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I can imagine that the trains and systems were tested, but the new trains were labelled and marketed to the travelling public as being capable of 225kph.
The IC225s were named as such because 225kph = 140mph. I remember hearing at the time that it was intended to run at 140mph between Stoke junction and Peterborough on the ECML and that the signalling was upgraded, but I don’t think it ever happened.
I read earlier today that the train would travel from Edinburgh Waverley all the way down the ECML. The destination was not mentioned, but I think we can presume it will be Kings Cross.
No doubt, there will be thousands along the railway to see the train and pay their respects.
I was on the LNER 8:15 from Leeds this morning and we had to firstly pick up additional passengers from a terminated GC train at Doncaster.
We were then stopped just before Peterborough, on P3 at PBO without opening the doors, stopped again after PBO and then a pick up only stop at Huntingdon...
I'm due a return trip LDS to KGX tomorrow. For the morning train to KGX Seatfrog is showing as "All seats sold out".
I originally booked advance tickets about a month ago via the LNER website. I am using a Railcard and noticed that the 1st class advance for the evening return was only about £11...
EMR HSTs of course no longer go to Leeds for Neville Hill. There used to be 3 trains a day for many years terminating and starting at Leeds.
I was at Leeds station last week and saw an EMR 222 parked on platform 5 that had arrived from St Pancras. I checked RTT and found that it then forms an...
I think that extra stops like Peterborough and Doncaster were added recently, but this service had operated for at least 20 years.
The bulk of the passengers would be traveling between London and Leeds.
I think up until covid, there was the daily 7:05 Kings Cross to Leeds that only stopped at Stevenage and Wakefield Westgate.
That's 148 miles non-stop between these 2 stations.
After a weekend in London, I caught the then Leeds Executive service out of Kings Cross on Monday morning to go straight to work in Leeds.
The train's first stop was Stevenage, where 2 ladies jumped on at the last moment. I can't remember where they were heading for, but it certainly was not...
On Open Train Times a Crosscounrty 1S33 has just left platform 8 heading north to NCL. It was only 3 mins late and passed by on the southbound track next to the derailment.
I commute on Northern and I have learned to avoid the Pacer units.
Two months ago a train was held at New Pudsey for over an hour because they were unable to close the doors on the 2 car Pacer unit at the front.
Then a couple of weeks later, the passengers on the 2 Pacer carriages at the...
Two weeks ago Northern had started an additional morning commuter trip from Bradford to Leeds. I've seen the train twice at Leeds station and the rolling stock used is a Grand Central Class 180.
The train goes back to Bradford Interchange empty and there seems to be no evening return. I have...
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