So if that comes to pass, will the Cardiff assembly be making a subsidy payment deduction for the days when a "premier service" is not operated ?
So if that comes to pass, will the Cardiff assembly be making a subsidy payment deduction for the days when a "premier service" is not operated ?
Perhaps someone should email the relevant minister and then see what his comments are.
Are there more linespeed improvments to come this weekend? (Weshpool - Shrewsbury is closed on Sunday...)
Holyhead - Crewe has a positive case for wiring? I assume that includes Llandudno Junc. - Llandudno? Still, even so wiring all the way to Holyhead for an hourly class 175 as far as Llandudno Juc. and the Voyager service (nearly all ATW services head south at Chester onto the Marches line which you say is further down the list) seems to has a much lessor case in my book than Swindon - Cheltenham - Severn Tunnel Junc. for a proposed hourly IEP, perhaps a 2-hourly Swindon - Chelteham stopper and an hourly Cardiff - Cheltenham ATW service. That is unless somebody has seen sense and Holyhead will be served in future mostly by Manchester or Crewe services, with most Marches line trains terminating at Chester except a couple of WAG-Express-type offerings.
Since the DVT is neither an engine nor electric the only respect he was correct in was that the DVT is quiet.I had to smile when a male said "The engine is very quiet,is it electric" he was referring to the DVT leading with first & 67 on the rear, so in a way he was right
Is that 5 TSOs or 4 TSOs and the first class buffet again (was the buffet locked out of use last time?)
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Oh sorry, I didn't realise that, I assumed it recieved its power from the locomotive via the same system that powers the interior lighting in the passenger coaches. How much are the batteries used for, and are they charged by the loco or do they have to charge them in the depot?
Any chance of any members who are in regular contact with ATW of raising the issue. People crowd onto the regular services instead reslting in overcrowding.
I seem to recall seeing such a thing once (actually, I think it was the whole UK), the Cambrian Coast line was very long if I remember correctly. Unfortunatly I can't find it now though.
So, if he knows about the north Wales rail suituation, is he developing plans to reduce the amount of traffic that reverses at Chester to use the futher-down-the-electrification-list Marches line? Replacing the Holyhead - Cardiff (with the exception of Gerald and a reverse working) and Holyhead - Birmingham services with Holyhead - Crewe trains would add 1tph to the case for wires between Holyhead and Llandudno Junc....
