Loco hauled,cardiff to holyhead.

[saracen43]

Can someone please tell me what time the 57 hauled cardiff-holyhead service
leaves cardiff,and the return off holyhead.Will this working remain loco hauled
into the new timetable, or will it change to some god awfull DMU,thanks.

 

[HSTfan!!!]

full timetable here
http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/Templates/Content.aspx?pageid=402
I would imagine it to stay local hauled for as long as the WAG will pay for it.

 

[Gareth Marston]

WAG have confirmed it will subsidise it until Dec 11 so it will be Class 57 hauled
0523 off Holyhead and 1615 off Cardiff Central for another year.

 

[4SRKT]

WAG have confirmed it will subsidise it until Dec 11 so it will be Class 57 hauled
0523 off Holyhead and 1615 off Cardiff Central for another year.

Has it changed in the new book from 05:32 off Holyhead?

I need to get some moves on this in during this year. I got a short move from Holyhead to the Junction in the summer and it was quite fun, although frankly ANYTHING would have been fun after spending 5 hours trying to sleep on a metal bench in Holyhead station

 

[Gareth Marston]

Has it changed in the new book from 05:32 off Holyhead?

I need to get some moves on this in during this year. I got a short move from Holyhead to the Junction in the summer and it was quite fun, although frankly ANYTHING would have been fun after spending 5 hours trying to sleep on a metal bench in Holyhead station

2 and 3 wrong way round soz!

 

[4SRKT]

An easy mistake. TBH I would have lurved it to be 05:23 as even as little as nine minutes less at Holyhead in the small hours would have been wonderful!

 

[merlodlliw]

Can someone please tell me what time the 57 hauled cardiff-holyhead service
leaves cardiff,and the return off holyhead.Will this working remain loco hauled
into the new timetable, or will it change to some god awfull DMU,thanks.

Insiders tell me the WAG subsidy is up from £1.7M to £2M, that's over £7700 a round trip,to run the train, The Minister only confirmed the subsidy with less than a month to go, enjoy it while you can.

 

[saracen43]

full timetable here
http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/Templates/Content.aspx?pageid=402
I would imagine it to stay local hauled for as long as the WAG will pay for it.

Cheers for the link,glad to see some some loco hauled services will stay around for a short while anyway.Reminds of the eighties when i and a couple
mates used to bash on a senern day MID(midlands railrover) on the crewe to
cardiff workings,mainly 37 and 33 hauled,happy days.

 

[route101]

I would love to do this working but living just outside Glasgow means a daytrip is near impossible.

 

[yorkie]

I would love to do this working but living just outside Glasgow means a daytrip is near impossible.

Sleeper to Euston, FGW to Cardiff, a few trips on the Valley Lines, Cardiff-Crewe, Crewe-Euston. (Or you can get to Bangor I think, before returning to Crewe in time for the sleeper)

 

[route101]

Haha might try to do it on an ALR . Ive done Wrexham to Woverhampton on WSMR on a daytrip from Glasgow.

 

[rail-britain]

I would love to do this working but living just outside Glasgow means a daytrip is near impossible.

Yes, I found this quite difficult to get to from Glasgow, but northbound it is very easy travelling as far as Crewe

My solution was to travel on the Inverness sleeper, as far as Crewe
Local service to Chester and board there
Yes, I know it comes through Crewe, but providing the sleeper is on time there is plenty of time to get from Crewe to Chester

Therefore from Glasgow you could travel on either the Westerton - Crewe, Stirling - Crewe or Falkirk G - Crewe
Falkirk is my preference, as it means no need to change at Edinburgh

 

[route101]

Yes, I found this quite difficult to get to from Glasgow, but northbound it is very easy travelling as far as Crewe

My solution was to travel on the Inverness sleeper, as far as Crewe
Local service to Chester and board there
Yes, I know it comes through Crewe, but providing the sleeper is on time there is plenty of time to get from Crewe to Chester

Therefore from Glasgow you could travel on either the Westerton - Crewe, Stirling - Crewe or Falkirk G - Crewe
Falkirk is my preference, as it means no need to change at Edinburgh

Yeah good idea , would do seated sleeper tho. Great ideas for an ALR.