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These things are often governed by local union agreements.

You have to love Cross Country’s blunt honesty :lol:

I think that will all depend if the unions are onboard. Never had to have a crew member in 170s when we ran them in multiple but we could not operate them as DOO if more than one. These days our 755s can operate with no crew members in the rear units and can operate DOO as long as certain agreed...

We don't have to have a staff member in every unit at my TOC. In regard to XC this is what the ‘X’ guys replied in a tweet.

Yes the XC services on this route seem to do a decent trade all along the route. I didn’t look at Chesterfield only Sheffield. Would just be the 15-20min difference between Leicester/Ely and obviously travelling via Doncaster would be out of the race.

Fastest journey is usually changing at Peterborough & Doncaster. That is followed by Leicester and then finally Ely. Each is approximately 20 minutes quicker than the next.

Yes, I completely agree. Im just talking from experience. It was stated that the driver didn’t feel competent to carry on.

We do hold some trains if possible but as you say, the single line sections do have consequences though with the new(ish) fleet recovering time is possible.

It very did my friend and I fear we’ll never see the likes again. With so much to go wrong many (and not just the usual doom mongers) thought it would be a poisoned chalice but it has proved them wrong.

I am still very impressed that we ever got TASS in this country and that it and the Pendolinos have proved their worth in reliability. It’s a credit to Alstom and Virgin Trains and that vision well over 20 years ago.

It was always frowned upon if a driver declares themselves unfit to at least move the train to a suitable location to clear the line even if it was at a very reduced speed.

Rules have changed recently according to XC replies on Twitter.

Always plenty wanting the Sheringham connection as we only have to be around 10mins late (normally caused by a late running EMR from Ely) and the connection risks being severed. Guards frequently announce for those asking for the Bittern Line of the good or bad news after Wymondham.

I think the additional traincrew would have been for all the unnecessary shunting of 745s to sidings then getting them out again as well as all the detatching and attaching 720s which would also become a performance risk.

Yes it’s peak times only. I can’t even see GBR a few years down the line operating to Lynn. The GN services were always far busier.

The Flirts are 12-cars. the Stansted Express can be busy at anytime.

It is. Nigh on half a century back :lol:

We are absolutely blessed to have them now :wub:

Hadn’t that build stopped years before? What good would that be for the bimodal fleet?

If you go back to 2016 then it has been stated internally that Hitachi would’ve been the preferred bidder but couldn’t deliver in the timescale due to existing commitments to other new train orders namely GWR and LNER. For this reason Stadler was chosen for bimodes but the order wasn’t big...