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Does anyone know please why XC Voyager 221137 is currently running as a 4 car instead of a normal 5 car consist?

mods note - split from here https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/xc-voyager-refurbishment.261302/ I think everyone can debate what Voyagers should go where doubled up or not until the end of time, but the fact of the matter is we have millions more people in this country now and as a result...

I find a lot of the "Terminate XC services at Leeds, York, Newcastle, Bristol and Reading amusing and short sighted. The operation is called "Cross-Country" not "Half Way Across the Country" Through long distance services are important. Cutting destinations will result in more changes, putting...

With the 'GWR procured' class 802 via Eversholt (Not part of the IEP), does the operator have the ability (should it want or need to) to procure more class 802's or to lengthen the existing 5 car 802's? I guess it would be a lot more difficult to do that with the IEP procured class 800's (should...

Wouldn't it be great if Cross-Country took some of the redundant HST's to work key Glasgow/Aberdeen/Edinburgh-Plymouth/Penzance services, freeing up Voyagers to "Double Up" on other busy services between Manchester-Bournemouth/Bristol and Newcastle and Southampton? Very unlikely I know, but it...

With the Iconic "Inter-City 125" getting ever nearer to it's "end of life", are there plans to preserve a working example? - Perhaps with the original Paxman Valenta engines and in it's original 1970's livery? :D