LNER (Formerly Virgin Trains East Coast & East Coast)
LNER (Formerly Virgin Trains East Coast & East Coast)
(09 Apr 2015, 5:36 pm)leestransportphotos There is an East Midlands Trains HST (On loan to VTEC) passing Manors at 19:01 if anyone is interested... Me, Davie, Anthony and Thomas will be there.
(09 Apr 2015, 5:36 pm)leestransportphotos There is an East Midlands Trains HST (On loan to VTEC) passing Manors at 19:01 if anyone is interested... Me, Davie, Anthony and Thomas will be there.
(10 Apr 2015, 4:05 pm)aureolin Got a shot of the EMT set in Kings Cross earlier. I think it's been doing to leeds and back all day.
No buffet service on my train yet again, and there's no hot food for the posh lot either. Poor show Stagecoach.
(10 Apr 2015, 4:08 pm)Dan No change from when it was operated by East Coast then!
(10 Apr 2015, 4:11 pm)aureolin It was very rare under East Coast from my own experience, but under VTEC it seems to be just about every afternoon trip, along with the odd morning trip.
(10 Apr 2015, 4:11 pm)aureolin It was very rare under East Coast from my own experience, but under VTEC it seems to be just about every afternoon trip, along with the odd morning trip.
(10 Apr 2015, 4:14 pm)Dan I haven't really travelled up and down the East Coast mainline much on weekdays, but Saturdays used to be absolutely dreadful. East Coast seemed to be short staffed quite regularly and I've travelled long-distance (NCL - EDB or NCL - KGX) on a number of occasions where no tickets have been checked for the duration of my journey.Never have any issues journey wise, and reliability is good, it's just the trolley service. Non existent if you use a train between 1600-1730 it would seem.
Used VTEC twice NCL - KGX last week when connecting to/from the Eurostar at St. Pancras, and it was spot on in both directions. 0900ish out of NCL and 1530 out of KGX.
(10 Apr 2015, 4:14 pm)Dan I haven't really travelled up and down the East Coast mainline much on weekdays, but Saturdays used to be absolutely dreadful. East Coast seemed to be short staffed quite regularly and I've travelled long-distance (NCL - EDB or NCL - KGX) on a number of occasions where no tickets have been checked for the duration of my journey.Never have any issues journey wise, and reliability is good, it's just the trolley service. Non existent if you use a train between 1600-1730 it would seem.
Used VTEC twice NCL - KGX last week when connecting to/from the Eurostar at St. Pancras, and it was spot on in both directions. 0900ish out of NCL and 1530 out of KGX.
(10 Apr 2015, 4:05 pm)aureolin Got a shot of the EMT set in Kings Cross earlier. I think it's been doing to leeds and back all day.
No buffet service on my train yet again, and there's no hot food for the posh lot either. Poor show Stagecoach.
(10 Apr 2015, 4:05 pm)aureolin Got a shot of the EMT set in Kings Cross earlier. I think it's been doing to leeds and back all day.
No buffet service on my train yet again, and there's no hot food for the posh lot either. Poor show Stagecoach.
(10 Apr 2015, 6:28 pm)aureolin It gets even better. No hot water since York, so hot drinks are off the menu.
(14 Apr 2015, 4:38 pm)JoshP Any more repaints? Or just still the two full sets?
(14 Apr 2015, 4:38 pm)JoshP Any more repaints? Or just still the two full sets?
I'm surprised to see so many locos still with 'East Coast' branding. Even to put a Virgin vinyl over the logos would take no more than 20-30 minutes at a time. For a company that is as brand concious as Virgin, it really surprises me...
(15 Apr 2015, 7:54 pm)aureolin I'm surprised to see so many locos still with 'East Coast' branding. Even to put a Virgin vinyl over the logos would take no more than 20-30 minutes at a time. For a company that is as brand concious as Virgin, it really surprises me...Can see the ECML out of my office window and that's exactly what I've been thinking too.
(15 Apr 2015, 7:54 pm)aureolin I'm surprised to see so many locos still with 'East Coast' branding. Even to put a Virgin vinyl over the logos would take no more than 20-30 minutes at a time. For a company that is as brand concious as Virgin, it really surprises me...Can see the ECML out of my office window and that's exactly what I've been thinking too.
(15 Apr 2015, 8:08 pm)Dan Can see the ECML out of my office window and that's exactly what I've been thinking too.
not great for what is surely considered the heart of their routes.
(15 Apr 2015, 8:46 pm)leestransportphotos Think of how many HST power cars they have though + The 91's
They're kept at only 2/3 depots as far as I'm aware of and the only depot they own is the one in London
(15 Apr 2015, 8:46 pm)leestransportphotos Think of how many HST power cars they have though + The 91's
They're kept at only 2/3 depots as far as I'm aware of and the only depot they own is the one in London
(15 Apr 2015, 10:04 pm)leestransportphotos Most of VTEC's logo's have been applied. Remember they only use a few powercars each day and they tend to be the same ones. Go to Kings Cross and i would say only about 2/10 don't have VTEC logo
(15 Apr 2015, 10:04 pm)leestransportphotos Most of VTEC's logo's have been applied. Remember they only use a few powercars each day and they tend to be the same ones. Go to Kings Cross and i would say only about 2/10 don't have VTEC logo
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