EC diverting via Lincoln but not calling there

[Searle]

I know - that is what I was referring too. Surely the same rules apply to all HSTs - irrelevant as to who it is operated by or how often it runs. So I wanted to confirm that surely it was the same process of releasing all doors on the East Coast HST.

I've caught the EC service to Lincoln a couple of times. I don't think any doors were actually locked out of use, but the guard announced a couple of times that only the rearmost carriages would be on the platform, and to move down. If they were actually out of use, then any first-class passengers would have to slum it with the commoners between Newark Northgate and Lincoln.

I've seen them locked out of use before, so it depends on the guard on the train, although I think you've got something confused, because coaches B, C, D and E at the front are locked out. which are all standard. If the rear coaches were off the end of the platform, it would be blocking the high street level crossing in the City centre, which I can't imagine would please many!

Idk if you were travelling on a reversed set, but it's always the standard coaches that are locked out.

 

[LowLevel]

There's no need to physically lock any vehicle out of use for a HST to call at Lincoln - it's all covered in the dispatch plan.

 

[najaB]

Idk if you were travelling on a reversed set, but it's always the standard coaches that are locked out.

Thinking about it, I think the first time it may have been a reversed set but the most recent one was the way around you described. So no slumming for first class then.