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East Coast Rail Route
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:28 pm
by Iron Duke
Interesting to see how this all pans out in the long term..........
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news ... tised.html
Re: East Coast Rail Route
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 6:51 pm
by Mickey
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Re: East Coast Rail Route
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:33 pm
by Rlangham
Some are very nice - I liked travelling on the London Midlands 'Desiros', Virgin and First Great Western aren't bad either. East Midlands is awful, East Coast isn't great but I presume it was the cheapest option as it was a Government take over following National Expresses failings. Oddly enough there's was a nice livery too, as was GNER's (which you still see)
Re: East Coast Rail Route
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:45 pm
by Mickey
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Re: East Coast Rail Route
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:48 pm
by 60527
Are they going to sell off a franchise between Edinburgh and London only? Or is it just ignorance of the fact that the franchise currently runs from Aberdeen to London? It would certainly have a significant impact on the seating capacity north of the Capital as Scotrail would struggle to replace the extra seats provided by the HST sets.
J
Re: East Coast Rail Route
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:55 pm
by 52A
Why not future proof it and just sell off KX to Berwick?
Re: East Coast Rail Route
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:58 pm
by 60527
52A wrote:Why not future proof it and just sell of KX to Berwick?
What an excellent idea. Then you could change trains onto a fully nationalised and integrated rail network.
Re: East Coast Rail Route
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:43 pm
by Mickey
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Re: East Coast Rail Route
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:43 pm
by 52A
It all sounds fishy to me!
Re: East Coast Rail Route
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:59 pm
by giner
Micky wrote:Getting back to the ECML livery wot about the power cars painted in L.N.E.R.
green livery and the coaches painted in a fake
teak colour?.
If your reading this Richard Branson it's just an idea mate?.
LOL! maybe they were thinking original A4 silver. I agree, it is an 'orrible livery on these new ones, though.
Re: East Coast Rail Route
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:59 pm
by Trestrol
Mr Branson is now kicking himself and the DoT has had the last laugh. They have extended his WCML franchise for an extra two years and they will not give him the ECML because that will mean he has both North /South main lines which is one of the reasons he has failed in the past. No Pendalinos. Also East Coast has put £640 m back to the Treasury so now they want to franchise it off to try and make more money but will it work?. They seem to forget that we are in a recession so as usual the passenger will have to pay extra so some company can make a profit and pay the government a profit as well.
Re: East Coast Rail Route
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:21 pm
by Mickey
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Re: East Coast Rail Route
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:01 am
by PinzaC55
52A wrote:Why not future proof it and just sell off KX to Berwick?
There is (or was) a canny little chippy at Berwick which I used while bashing Deltics. It would be great for the punters when changing into an SNPrail train at the border!
Re: East Coast Rail Route
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:05 am
by 52A
Or a quick pint in Mabel's!
Re: East Coast Rail Route
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:57 am
by 60800
I wouldn't mind a return of GNER (loved the post 2004 livery on the 125 sets), but I'm sure most if not all of us would like to see the 225 sets wearing intercity branding again
I'm intrigued to find out what preservation will do when the 43's and 91's are eventually retired.