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Is there a current list of Class 810s in service, or if not in service their current status as of today?

So it did! Unfortunately when a post goes into the thousands of comments, it's hard to keep track of what has happened.

Beat me to it by a minute. It was also posted on their social media - it states that the first services using the trains will begin this December.

From my understanding, stranded trains on the East and West Coast mainline have 'thunderbird' trains to rescue them. In this case, 4 hours is just an hour less than what it takes for a train to go from King's Cross to Edinburgh, surely in this case to omit these situations of stranded trains...

Also a source from the East Midlands Railway website: https://news.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/news/the-big-regional-refurb-emr-announce-start-of-m-project-to-revamp-regional-fleet

Realtimetrains have it pathed as diesel until Peterborough, but then electric between Peterborough and Newark. I recall seeing it on a run yesterday but the pantograph was down. Was it running electric today?

A lot has happened since the original post in 2015 and it's rather hard to keep up. From my understanding, wasn't electrification beyond Kettering cancelled in 2017 by Chris Grayling then Sec. State for Transport, what's the current situation north of Kettering regarding electrification?

Hi all, I have been following this thread for a couple of years now, though unlike Avanti's 800s that have been on the mainline, there's been little to nothing about EMRs 810s. If they are introducing 33 of them, surely there isn't room in the sheds to hide all of them. How is it that their...

In this situation I'm now in I would love to travel via LNER, though as far as I know I wouldn't be compensated if I booked anything until on the day, after finding out my train isn't running and after being told that there is nothing they can/will do. I'd very much like to do now to avoid those...

I was hoping for it to be open, but alas, it has been announced it will be closed and Network Rail staff will be present. Though I assume they will not have the power to do anything and it will be a case of bringing Avanti again on the day...

Thank you for your reply, Edit: I have since contacted Avanti West Coast via Twitter but their only advice is to either travel on an alternative day or to refund the tickets thereby removing the protections of the ticket. I have also emailed asking to be re-routed. 1660228604 A follow-up...

Hi all, I have two train tickets booked (2x Advance Single - Fareham to Edinburgh) for the 13th of August. The tickets were booked in advance and for this specific day due to working both the day before and working in Edinburgh the day after. The route on the itinerary states travelling to...

I previously had an issue when purchasing tickets via Trainsplit , used regularly with a credit card over many years but on this occasion, using a virtual card for the first time. Got to the station, was unable to print the tickets via the machine. Went to the kiosk and they requested the...

Thank you both, I was of the assumption advance tickets are only released 8-12 weeks prior so seems I have been unnecessarily waiting. I have tried trainsplit but it is either giving me fairly expensive tickets or nothing at all for the return journey

Hi all, I am looking to travel to the fringe this summer and would like to travel by train. I will be going with a friend and we both have 16-25 railcards. We are trying to book in advance as we can to save cost. As it goes our goal is to get the cheapest fare, so travel time, despite the long...