ChiefPlanner
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In which case sleeping car passengers on those trains in the winter can't have been very happy when the adjustable air vents above the berth (or above the door in 2nd class compartments) started blowing cold air on them when an ETH Class 31 was attached!
AFAIK there were never any Welsh internal sleeper trains either for that same reason, although I seem to recall that one of the previous Wales & Borders franchisees (can't remember which one) considered introducing a Cardiff-Holyhead sleeper. Not sure if the market for such a service would have been sufficient for it to be viable, though, and it would have had to go into England and then back into Wales just as the existing Cardiff-Holyhead trains do.
There was a suggestion by one of the bidders for a Holyhead - Fishguard sleeper , along with full dining and doing request calls down the North and West. It may have ticked a "Welsh inclusivity" box - but we were unsure as to whether they were serious.
Shall we say the idea was not followed up.....