(04 Dec 2015, 8:03 pm)GX03 SVC wrote Without the magic word I ain't telling yous

(04 Dec 2015, 9:07 pm)GX03 SVC wrote Cant tell you I'm afraid...don't want the platform end veg to start dribbling

(04 Dec 2015, 9:40 pm)DanPicken wrote The point saying you knew was....?

(04 Dec 2015, 10:04 pm)S813 FVK wrote Probably because you don't know them? You even said that you can't find t the headcodes a train will be operating until the morning you are looking for it:

http://northeastbuses.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=1105&pid=140634#pid140634

(05 Dec 2015, 7:50 am)GX03 SVC wrote Allocation has changed due to the diverts, 91128 is on Leeds diagrams today.

(13 Dec 2015, 5:53 pm)DanPicken wrote 43274 is now called Spirit of Sunderland.

(31 Dec 2015, 11:56 am)Andreos1 wrote VTEC have launched the first HST refurb.

Photos of 1st class can be seen here:
https://twitter.com/Train_PlaneHub/status/682518103549411328

(31 Dec 2015, 12:49 pm)8222 wrote I'm heading VTEC first class in a few weeks on a booked-HST run from KGX. Hopefully will get a newly refurbished set! See how it compares to Grand Central's 180 refurb. 

By the way - does anyone know how the platforming works at Sunderland for the VTEC departure/arrival? I can't help but think the train would be too long to fit as the 6-coach GC set just fits.

(31 Dec 2015, 12:49 pm)8222 wrote I'm heading VTEC first class in a few weeks on a booked-HST run from KGX. Hopefully will get a newly refurbished set! See how it compares to Grand Central's 180 refurb. 

By the way - does anyone know how the platforming works at Sunderland for the VTEC departure/arrival? I can't help but think the train would be too long to fit as the 6-coach GC set just fits.

(31 Dec 2015, 12:49 pm)8222 wrote I'm heading VTEC first class in a few weeks on a booked-HST run from KGX. Hopefully will get a newly refurbished set! See how it compares to Grand Central's 180 refurb. 

By the way - does anyone know how the platforming works at Sunderland for the VTEC departure/arrival? I can't help but think the train would be too long to fit as the 6-coach GC set just fits.

(31 Dec 2015, 3:31 pm)Andreos1 wrote Not looking forward to leather, when suited and booted for work on a hot day!

I think I asked a question re platform allocations a while back and whether it would be on a north or southbound platform (despite heading north).
Seeing GC use both, depending on which side the Metro is approaching from, may have an impact - if one is due.

GC have used Ryhope Junction as a holding point in the past. I wonder if VTEC may use that.

(31 Dec 2015, 3:39 pm)Dan wrote According to Real Time Trains (http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/basic/SUN/2015/12/29/0500), the service uses Platform 3, which is the Airport-bound Metro platform. The photograph citaro5284 uploaded above would suggest that it stretches up towards Platform 4, which is the platform Northern Rail services use during the day.

Having used the 0544 Metro previously, I know that this service used to use Platform 3, as it terminated in Park Lane on the platform towards Airport rather than South Hylton. It appears, assuming RTT is correct, that this service now uses Platform 2 (as it does during the day).

(31 Dec 2015, 6:16 pm)8222 wrote I had a look on the Virgin app last night and it suggested it arrived into P2. It would make sense so that trains to/from Park Lane can use P4/3; thus the VTEC set not blocking the Park Lane pathway.

(10 Jan 2016, 7:57 pm)8222 wrote VTEC have been operating their Anglo-Scottish services via the Durham Coast Line this weekend. Nice to see a candy cane fly through Seaham this afternoon!

Also: I know the 91s are of the wrong gauge for the shared Metro track - are the 220/221s of Cross Country, too?

(10 Jan 2016, 7:57 pm)8222 wrote VTEC have been operating their Anglo-Scottish services via the Durham Coast Line this weekend. Nice to see a candy cane fly through Seaham this afternoon!

Also: I know the 91s are of the wrong gauge for the shared Metro track - are the 220/221s of Cross Country, too?