Nottingham to bournmouth and another question

[ATW Alex 101]

I have just looked at wikipedia and seen that there is a daily direct service to bournmouth from nottingham. is this worked by a turbostar or a voyager ? If its worked by a voyager i would like a picture as i cant imangine a voyager at nottingham that not a meridan! also what route would it go?

also another question
I am going aberdeen-penzance and heard that this is a voyager!!!

i was told that sitting on the left side of the train gives you great views. what would I see?/

 

[MidnightFlyer]

I have just looked at wikipedia and seen that there is a daily direct service to bournmouth from nottingham. is this worked by a turbostar or a voyager ? If its worked by a voyager i would like a picture as i cant imangine a voyager at nottingham that not a meridan! also what route would it go?

also another question
I am going aberdeen-penzance and heard that this is a voyager!!!

i was told that sitting on the left side of the train gives you great views. what would I see?/

1st: Voyager, goes from Nottingham to Beeston (stops), Derby (reverses) then as normal to New Street and onwards from there;
2nd: Aberdeenshire/Tayside/Fife Coasts, Tay Bridge, Forth Bridge, ECML at Berwick, ruralness to Exter, the Dawlish Sea Wall, Tamar Bridge.

 

[Matt Taylor]

As an aside, in the early days of Virgin there were proposals to run from Bournemouth to Nottingham directly via Woking, Feltham, the north London line and then the MML, this was at the same that Anglia started running 170s to Basingstoke via the north London line.

 

[dfishw]

oh i didnt know that...what happened to that proposal?

 

[ATW Alex 101]

oh i didnt know that...what happened to that proposal?

Probably didnt put it forward as they probobly didnt think that there would be much people using it

 

[tbtc]

If its worked by a voyager i would like a picture as i cant imangine a voyager at nottingham

Hopefully a quick google should sort that out

I am going aberdeen-penzance and heard that this is a voyager!!!

i was told that sitting on the left side of the train gives you great views. what would I see?/

There was a thread about that very service on here recently where all the "attractions" were listed - I think someone was going to do it for charity

 

[ATW Alex 101]

Hopefully a quick google should sort that out



There was a thread about that very service on here recently where all the "attractions" were listed - I think someone was going to do it for charity

Is there? need to look through all the threads. Im doing it for charity too!

 

[tbtc]

Is there? need to look through all the threads. Im doing it for charity too!

A wee search brings it up http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=39695&highlight=aberdeen+penzance - hope that helps

 

[tynesider]

Assuming the unit for the 06:37 Nottingham - Bournemouth comes empty from Central Rivers, does it operate via Castle Donington (for Driver route knowledge), or via reversal at Derby, perhaps splitting from the unit that works the 05:55 Derby - Newcastle?

 

[thefab444]

It's formed by 5O06 05+30 Central Rivers - Nottingham, which reverses at Derby.