(07 Sep 2020, 8:03 pm)GNE6312 wrote With the ECML shut North of Newcastle on the 19th will GNE be operating the Newcastle/Berwick to Edinburgh rail replacements. If so will the 12:10 off Newcastle be GNE as I quite fancy getting a GNE levante off the X9/X10.
(15 May 2021, 6:50 am)GNE6312 wrote I know I'm bringing back a pretty dead thread but I think it will be a good place to record our findings, queries and anything we track on rail replacements operated by GNE, I'll start and it looks like Chester-Le-Street based B11RTs 7136 & 7137 are allocated to rail replacement duties according to bus times (both tracking on route 999 which is normally used for tracking dead runs however they are recorded tracking along the rail replacement route). I'll keep everyone updated as I'll be heading out and having a see for myself what GNE are using. 7110 from Deptford has also been out today from the first journey on the rail replacement.
(06 Sep 2021, 1:39 pm)deanmachine wrote Yes, and I'd imagine a mix of Levantes and Elites (the Voyager and Xlines) depending on what's available, like this weekend.Thank you for the info, I'll deffinately be getting afew journeys in on the rail replacements for to see what GNE (And indeed the other operators who will be operating) are using and try ride some of the more interesting vehicles, imagine seeing an X-lines elites up in Northumberland & Scotland will be strange hopefully I'll catch that voyager one though.
(17 Sep 2021, 5:02 pm)GNE6312 wrote With GNE's current staff shortages will they be operating any East Coast rail replacements this weekend, or will they be prioritising their own services and leaving rail replacements for the independents
(17 Sep 2021, 5:14 pm)Adrian wrote I'd hope they'd be focusing on their own customers, but the income from the rail replacement work is far greater than the (nil) compensation they have to pay out to their own customers.