(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/7...1818691584

I must admit, I liked the toilet Annoucements on the West Coast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQN2-uOqpHM

Look who is paying for Steve's toilet door voice over! 

http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/e...-1-4195643

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37471302

Virgin East Coast rail staff to strike on 3 October

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...e-11974365


Staff have made their point according to RMT.

(04 Oct 2016, 9:51 am)Andreos1 wrote http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...e-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

(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!

(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.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-yor...ow_twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=twitter

Near miss north of York

(31 Oct 2016, 4:51 pm)Andreos1 wrote http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-yor...ow_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.

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.

Oh dear:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-ed...e-38141524

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.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017...gh-journey

There's a scorpion on the train!

(01 Jan 2017, 8:43 pm)Andreos1 wrote https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017...gh-journey

There's a scorpion on the train!

Budget remake of 'Snakes on a plane'?

(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?

Further developments in Scorpion on a train-gate.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cam...e-38496024

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.

http://www.rmt.org.uk/news/delivery-plan...city31317/

Concern over new on-board roles.

Virgin Trains East Coast workers will hold 48 hour strike from 28 April

http://www.cityam.com/262906/virgin-trai...-strike-28

The RMT union says a 48-hour strike on Virgin Trains East Coast on Friday and Saturday has been suspended following progress in talks

(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.

It wouldn't have affected your journey, anyway. They were planning to run a full timetable.

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

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.

(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.

https://twitter.com/Virgin_TrainsEC/stat...9816967168

One to watch?

VTEC launched their TrainMapper today.
It has been building up behind the scenes, with version 1 going live to customers today.

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...for-azumas


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http://otp.investis.com/generic/regulato...px?cid=273&newsid=953647


Stagecoach statement following the announcement of Chris Graylings plans

VTEC to operate for 'just a few more months

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42945709