DRS Passenger Service

[cuccir]

Was speaking to a friend of mine who works as a Northern Rail guard out of Barrow-in-Furness and he reckons that the DRS (Direct Rail Services) passenger services will be back on in 2013 - with rumours of plans that DRS are interested in running more services on the Cumbria Coast Line on an Open Access basis. Anyone know anything of any substance about this? Did anyone use the services when they ran in 2012?

 

[Freightmaster]

Info is linked from here: http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=75142

MARK

 

[cuccir]

Cheers!

 

[12CSVT]

Crew training runs are due to take place over the next 3 weeks (7th to 27th January Mon - Fri). Bizarrely some of these runs take place over the WCML.

Timings are
Kingmoor 0610
Carlisle 0620
then via WCML
Carnforth 0807 to 0855 (run round)
Barrow 0949
Foxfield 1012
Sellafield 1043
Whitehaven 1108
Workington 1125
Wigton 1159
Carlisle 1224 to 1229
Kingmoor 1240 to 1405
Carlisle 1415 to 1425
Wigton 1452 to 1500
Workington 1542
Whitehaven 1557 to 1610
Sellafield 1631
Foxfield 1705
Barrow 1727 to 1733
Carnforth 1839 to 1945 (run round)
Then via WCML
Carlisle 2115
Kingmoor 2124

 

[Blindtraveler]

I dont know the line and services well enough but would have said that an open access business in the season at any rate would be a major success.
As fare as the Glowex is concerned the reintroduction of the public service coach in addition to those set aside for workers would be a good start.