Could be a secondary consequence of no Glasgow or Edinburgh drivers to take the trains onwards from Preston since they are on stationary southbound trains at various locations north of Preston.
Yeah - good call. (Hopefully no one will take this as an opportunity to revisit the well-hashed "Why don't Avanti have a crew depot in Carlisle?" debate, which of course wouldn't help here).
I'm stranded in Glasgow, managed to book a hotel. Avanti staff helpfully told me they wouldn't help, I should book it myself and claim through my travel insurance! Luckily I am on business so will be covered by expenses, but surely this is not in line with their obligations?
So how does this tally with "A fault on a train?" or " a train fault between Oxenholme and Lancaster." Are they admitting that their train pulled down the wires but managed to arrive in Oxenholme? This sort of mealy-mouthed/ evasive "explanation" just undermines what little credibility they have!
The train did pull the wires down.
But did it pull them down due to missing droppers?
It may have done, not sure. I’ve seen a picture of the contact wire missing. The droppers all looked intact. But it didn’t show the whole area.
No the sleeper will not divert via alternative route.
It will most certainly be fixed well before Friday. Nothing to worry about
It’ll have reopened and something else will have gone wrong before then.
I will keep an eye.
I take it that's Avanti and they are putting the buses on?
Correct. TM has advised that we'll be bussed north from Preston.
