.... so may as well have public calls to avoid Glasgow passengers having to go via Edinburgh.
EDIT - I started posting before Ainsworth's post appeared so I bow to your superior knowledge
I have it on the authority of someone who absolutely knows that Edinburgh guards sign Edinburgh - Carlisle - Newcastle, Edinburgh drivers sign Edinburgh - Carlisle and Newcastle drivers/guards sign Newcastle - Carlisle. So all trains have to swap at least drivers at Carlisle.
There is no route conducting and even if they were I have no idea how XC crew would route conduct seeing as none of their services go south of Carstairs on the WCML!
I have it on the authority of someone who absolutely knows that Edinburgh guards sign Edinburgh - Carlisle - Newcastle, Edinburgh drivers sign Edinburgh - Carlisle and Newcastle drivers/guards sign Newcastle - Carlisle. So all trains have to swap at least drivers at Carlisle
Think XC go the bus replacement route
Thanks for the enlightenment!
Just a quick question, as the title states. How come VTEC diverts call at Carlisle? Just curious...
Yup they bustitute their services leaving VTEC to run some through services. I figure one issue is capacity on the Tyne Valley. It must be pretty full with just VTEC let alone if you throw in some XC as well. Plus an HST (or dragged 225) is a better use of the line capacity with their ability to absorb many passengers compared with a Voyager.
Sorry, I don't quite follow what you're saying here.The Carlisle stop, if it hasn't been mentioned already, is for Motherwell and Glasgow Central journeys. Even though they have now transferred to XC there must still be value in East Coast stopping at Carlisle.
I would also presume that as the calls are to pick up and set down then VTEC will pick up a decent share of revenue from Edinburgh to Carlisle and Carlsile to 0newcastle for the days in question? Possibly I'm wrong as not totally sure of how its all atributed but my cynical side would say that could have a bearing on the calls being made public!
A The call does help with connections to Motherwell and Glasgow, it's also nice to get a proper train on the Tyne Valley rather than an overcrowded 142.
Are you just really unlucky, or is it me that is very lucky?
I've yet to get a 142 on the Tyne Valley!
I've had both so what does that make me?!
I've also had a 142 from Darlington to Newcastle jumped off as it terminated before realising that its next service was as my train to Carlisle. That was not a happy moment...
Probably worth doing just to stretch your legs to be honest.
Indeed but I had rather hoped to find a 156 sitting in a platform waiting for me. Not to end up back where I started from on the same 142...
Are you just really unlucky, or is it me that is very lucky?
I've yet to get a 142 on the Tyne Valley!
I would also presume that as the calls are to pick up and set down then VTEC will pick up a decent share of revenue from Edinburgh to Carlisle and Carlsile to 0newcastle for the days in question? Possibly I'm wrong as not totally sure of how its all atributed but my cynical side would say that could have a bearing on the calls being made public!