VT 221's on hire to XC 26/08/2017

[voyagerdude220]

Hi all,

Perhaps just a change of livery/possibility of a brief return to shops instead of trolleys, but very unusually-

VT 221108 and 221109 are today (26/08/17) on hire to Cross Country and forming:

1H17 0731 Birmingham New Street to Manchester Piccadilly
1O12 0927 Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouth
1M58 1445 Bournemouth to Manchester Piccadilly
1G70 2007 Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street.

 

[gimmea50anyday]

They are not using the shops

 

[MCR247]

Even more proof that Virgin still runs the Cross Country franchise

 

[Master29]

Even more proof that Virgin still runs the Cross Country franchise

Please explain??

 

[bb21]

Plenty of people still think Virgin run the XC franchise, and I think this comment by him is tongue in cheek.

 

[MCR247]

Please explain??

Plenty of people still think Virgin run the XC franchise, and I think this comment by him is tongue in cheek.

Indeed, I still hear many people onboard XC calling it Virgin

 

[Thomas6187]

The same should happen tomorrow, but just for the 09:27 Manchester-Bournemouth and 14:45 return

 

[Blindtraveler]

Assume this is XC pulling out all the stops to shift people round the network where ever possible whilst the WCML is stuffed?

 

[The Planner]

Yes, and it will cost them a few quid too.

 

[387star]

Indeed, I still hear many people onboard XC calling it Virgin

not surprising given Arriva have spent next to nothing improving the interiors in the last decade

 

[Master29]

Plenty of people still think Virgin run the XC franchise, and I think this comment by him is tongue in cheek.

Granted. My daughter still does. I always tell her NO SHOP

 

[387star]

Got it

 

[dk1]

Quite liked the tweet from Virgin to XC yesterday...

'Sharing is Caring'

Ahh

 

[dk1]

Even more proof that Virgin still runs the Cross Country franchise

It's still saddens me that it's not.

 

[387star]

The advert 'be seeing you' is quite funny

Not sure what the advert is actually about

 

[387star]

The crew were taking a pic before departure

 

[The Planner]

Quite liked the tweet from Virgin to XC yesterday...

'Sharing is Caring'

Ahh

Did they delete the bit saying "the bills in the post"?

 

[dk1]

Did they delete the bit saying "the bills in the post"?

All about the money

 

[Mathew S]

The advert 'be seeing you' is quite funny

Not sure what the advert is actually about

Its an advert for Festival No 6 in Portmerion. VTWC have an ongoing promotion with them.

Don't think the choice of unit for work to/from Reading this weekend is a coincidence: )

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[Mordac]

Its an advert for Festival No 6 in Portmerion. VTWC have an ongoing promotion with them.

Don't think the choice of unit for work to/from Reading this weekend is a coincidence: )

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That being itself a reference to the very good 1960s TV series The Prisoner, staring Patrick McGoohan.

 

[221129]

Did they delete the bit saying "the bills in the post"?

Unfortunately not. Gave us a good laugh when the regulars kept making themselves jump though!

 

[Harbouring]

The advert 'be seeing you' is quite funny

Not sure what the advert is actually about

That being itself a reference to the very good 1960s TV series The Prisoner, staring Patrick McGoohan.

They could also replace the unit number on the side with "I am not a number" (joking of course)