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RE: Virgin Trains - St Helens Rider - 17/03/2016 07:06
As was said in comments section, it's going to be a challenge to keep the signal going given how patchy 3g/Mobile signals can be on the Pendolinos.
RE: Virgin Trains - Gordon V - 17/03/2016 09:02
(17/03/2016 07:06)St Helens Rider Wrote: As was said in comments section, it's going to be a challenge to keep the signal going given how patchy 3g/Mobile signals can be on the Pendolinos.
Indeed,was thinking similarly
RE: Virgin Trains - wirralbus - 17/03/2016 10:02
Dont you think the set involved willhave a very enhanced signal system onboard it for this event .
RE: Virgin Trains - H101GEV - 18/03/2016 22:31
The East Coast Class 800 and 801 sets are to be known as 'Azuma', the Japanese word for 'east'. A nice nod to their Japanese heritage and a choice that complements the 'Pendolino' name quite well in my book.
https://www.virgintrainseastcoast.com/news/new-announcement/
RE: Virgin Trains - N271CKB - 26/03/2016 20:38
Major delays tonight due to signalling problems between Crewe and Stoke, made worse by the line through Stafford being closed
RE: Virgin Trains - childwallblues - 06/04/2016 17:51
Virgin Trains have now updated their Delay/Repay scheme to automatically pay compensation automatically in cash.
Yesterday my train was 17 minutes late into Euston. This morning I had an e-mail telling me that I was to get £5.28 in compensation and this afternoon it was sent to my bank.
RE: Virgin Trains - wirralbus - 07/04/2016 18:33
Some TOC's under the delay repay will fall over eventually , it wont happen straight away but it will happen.
RE: Virgin Trains - childwallblues - 07/04/2016 20:40
(07/04/2016 18:33)wirralbus Wrote: Some TOC's under the delay repay will fall over eventually , it wont happen straight away but it will happen.Fall over? What does that mean?
RE: Virgin Trains - wirralbus - 09/04/2016 19:18
The regime of Delay Repay is going to be penal to some operator's especially the longer distance operators like the former inter city routes .
All that delay repay does is cause there to be arguments probably at controller level between Network Rail and the train operating companies . it doesn't fix the root cause of the delay.
RE: Virgin Trains - wirralbus - 10/04/2016 15:48
Oh what a 12 hours Virgin Trains have had .
Firstly yesterdays 1Z34 charter from Carlisle to Newport suffers a hot axlebox somewhere between Hartford and winsford and after inspection was only allowed to proceed into Winsford loop at 3mph , causing major delays to everything behind.
Then this morning an overnight engineering possession was late in being given up and a freight train failure