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TheBigD said:
You get a half hour stop in Wembley Receptions but otherwise there's no real difference apart from the longer journey time, 55 minutes in the case of the northbound Highlander.
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If rare track is your thing, you get the the link from the WCML to the North London Line (either at Willesden or at Primrose Hill, from RTT it looks like the latter), the "North London Incline", and the York avoiding line. If you're on the Lowlander you also end up the wrong way round.
 
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Inverness is calling me I'm doing the sleeper to Glasgow & out of Aberdeen next month (and again in December out of Glasgow Post the last direct KGX>GLC LNER service) its just in the waiting for pay before I book again,
 
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Could someone explain how most trains are delayed at Euston but 1S25 seems to just pull out on time.

Many thanks
 
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kingqueen said:
The up Fort William is looking like it will be cancelled due to the bomb threat at Dalmuir. It is looking like I'll get decanted at Dundee to an accessible taxi to Fort William.
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Do you mean the Down (Northbound) Fort William? The Up (Southbound) train won't get anywhere near Dundee.

EDIT: What's the bomb threat at Dalmuir?
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I can't belive they've let it leave FTW to be honest.

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If rare track is your thing, you get the the link from the WCML to the North London Line (either at Willesden or at Primrose Hill, from RTT it looks like the latter), the "North London Incline", and the York avoiding line. If you're on the Lowlander you also end up the wrong way round.
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That will be interesting since the crews don't sign with it being freight only, at that used to be the case.
 
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Scotrail84 said:
I can't belive they've let it leave FTW to be honest.

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That will be interesting since the crews don't sign with it being freight only, at that used to be the case.
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It's not freight only in the Down direction....Lumo services use it.
 
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But the CS is hauled by a freight loco and driver, so it's only the conductor, unless they hire one from Lumo which I think use that line
 
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Scotrail84 said:
Ok, the guards never used to sign it, that may have changed right enough.
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Route learning's also possible - LNER managed it for Christmas 2022 diversions. It's not as though it's far or especially complex.
 
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35B said:
Route learning's also possible - LNER managed it for Christmas 2022 diversions. It's not as though it's far or especially complex.
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I believe they are only a small outfit so it may not be as simple as sending guards route learning when theres services to cover.
 
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dodecahedron67 said:
It could be a similar situation to some operators’ approaches to very simple diversions, where a DVD and verbal assessment is deemed enough
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Thats a ridiculous way to route learn imo, especially since the sleeper runs at night, a dvd filmed during the day would be useless.

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Another cancelation last night. This time it was the NB Lowlander service.

And the SB highlander is currently well over an hour late.
 
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Scotrail84 said:
Thats a ridiculous way to route learn imo, especially since the sleeper runs at night, a dvd filmed during the day would be useless.

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Another cancelation last night. This time it was the NB Lowlander service.

And the SB highlander is currently well over an hour late.
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That cancellation was probably due to an operational incident occurring on an adjacent line, which meant the sleeper stock had to be detained in a line block.
 
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Pendomonium said:
That cancellation was probably due to an operational incident occurring on an adjacent line, which meant the sleeper stock had to be detained in a line block.
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Think there may be slightly more to it than that but I wont post what I was told as it could be wide of the mark.
 
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I imagine the investigation is going to bring up all sorts of info, but the sleeper stock was not one of the trains that collided, it happened to be a bystander.
 
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tonight’s Caledonian Sleeper services from Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston have been cancelled.

This is because of an operational incident at the depot which has forced us to remove the trains from service.
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Lowlander has been cancelled tonight, hopefully it isn't too serious the incident at Polmadie that's caused it.
 
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My mistake, seeing further posts upthread issue was last night on the journey to Scotland that has now kneecapped the return into Euston,

Is there a thread with info on the other stock involved in the "operational incident"
 
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Travelmonkey said:
My mistake, seeing further posts upthread issue was last night on the journey to Scotland that has now kneecapped the return into Euston,

Is there a thread with info on the other stock involved in the "operational incident"
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CS had a mk5 coach derail in the shed at Wembley on Thursday. Rest of the train extricated from the shed and whilst awaiting the signal to depart Wembley depot. Two Pendolinos collided heading into the depot. One ran in to the back of the other.
Stopping the job completely and the sleeper unable to leave the depot.
 
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