on to Donny as 5Q34.
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It had these signs in each carriage, amended for each.
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I love the 3th shipment. Makes you wonder what the cab computer will default to when it has a melt down!This is what it looked like today at Leeds, having run the empty slot vacated when a diagram was pulled a while ago. Roughly on the 15:03 KX to Leeds, and subsequent 17:15 (left 2 early) south again.
801 101 on 5Q33 mostly early until Wakefield and 8 late at Leeds. Went on to Donny as 5Q34.
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It had these signs in each carriage, amended for each.
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All IETs will arrive with stock Hitachi seats. The plans are to rip them off and replace them with the seats which were already ordered by virgin. GWR did the same.
The unit's still got half the vinyls to be applied...
Credit to @JedKendray on Twitter
Seems like this one doesn't have AZUMA plastered everywhere?
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What's the thing sticking out of the front? Aerial or air speed sensor?
Credit to @JedKendray on Twitter
Seems like this one doesn't have AZUMA plastered everywhere?
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That lever belongs to the coupling system.What's the thing sticking out of the front? Aerial or air speed sensor?
Interesting and thanks. The one on display outside The Discovery Museum in Newcastle doesn't have it and other photos show it either bent to one side or down.That lever belongs to the coupling system.
What's the thing sticking out of the front? Aerial or air speed sensor?
Those seats look comfortable....
The (lowest) common denominator being DfT, of course.Same rubbish, different TOC.
The (lowest) common denominator being DfT, of course.
It will be very interesting to see what seats are fitted in the Hull Trains 802s - WorstGroup can't bleat about DfT interference on those.