Lindisfarne (nr Alnmouth). @Railperf should, I believe, be on an 800/1; the 801/1s are currently only on Leeds diagrams, and specifically went on that route to free up 800/1s for Anglo-Scottish services.Where's Holy Island, apart from Holyhead?
Are you on an 800 or 801?
All LNER did was replace the DfT-spec flat cloth with their own cut-pile red/crimson moquette; GWR are now gradually doing the same with their 80x units. LNER's moquette is slightly better, but the difference is negligible compared to replacing the DfT-spec seats (read: the actual seat structures) with something more universally palatable.
I don't remember such a promise. Only the marketing guff that the seating would be comfortable, because they're 'ergonomic' seats (i.e. the same as GWR 802s but in red).
I assume so; the Lincoln/Hull diagrams will probably utilise the 5-car 800/2s.
It all depends on how closely the shape of your ergo matches the design one!
I hope not.
Likewise, if only for the knowledge that the Hull Executive is very heavily loaded (whereas the Lincolns aren't so much).
Lincoln/Harrogate/Middlesborough service will be formed of 5-car Class 800/2s, let's hope some elderly HST's come off lease soon as the 800/1s were originally meant to replace these not Class 91s which are been replace by 9-car Class 801s. HST's are non- PRM compliant so makes sense to replace these before the 91s although of course this hasn't happened.
Yes. I had a return run over the WCML north on an Azuma too. I take it the seat reservation system cannot cope with diversions via Carlisle and so it was back to paper reservations both ways. Traffic lights were dead. No PIS announcements either.
Fear not! The crack anti-Azuma/IET re-education team will soon visit you personally to ensure you espouse the correct views in future
