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RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - citaro5284 - 22 Aug 2016
(22 Aug 2016, 3:36 pm)Andreos1 wrote Thought you could escape them when they vanished off our buses?
Think again...
https://twitter.com/DavidKeech5/status/766621341818691584
I must admit, I liked the toilet Annoucements on the West Coast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQN2-uOqpHM
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Andreos1 - 23 Aug 2016
Look who is paying for Steve's toilet door voice over!
http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/east-coast-rail-passengers-hit-with-fares-hike-1-4195643
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - citaro5284 - 26 Sep 2016
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37471302
Virgin East Coast rail staff to strike on 3 October
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Andreos1 - 04 Oct 2016
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/rmt-says-striking-staff-made-11974365
Staff have made their point according to RMT.
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - citaro5284 - 04 Oct 2016
(04 Oct 2016, 9:51 am)Andreos1 wrote http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/rmt-says-striking-staff-made-11974365
Staff have made their point according to RMT.
I saw the following tweet and thought aye, probably right:
Looks like a cow on Sunday had a greater impact on @Virgin_TrainsEC than today's @RMTunion strike.
Hmmmm
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Andreos1 - 04 Oct 2016
(04 Oct 2016, 3:20 pm)citaro5284 wrote I saw the following tweet and thought aye, probably right:
Looks like a cow on Sunday had a greater impact on @Virgin_TrainsEC than today's @RMTunion strike.
Hmmmm
To be fair, if managers were staffing the trains, there won't have been much pen-pushing going on in their offices.
Huge disruption there!
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - citaro5284 - 04 Oct 2016
(04 Oct 2016, 4:27 pm)Andreos1 wrote To be fair, if managers were staffing the trains, there won't have been much pen-pushing going on in their offices.
Huge disruption there!
Maybe, but to the people travelling who needed to get where they were going, hardly any disruption, which as people looking from the outside in, is the main issue.
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Andreos1 - 31 Oct 2016
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-37824107?ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=twitter
Near miss north of York
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Adrian - 31 Oct 2016
(31 Oct 2016, 4:51 pm)Andreos1 wrote http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-37824107?ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=twitter
Near miss north of York
Shocking. The end result could have damaged so many lives.
Safety legislation is in place for a reason.
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Andreos1 - 15 Nov 2016
VTEC are creating a Customer Panel.
There were tweets about it a few weeks back.
Interviews and assessment activities (!?) for applicants are taking place on 28th November.
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - 8222 - 29 Nov 2016
Oh dear:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-38141524
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - 8222 - 14 Dec 2016
Just a head's up - apparently the 1830 off EDI to KGX (due 2052) is booked as a class 91 and the website suggests it's running in reverse formation between EDI and NCL. Could be an opportunity to catch a 91 over the High Level.
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Andreos1 - 01 Jan 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/01/scorpion-on-a-train-delays-london-to-edinburgh-journey
There's a scorpion on the train!
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Adrian - 01 Jan 2017
(01 Jan 2017, 8:43 pm)Andreos1 wrote https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/01/scorpion-on-a-train-delays-london-to-edinburgh-journey
There's a scorpion on the train!
Budget remake of 'Snakes on a plane'?
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Andreos1 - 02 Jan 2017
(01 Jan 2017, 9:37 pm)Adrian wrote Budget remake of 'Snakes on a plane'?
With a dramatic sting in the tail at the finale?
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Andreos1 - 03 Jan 2017
Further developments in Scorpion on a train-gate.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-38496024
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Adrian - 09 Jan 2017
VTEC January seat sale is on now - ends on Friday.
https://www.virgintrainseastcoast.com/sale
I've had a good look around, and there's some decent fares available. York for under a fiver each way. I picked up £7.85 each way to Leeds.
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Andreos1 - 03 Apr 2017
http://www.rmt.org.uk/news/delivery-plan--intercity31317/
Concern over new on-board roles.
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - citaro5284 - 13 Apr 2017
Virgin Trains East Coast workers will hold 48 hour strike from 28 April
http://www.cityam.com/262906/virgin-trains-east-coast-workers-hold-48-hour-strike-28
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - citaro5284 - 24 Apr 2017
The RMT union says a 48-hour strike on Virgin Trains East Coast on Friday and Saturday has been suspended following progress in talks
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Malarkey - 24 Apr 2017
(24 Apr 2017, 4:44 pm)citaro5284 wrote The RMT union says a 48-hour strike on Virgin Trains East Coast on Friday and Saturday has been suspended following progress in talks
Thank god for that, I was dreading going Edinburgh on Saturday while the strike was on.
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - markydh - 24 Apr 2017
It wouldn't have affected your journey, anyway. They were planning to run a full timetable.
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - NK53 TKT - 06 May 2017
Booked train tickets to Gatwick for my trip to Jamaica, annoyingly Thameslink is down on 28th with it being Bank Holiday weekend so I have to go from Kings Cross to Victoria and then GatEx to Gatwick. An expensive £177
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - 8222 - 07 May 2017
Has anyone done the 2000 KGX - SUN service? How do the logistics work in Sunderland? I'm giving it a go in a few weeks' time.
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - northern156 - 21 May 2017
(07 May 2017, 7:05 pm)8222 wrote Has anyone done the 2000 KGX - SUN service? How do the logistics work in Sunderland? I'm giving it a go in a few weeks' time.
Runs as normal to Newcastle (usually Plat 4) where it then goes to Sunderland before changing ends and heading to Heaton.
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Andreos1 - 25 May 2017
https://twitter.com/Virgin_TrainsEC/status/867667789816967168
One to watch?
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Andreos1 - 04 Oct 2017
VTEC launched their TrainMapper today.
It has been building up behind the scenes, with version 1 going live to customers today.
East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Thomas43299 - 11 Oct 2017
VTEC have announced to RAIL Magazine that they will Launch their IEP trains during December an exact date is not confirmed as of yet http://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/vtec-confirms-december-2018-start-date-for-azumas
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RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Andreos1 - 29 Nov 2017
http://otp.investis.com/generic/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=273&newsid=953647
Stagecoach statement following the announcement of Chris Graylings plans
RE: East Coast / Virgin Trains East Coast - Andreos1 - 05 Feb 2018
VTEC to operate for 'just a few more months
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42945709