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Rushcliffe Halt on the GCR?

Forgive my negativity but these 810's are a few years late coming to the MML because they had to be re-designed because they would not fit into St Pancras station , they were meant to be electric powered to Sheffield but there is no juice from Kilby Bridge, there are reports of the toilets on...

Thanks for the heads up I was going to go Wednesday on the 1130 from St Pancras to Sheffield in First Class , stay in my seat at Sheffield and return, but only the Leicester-Sheffield sector. Just a quickie, Stirling-Euston for the Meridians, are the engines going to cope, especially during...

I wouldn't be surprised if TM's started their ticket examination at the North end of the Pendolino working forward to the South end where the kitchen is handily placed. I'm sure they find time for a biscuit and brew in the kitchen.

Regarding safety on the railways, when I was working as a Goods Guard on a local trip working I had to cross two 90mph main line tracks in order for the driver to see my hand signals. I wrote to the Area managers office requesting a high vis top and the reply was that the top was not necessary...

When I departed Derby towards Leicester on Tuesday a couple of workmen were amending the "EMR Home of the Aurora" sign on the workshops. I was travelling First Class and I realised why the new 810's do not need dishwashers, the First class food and drink offers are served with paper/cardboard...

Thanks Paul etc. For my dates Standard class return works out about £20 and First £60 so I will probably treat myself and have an individual seat.

I went on the Avanti web site to look at ticket availability for around the 13th/14th of January, it shows a 9 car train, am I correct in saying that the train will be 2 x 805's with one first class carriage not used.

If it is 1c17 on 24th November, would it use electric from Wigston South Jct or stay on diesel power?

Thank the good Lord that there was not a train approaching on the down line when the 390 derailed.

Thank you very much styles, any idea how the excess worked out? I just put in a fare request for 7 weeks time and the difference between the two was £53. Even I couldn't eat or drink that much in four and a half hours. :)

I have an Avanti WC Standard Premium complimentary Club ticket I intend to use shortly, I want to make the most of it so it will probably be Euston to Glasgow Central. Is it possible to buy an on train upgrade to First Class, if so what will the ball park figure cost of the fare be with a Senior...

The MP for Market Harborough has posted that EMR have said that 2 x 810's will be in service from December, 5 x more in the spring and 33 x more later in 2026. This was on a Facebook post after he had a chat with EMR management, who also told him that MH would have a later train home from...

Many months ago National Rail announced they were giving Leicester Station £17,500,000 to build a new main station entrance under the banner of "Leicester Station Gateway Project", since then the Parcel yard pub and a Taxi office have been demolished with the area boarded off. The project...

Thanks for all of your replies, we all seem to be singing from the same hymn sheet, the TOC's will probably say it was Covid which put the spanner in the works.

This week I have used Avanti West Coast for Stafford-Glasgow Central and Glasgow Central to Preston in Standard class, although I used to travel First class I now find Standard to be excellent, with Coach D having increased leg room for lack of mobility, a large toilet and also next to the Cafe...

Back in the day the 0755 would have gone south via Aberdeen, that happened to me once on the Clansman.

Do any members know if the complimentary service in First Class starts at Blackpool North or does it commence at Preston? By the way, I am not thinking of buying a ticket from BPN to PRE. :)

Would these trains be the first scheduled passenger trains through Mossend Yard in a long time or are there some Scotrail services which do this? It used to be fun on 'The Clansman'