Current sleeper formations

[sn1975]

Hi all,

Could someone please tell me the current formations for both the Caledonian and Night Riviera sleepers or point me in the right direction?

Many thanks.

 

[PaxVobiscum]

Hi all,

Could someone please tell me the current formations for both the Caledonian and Night Riviera sleepers or point me in the right direction?

Many thanks.

As regards the Caledonian Sleeper:

From http://www.hitrans.org.uk/Documents/HITRANS_Sleeper_Operations_Report.pdf

3.11 The train formation for Inverness, Glasgow and Edinburgh portions is standard with 6 sleeping car vehicles (at least one being a SLED), a lounge car and a seated/brake vehicle, thus a total of 8 vehicles each. Leaving London there are four sleeping cars for Aberdeen and two for Fort William with a lounge car and seated/brake vehicle which go on to Aberdeen. At Edinburgh the two sleeping car vehicles for Fort William attach to a First Class type vehicle and seated/brake vehicle to work northwards. These vehicles have worked south from Fort William and been detached. As the Transport Scotland consultation points out, there are 66 vehicles in service every night.

 

[fgwrich]

FGWs Night Riviera usually operates with 3 or 4 Mk3 Sleepers, 1 RFM, 1 Mk3 TSO and one Mk3 BFO.

 

[TEW]

FGW sleeper is always at least 4 sleeper vehicles now, with 5 on the Friday down and Sunday up services.

 

[jopsuk]

Unless I've misunderstood various threads on the topic on here, there's usually a ninth "half train" set of lounge, seated car and six SLE/SLEP/SLED undergoing maintenance at Inverness (plus a collection of spare vehicles), with the diagrams worked so that each half train goes to Inverness on a regularly scheduled basis

 

[CC 72100]

FGW sleeper is always at least 4 sleeper vehicles now, with 5 on the Friday down and Sunday up services.

Is that an extra sleeper coach or TSO? Does the lengthened formation become more common in the summer, and semi-permanent during high season?

 

[jimm]

Is that an extra sleeper coach or TSO? Does the lengthened formation become more common in the summer, and semi-permanent during high season?

It's a sleeper coach.