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Royston Vasey's latest activity
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Royston Vasey replied to the thread As we expected: Remaining eight 221s for XC.You want to put Voyagers on the one hour local stopper and not the 3.5 hour semifast?! The Leicesters also interwork with Stansted... -
Royston Vasey replied to the thread Commuter and Metro Services: Which Rolling Stock Upgrade Had the Greatest Impact? In the last 40 years.CEPs to 444s must have felt like travelling forward decades in time, although the 444s were barely a step up, if at all, from the 442s...
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Royston Vasey replied to the thread Services you've done end-to-end.Shortly I will be adding three curiosities to my end-to-end list (two of which qualify for the figurative red pen) in one trip. East...
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Royston Vasey replied to the thread Varamis Rail Class 321s & 325s”.Shambolic to run a £7-figure fundraising specifically to acquire 325s, not run them (or anything else) for a year and then scrap the...
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Royston Vasey replied to the thread Varamis Rail Class 321s & 325s”.Your postie can now be collected from Mossend Delivery Office
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Royston Vasey replied to the thread Varamis Rail Class 321s & 325s”."Your postie was delivered to a neighbour"
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Royston Vasey replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper Highlander – can I get off at Edinburgh?.I note the seat booked is the wheelchair space and companion seat. If this was a requirement (I don't want to assume anything), is the...
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Royston Vasey replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper Highlander – can I get off at Edinburgh?.I hope you're not driving a bus at 5:20am after a sleepless night in the seated coach of the Highlander, are you? o_O
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Royston Vasey replied to the thread Great Northern Fleet - 379s introduction.The acceleration to 100 would be catastrophic for already catastrophic timekeeping. They're not just a 700 with a door, a 717 has 1,200...
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Royston Vasey replied to the thread 12 car train stopping at GN stops this morning?.A handful of reasons for this. Firstly because 12 cars can serve it, unlike Shepreth and Foxton where the rear four would foul level...
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Royston Vasey replied to the thread Experiences of service recovery (or lack of) on GTR Great Northern.LNER and others have been dispatching trains from Kings Cross for almost two hours. GN haven't managed one yet and the 1336 2C32 KGX-CBG...
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Royston Vasey replied to the thread Potential uses for GA Aventra 720s.I don't consider that very much remarshalling! Fair point on the Liv Street joiner though. Are there others? The majority turn around...
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Royston Vasey replied to the thread Potential uses for GA Aventra 720s.Since very little marshalling occurs at Cambridge and none at Liverpool Street, a 5 car is locked in as such for several hours and even...
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Royston Vasey replied to the thread Varamis Rail Class 321s & 325s”.Whatever one thinks of the company and its founder, Robin Gisby is a fantastic addition to the board, now Chairman which is news to me...
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Royston Vasey replied to the thread Azuma (my first time).Rule of thumb when booking a seat in standard on an 80x, the tables have a full window, the airline seats behind the table seats...