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The hosts know where the passengers in their coaches are due to alight and ensure they are up in time if the train is running early. As Paul1609 alludes to, though, the early running on 1S25 north of Edinburgh is only really feasible at the moment with other trains not running due to Covid etc...

It’s actually still there - will now run as ECS direct to Wembley. Issues with the stock I understand. 5M16 Preston - Wembley (when it gets going). https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/84177/2020-12-24/detailed

Those additional paths have been in the last few days (and cancelled). I suspect it was something to do with potential options in the run up to the full services being re-introduced on Thursday night for the run up to Christmas. No plans to use them as far as I know.

Last I saw (around a year ago) 003 and 026 were both operational in Bulgaria. Only 022 (which was exported with them in Spring 2017) became a spares donor. 1604698536 All 12 of the GBRf 92s have shoe-gear fitted, however 006 and 020 are not currently cleared for Third Rail running. The other...

Still not been in service since. Still at Polmadie. Bear in mind it was a few weeks before it was recovered, then was sat outside Polmadie in the same spot a good few months, probably whilst the "who pays" (or whose insurance pays) debate was had.

I seem to recall there were very few, if any, other companies willing to even bid for such a (comparatively) small order of bespoke coaches. Great quote by John Glenn, though...

Network Rail National Incident Reporting (NIR) system - for reporting high risk defects and the actions required by the relevant parties (e.g. Train Operating Companies) in response to them. Used to be paper/fax, but been online since 2006 I think. It's a way of a) getting information out...

My understanding is that the NIR doesn't cover the Sleeper Mk5s if that sort of answers your question...

"All reservations for guests booked to travel on Glasgow Central Lowlander services up to and including 14th October 2020 have been cancelled..." (https://www.sleeper.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/) i.e. Glasgow Lowlander service planned to restart from 15th October.

The two EDs on the Inverness portion typically use around 1,500 litres of fuel between them or approx. 330 gallons. Isn't there also some issue with the type of gasses jet liners emit and where (i.e. at altitude) causing comparatively more damage? Each Class 92 requires its own dedicated...

Emergency Measures Agreements (EMAs) are temporary suspensions of the normal franchise financial mechanisms. They do not permanently void the franchise or underlying contracts (source: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/rail-emergency-measures-during-the-covid-19-pandemic). The CS EMA is...

As above, where's all this talk of closure from? It's 5 years in to a 15 year franchise which has just had £150m invested in rolling stock dedicated to the service, not to mention the investment in the locos and other supporting infrastructure. c.2014 would've been the time to decide it was not...

Who said it was going? The current prices (to the customer) are still less than half what it actually costs for them to be on the train - that's still a great deal in my book. Also the small matter of a 15 year franchise (and associated contracts on the back of it) with a decade still to run...

The seats aside, it's about as Covid-safe (public) travel as you can find. Currently fully-funded by Transport Scotland, I'd suggest its star is rising even further with the politicians.

The Mk5s' brakes are very keen. I understand it's quite a challenge to get them to get them to come to a final halt smoothly.

A berth over the bogies on the Mk3s wasn't exactly smooth either and also something I avoided if possible. Unfortunately the bogies are somewhat essential, so not sure how the 'issue' could be eradicated entirely.

Is it at all surprising though? There appears to be a misconception that the reduced service during lockdown would allow CAF/Alstom at Polmadie to beaver away putting every fault right whilst things were quiet. However, the maintenance staff would've been impacted - folk who needed to isolate...

Two years on and (prior to Covid etc) this hasn't happened and accommodating day passengers is also a requirement of the Franchise (that lasts until 2030). The facts would suggest this aspiration (mess-room gossip?) isn't happening anytime soon.

The lounge / "Club" car is always in the rake - it has to be otherwise the TCMS (computer) gets upset. As per posts above, its currently out of use to passengers. Best keep an eye on the CS website for updates as to when it's back in use: https://www.sleeper.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/