New Virgin Trains Route Map

[380gk]

Carstairs was not included after 2003 I think but trains still stopped there until recently.

Tamworth, Lichfield Trent Valley, Nuneaton and Motherwell are very limited so imo could be removed, I don't think the first 3 are included in VT timetables.

The 2008 Glasgow to Crewe still stops at Carstairs.l

 

[MidnightFlyer]

The 2008 Glasgow to Crewe still stops at Carstairs.l

It doesn't, it was scrapped as a call about 2 years ago now. I believe even when it did call there it was (for some odd reason) Friday excepted...

Edit - Just checked: it was scrapped in Dec 2013.

 

[Hadders]

Why the evening working is set down only at Northampton I do not know. It would provide a helpful extra evening Northampton-MK service.

It's set down only at NMP so they don't have to operate replacement buses to MKC when they run it via the mainline.

I traveled on this service a couple of weeks ago and it went via the mainline and w had a frustrating 20 minute wait at Milton Keynes (where it is not set down only.)

 

[380gk]

It doesn't, it was scrapped as a call about 2 years ago now. I believe even when it did call there it was (for some odd reason) Friday excepted...

Edit - Just checked: it was scrapped in Dec 2013.

It was a connection out of a n Edinburgh service I think run by TPE FX.
That's strange they no longer call. Does the TPE edb - carstairs still run? Maybe that's the reason behind it.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

It was a connection out of a n Edinburgh service I think run by TPE FX.
That's strange they no longer call. Does the TPE edb - carstairs still run? Maybe that's the reason behind it.

Nope, the Scotland-Manchester services were recast last year what with the introduction of the 350/4s and routeing via Chat Moss, everything now runs to / ex- Manchester. That explains it then

 

[455driver]

Virgin allocate all their routes a letter in their timetables.

Route B goes to Birmingham and Shrewsbury from Euston (see the attachment in the OP).

If people want to be clever maybe I and the other SWT staff should start using our route numbers such as 32 and 75 so we can appear all superior like!

 

[Deerfold]

If people want to be clever maybe I and the other SWT staff should start using our route numbers such as 32 and 75 so we can appear all superior like!

I don't see how it's being clever - it's what the entire thread is about.

 

[6Gman]

Can you still get nights in Blackpool for £10 in winter?

A night of what for £10?

 

[Deerfold]

A night of what for £10?

Surely Blackpool's not that cheap? Even a day on the Pleasure beach is at least £18 these days.

 

[Starmill]

It was a connection out of a n Edinburgh service I think run by TPE FX.
That's strange they no longer call. Does the TPE edb - carstairs still run? Maybe that's the reason behind it.

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/G34610/2014/12/01 not this you are thinking of? There is a connecting ScotRail service to Edinbrugh.

 

[380gk]

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/G34610/2014/12/01 not this you are thinking of? There is a connecting ScotRail service to Edinbrugh.

Nope. There used to be an Edinburgh to Carstairs service FX that would connect in to the Virgin service for Crewe at Carstairs. Upon arrival, the 185 would then run ECS to corkerhill and stable overnight.

 

[MCR247]

There definitely was. I didn't know it was gone until now

 

[snail]

I see that the 0535 Voyager from Lancaster that is going to form the new Blackpool service has been replaced by a Pendolino leaving at 0513. That means Preston now has 2 early services to Euston at 0533 and 0600.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

That means Preston now has 2 early services to Euston at 0533 and 0600.

It always has...