Or the screens at some stations say which it is. It's all part of the mystery of life :P
There are set diagrams for the 11-car Pendolinos, which of course are growing in number as an increasing number of trains are lengthened. Regular experience of the services has been the only way for me to begin to unveil which services are formed of lengthened units: For instance, the 18:43 London Euston to Crewe is an 11-car Pendo from Monday - Thursday. As is the 16:33 Euston - Preston, Monday to Friday.You don't know until you see it
And indeed, the other way round as well: The indicator boards along the route yesterday were reporting the 17:23 Euston - Wolverhampton as an "11-coach Virgin Pendolino", when in reality it was plain old 9-car 390035.Not always correctly though - last time I was travelling from Euston to Glasgow I couldn't help but notice, looking out of the window at Preston, that the platform indicator was showing "9-coach Virgin Pendolino" - nope, it was 390141
They're making Stafford commuters cycle to London in order to cater for the massive growth in passenger demand on the WCML? hock:No it's to cater for the massive growth in passengers on the WCML over the last few years. A happy side effect is that it provides extra capacity for the Olympics but it certainly isn't a project that has come about solely because of the Olympics.
The 17:23 Euston - Wolverhampton actually was an 11-car Pendolino this evening, 390136. There were a lot of late running arrivals into Euston on Monday evening - The stock for the 17:23 only arrived at 17:10 apparently, so I presume that there was a lot of "stepping up" of diagrams that meant that the rostered 11-car 390 got diverted onto a later departure.And indeed, the other way round as well: The indicator boards along the route yesterday were reporting the 17:23 Euston - Wolverhampton as an "11-coach Virgin Pendolino", when in reality it was plain old 9-car 390035.
They're making Stafford commuters cycle to London in order to cater for the massive growth in passenger demand on the WCML?
(I presume that you haven't actually clicked on the link below that post!)