Virgin Mk3 set ('Pretendolino') available to hire?

[Masbroughlad]

Available for hire? On any route where mk3s can go?

 

[Qwerty133]

http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/train-hire/ think the pretendolino is included, I have some inkling that £20000 was mentioned when someone asked on twitter around a year ago.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I made an enquiry on behalf of someone two years ago for Euston - Carlisle - S&C - Crewe - Euston and it was in the region of £30K... The idea was dropped pretty quickly when I reported that back...!!

 

[route:oxford]

I made an enquiry on behalf of someone two years ago for Euston - Carlisle - S&C - Crewe - Euston and it was in the region of £30K... The idea was dropped pretty quickly when I reported that back...!!

£60 a head doesn't sound unreasonable.

 

[yorksrob]

Wasn't there talk of hiring out the Royal train a few years ago ? I wonder how much this would cost in comparison, considering you would presumably get a sofa and a more exotically stocked drinks cabinet.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

£60 a head doesn't sound unreasonable.

This wasn't for a public railtour, though... There would have been a zero revenue return on it.

 

[route:oxford]

This wasn't for a public railtour, though... There would have been a zero revenue return on it.

So you'd be running an empty train?

What would be the point?

 

[Domh245]

A private railtour? Birthday party for example?

 

[168lover]

A private railtour? Birthday party for example?

Every user of railforum prehapes?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

A private railtour? Birthday party for example?

That's pretty much it; it would have been a private event - until they saw the approximate cost!

 

[aylesbury2]

Football clubs (I know Chelsea F.C. do, for example) hire Virgin's trains for some accessible by rail away matches, usually at a subsidised cost of £10/head return.

 

[Domh245]

How do these things work from an operational view? Are they just dropped into the WTT as a STP train, or does something else happen?