Virgin Trains

[Tony]

The voyager I saw was the 15:33 from International to New Street

That one terminates at New Street and sits in Platform 1A Then at 16:21 the 15:24 Shrewsbury-London comes in behind and couples up to make a 10 car formation back to Euston.

The Pendolino you saw is the 16:15 off New Street which is normally a 9 car

[Stuharris 6360]

Remember having a 5 car Voyager on the 20:23 departure from Euston one Friday night, to say it was overcrowded was an understatement.

[BusFan94]

There was a report on Watchdog yesterday about theclenilness of Trains Virgin Trains West coast were featured, there team inspected The door control buttons, Tray tables and Toilets.
The Buttons on Two of the Five trains were clean, one was very dirty and another one was Dirty

The tray tables twere clean one was very dirty and one had gut bacteria on it like how the hell did that get there.
The toilets
One was dirty four were clean.

So The buttons are bacteria filled and be careful one of the Pendolindo's  has someone's gut germs on it.

[winston]

ECML strikes again, "Operator of Last Resort" will now be taking over from Virgin Trains East Coast:

http://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/stagecoach/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=273&newsid=1016140

[BusMan Greg]

Does Richard Branson own the hitachi trains like he does with the pendolinos

[Tony]

Does Richard Branson own the hitachi trains like he does with the pendolinos

He, nor virgin trains own any trains

[BusMan Greg]

I heard virgin own the pendolinos

[mikestone]

No they belong to Angel trains  I believe he has some rights over the actual design - any new operator might have to redesignate the shop a buffet!!

[Trident 4194]

No they belong to Angel trains  I believe he has some rights over the actual design - any new operator might have to redesignate the shop a buffet!!

I also think he has a right over the design of the train- at least I recall

[HTA844N]

221 101 has been sent to Bombardier Ilford for an external repaint & several internal modifications. This is a trial before the rest of the voyager fleet are sent for refurb. 221 101 is expected to be out of traffic for around three weeks.

[DJ]

221 101 has been sent to Bombardier Ilford for an external repaint & several internal modifications. This is a trial before the rest of the voyager fleet are sent for refurb. 221 101 is expected to be out of traffic for around three weeks.

It will apparently include new LED lighting, allowing the front to be painted black, according to a post over on the RailUK forums. It'll be interesting to see, for sure.

[Bob]

Will they be able to stop Voyagers stinking of sewage??? 😂

[HTA844N]

No change on the sewage stench!  :D

[mikestone]

As a result of this the 13.43 Euston-Glasgow is now five cars and the 16.43 to Edinburgh ten cars throughout instead of detaching a set for the 18.30 Birmingham-Euston.
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I understand 221101 is also to be renamed 101 Squadron.

[JoNi]

Advert frames have been removed from outside buffet on platforms 2/3 at Coventry station revealing departure timetables for 1985 when arrival times were shown for each journey and the occasional train that went to Scotland split at Carlisle. There is part of a West Midlands route map on platform 2 before line was reinstated to Nuneaton and mention of something called WMPTE!