Virgin Trains Birmingham - Edinburgh

[Central Trains]

Anyone know which diagrams on this route are booked as a Pendolino please?

 

[thealexweb]

Anyone know which diagrams on this route are booked as a Pendolino please?

There aren't many services (via the West Coast) on Sundays compared to Mon to Sat, see here -> http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/sea...14/04/13/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt.

From Virgin Trains: three are booked to be Class 390 and two are booked to be Class 221s (221 + 221 in most cases).

 

[Central Trains]

Sorry I meant Monday to Friday diagrams please

 

[thealexweb]

Sorry I meant Monday to Friday diagrams please

For tomorrow, see here for ECML and WCML services -> http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/sea...14/04/14/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt

And here for just WCML services -> http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/sea...4/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt&toc=VT

As you can see, two out of the seven will not be Class 390s.

 

[route:oxford]

Anyone know which diagrams on this route are booked as a Pendolino please?

If time is of the essence, then you'll end up on a Voyager at Wolverhampton anyway.

 

[Central Trains]

Thanks folks!

 

[yorkie]

If time is of the essence, then you'll end up on a Voyager at Wolverhampton anyway.

I don't follow...?

 

[91103eastcoast]

I don't follow...?

The following XC service from Manchester allows you to arrive at Birmingham earlier because the Pendolino sits at Wolverhampton for a while.

 

[dk1]

The following XC service from Manchester allows you to arrive at Birmingham earlier because the Pendolino sits at Wolverhampton for a while.

Provides a reliability cushion to the EBW but must admit is a tad annoying. Virgin seem to have a spare Pendo in the platform at Wolves & an additional path in TRUST so the Scottish train can terminate short if too delayed. This often appears as 'delayed' on train running boards if they fail to delete it.

 

[route:oxford]

Provides a reliability cushion to the EBW but must admit is a tad annoying.

Just a bit. A 9 car train worth of passengers following NRE guidance and dashing across the bridge to a 4 car Voyager...