Shown as cancelled throughout now - so what would happen with the passengers ?
Ignore that, i read the following XC as being cancelled.
Sleeper is shown as arriving into PAD 90 minutes late, yet only 5 minutes late into Reading - so it says its taking 2 hours 50 mins from Reading to PAD.
Ignore that, i read the following XC as being cancelled.
Sleeper is shown as arriving into PAD 90 minutes late, yet only 5 minutes late into Reading - so it says its taking 2 hours 50 mins from Reading to PAD.
I've asked this before, but I don't think it was answered - when a 66 is summoned for dragging a passenger service, what happens with regards to ETS if the current (pardon the pun) loco can't provide it?Loco (57603) failed between Hayle & Camborne on 2145 Penzance to Paddington. Class 66 being summoned from Fowey to assist!
I don't think the poor reliability of the FGW 57s will help the business case for keeping the sleeper running to be honest.
21:45 Penzance to London Pad has broken down, train to be assisted back to Penzance. A replacement train will run, at least 120 mins late
From NRE on twitter. Looks like an HST to me
Ignore that, i read the following XC as being cancelled.
Sleeper is shown as arriving into PAD 90 minutes late, yet only 5 minutes late into Reading - so it says its taking 2 hours 50 mins from Reading to PAD.
21:45 Penzance to London Pad has broken down, train to be assisted back to Penzance. A replacement train will run, at least 120 mins late
From NRE on twitter. Looks like an HST to me
June 26, I arrived at Paddington from Truro with Tintagel Castle and Pendennis Castle having hauled the sleeper. At some point Pendennis Castle was attached but don't know where from. I asked the attendent about the routing but she had no idea. Is via Bristol a heavier route for the sleeper than Berks and Hants? I know I'd be well and truely hissed if I was taken from my bed and put in a first class seat on an HST. No chance of a sleep for me. What about a refund? What would be offered by way of compensation? Nothing short of a full refund would satisfy me.I have seen threads on this forum before about FGW using two HST power cars to drag the sleeper. Any reason that isn't done all the time? Is it just the logistics of separating the power cars from the coaches, or does it depend on what fault the loco gets?
There was 3 class 67's in Paddington sat night, with mix and match carriages, 67020 was one of them
That was the relief stock for the Olympics, nothing to do with the sleeper. However, is there a reason why first haven't looked into replacing 57's with 67's. I know their franchise is running out, but are there any other reasons?