Remembering when XC used to run regular HSTs from Manchester on Summer Saturdays

[sufian123]

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/cross-country-hst-diagrams.178989/

Manchester-Newquay used to be HST years ago.

 

[sufian123]

It was to Paignton also to Newquay from Manchester was hsts 11 years ago.

 

[PHILIPE]

It was to Paignton also to Newquay from Manchester was hsts 11 years ago.

What about Summer Saturdays

 

[sufian123]

What about Summer Saturdays

That was summer Saturdays. XC used to hire sets from national express.

 

[PHILIPE]

That was summer Saturdays. XC used to hire sets from national express.

More recent than 11 years ago.

 

[sufian123]

More recent than 11 years ago.

It was roughly 2008.

 

[yorkie]

It was roughly 2008.

The Manchester - Newquay lasted until at least 2009 and the Manchester - Paignton until 2010 according to this post:

They worked Manchester Piccadilly-Paignton and Manchester Piccadilly-Newquay diagrams on Saturdays in the first Summer in which XC had the refurbished HST fleet, the Summer of 2009. The Paignton diagram still ran in 2010 too, but the Newquay diagram could have been a Voyager by then. For the High Summer period of Summer 2009 the Newquay diagram was an HST hired in from NXEC.

 

[sufian123]

The Manchester - Newquay lasted until at least 2009 and the Manchester - Paignton until 2010 according to this post:

Thanks very much

 

[yorkie]

No problem.

I'm sure @43094 / @43096 could confirm if the above is correct...

 

[Mag_seven]

I remember XC hiring in "Midland Main Line" HST sets on summer Saturdays in the late 90s. They also hired in a West Coast Mainline mark 3 plus DVT set as well.

 

[Ash Bridge]

I remember XC hiring in "Midland Main Line" HST sets on summer Saturdays in the late 90s. They also hired in a West Coast Mainline mark 3 plus DVT set as well.

Yes we travelled back from our holidays in North Cornwall many times during that period on those 47 hauled WC sets boarding the Paignton to Manchester (13:05?) VXC service at Exeter SD (13:53). I seem to recall it was more often (at least in my experience) a West Midlands rake they used so mainly mk2e/f plus a mk3 catering & DVT vehicle, the very last time being June 2002 when it was a full mk3 set.

 

[43096]

No problem.

I'm sure @43094 / @43096 could confirm if the above is correct...

The Manchester-Newquay was certainly HST in 2009 as ISTR it used an East Coast set sent over from Neville Hill. I lost interest around then as everything was bent...