221115 renamed Polmadie Depot

[eos]

Virgin SuperVoyager 221115 renamed "Polmadie Depot", and rebadged with Bombardier vynyls on its first trip today.

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[Oswyntail]

What a shame. Here we have a class that had a series of interesting and consistent names, which is then thrown out by Arriva, and now one of the remaining ones is replaced. I have nothing against naming stuff after depots, though I would prefer something more stimulating. At least it hasn't been named "PDQ Stationers - our best customer" or "Arthur Blenny - Deputy MD 2003-4"

 

[Dreadnought]

What a shame. Here we have a class that had a series of interesting and consistent names, which is then thrown out by Arriva, and now one of the remaining ones is replaced. I have nothing against naming stuff after depots, though I would prefer something more stimulating. At least it hasn't been named "PDQ Stationers - our best customer" or "Arthur Blenny - Deputy MD 2003-4"

Actually 221114-221118 all lost their original names when they were hired by VT to XC prior to the introduction of the VHF timetable. 221115 is the first one to be named since they returned to VT.

 

[mumrar]

What a shame. Here we have a class that had a series of interesting and consistent names, which is then thrown out by Arriva, and now one of the remaining ones is replaced. I have nothing against naming stuff after depots, though I would prefer something more stimulating. At least it hasn't been named "PDQ Stationers - our best customer" or "Arthur Blenny - Deputy MD 2003-4"

A typically ill-informed Arriva rant, but on here that's quite normal. The names were taken off all 220s and 221s that XC received because Virgin kicked up a stink about having paid for them. It was all part of their dummy spitting at not retaining the franchise, which came as a result of Virgin and the DfT foisting such small units upon us. If you don't know the facts, don't just put something in the place they belong.

 

[Matt Taylor]

But the Voyagers were not foisted upon XC, they were ordered to Virgin's specifications and while not being everybodies cup of tea they were fit for purpose within the scope of Operation Princess. After the failure of Operation Princess (by no means entirely VT's fault) XC was continually playing catch up and never attained the service level that could have been possible if there had been less Dft intervention.

 

[MCR247]

But the Voyagers were not foisted upon XC, they were ordered to Virgin's specifications and while not being everybodies cup of tea they were fit for purpose within the scope of Operation Princess. After the failure of Operation Princess (by no means entirely VT's fault) XC was continually playing catch up and never attained the service level that could have been possible if there had been less Dft intervention.

But Virgin wanted 6 and 7 car voyagers, but the DfT said no