kidman123
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Thish was around half 9 - half 10 is this a service or does this just go to polmadie via the city of Glasgow line via springburn
Thish was around half 9 - half 10 is this a service or does this just go to polmadie via the city of Glasgow line via springburn
Had a look on rtt it was a virgin voyager going to polmadieCompletely untraceable via this route. XC do'nt use Polmadie in any case. there were Voyagers running via Slateford but not Edinburgh Park
Had a look on rtt it was a virgin voyager going to polmadie
From RTT
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/Y82299/2019/05/10/advanced Friday May 10th
You'll struggle to get a Pendolino around the Edinburgh Suburban line.Welcome to the Forum and hope that you will enjoy some good discussion. Actually somebody asked the same question a few weeks ago so you might find some interesting reading here:-
www.railforums.co.uk/threads/xc-voyager-going-through-edinburgh-park-on-the-edinburgh-glasgow.182561/
Regarding a 390 working it, I can't see anything to prevent it but it would depend on what stock would be moved and how it would fit in the overall orkings (diagrams)
Class 390s aren’t route cleared north of Mossend South Junction towards Whifflet, Carmyle and Coatbridge due to dynamic gauge restrictions at a bridge. That means you can’t divert a 390 via the R&C; they have recently been cleared to operate over the Benhar though which I’m sure will come in handy at some point.Not sure 390s are allowed via Kirkwood and/or Whifflet.
Interesting. So if a train from the London wasn't able to go across to Edinburgh at Carstairs, the service could potentially go via Cumbernauld and Falkirk? How often has that happened? Would they ever use a class 390 now that the route is entirely electrified?
Back in 2012, TPE services were routed that way during engineering works (diesel operations). They called at Falkirk Grahamson.
March 2013 i took TPE from Edinburgh to Glasgow Central via Falkirk , im sure it didnt call at Falkirk .
Wouldnt 390s go via Shotts now its wired?
Not if the blockage is between Haymarket East Jn and Midcalder Jn, for example.... In any case it's moot because Pendolinos aren't route cleared.Wouldnt 390s go via Shotts now its wired?
Not if the blockage is between Haymarket East Jn and Midcalder Jn, for example.... In any case it's moot because Pendolinos aren't route cleared.
This whole debate brings us back to rail nationalisation. Wouldn't it be better that the drivers were civil servants, trained to drive trains over a range of routes???
That way, drivers aren't restricted by employer and their routes, but by the area they serve????
No it appears you have contorted the thread to the subject of nationalisation. It really has nothing to do with the topic in hand, perhaps the speculation forum would be a better place for the debate you are hoping to kick off..?This whole debate brings us back to rail nationalisation.
No it appears you have contorted the thread to the subject of nationalisation. It really has nothing to do with the topic in hand, perhaps the speculation forum would be a better place for the debate you are hoping to kick off..?