Very unlikely to be acceptable following the Taunton sleeping car fire in 1978.
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LNER is proud to launch a new Simpler Fares pilot scheme for selected journeys along the East Coast route, further enhancing its customer experience.
The trial offers a clearer choice of tickets and aims to make buying them even easier. It will include journeys between London King’s Cross and Newcastle, London and Berwick-upon-Tweed and London and Edinburgh, for travel with LNER.
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https://www.lner.co.uk/news/lner-launches-pioneering-pilot-to-further-simplify-fares/
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LNER is getting pelters about this, and Jen knows her stuff.
Jen OnTheMove
@JenOnTheMoveUKThese 70 min flex tickets must be booked in advance, and have limited numbers available.
These are replacing buy on the day flexible tickets.
THIS IS VERY BAD
Jan 16, 2024 · 9:54 AM UTCPosted 10 months ago # -
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Well done LNER. The super off peak from Edinburgh to London at £87 one way competed with flying. So removing this will probably make flying this route better value. Easyjet flights start at £31 and a week out it is normally ‘easy’ to get a flight fot less than £87
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Man in Seat 61 pointing out that Haymarket is not part of the pilot, so you can still buy Haymarket-London off-peak tickets.
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57 quid walk up to Kings Cross to Haymarket? Though ECML Dont go to Haymarket? Does he mean change at Waverley for Haymarket? Or go up west coast?
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The ECML is Kings Cross to Edinburgh, but LNER does run three trains a day that go (via Haymarket) to Aberdeen, plus one to Stirling, one to Inverness and one to Glasgow Central.
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Does he mean change at Waverley for Haymarket?
I think the intention is that, even if you're beginning or ending your journey at Waverley, buying a ticket for Haymarket may be a better option.
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Yep same as Cross Country used to be £8.80 single to Glasgow when Scotrail was £14
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Part of the Caledonian Sleeper has been taken out of passenger service after “hairline cracks” were found in nine carriages,
The Scotsman has learned. The Scottish Government-run operator said the overnight services between Scotland and London were unaffected and the trains were running with fewer coaches as was normal at this time of year, when demand is lower.
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The Caledonian Sleeper uses CAF Mk5 carriages, which have the same bogies as other CAF Mk5 carriages used for TPE Nova 2 and Nova 3 trains, and using the same bodyshell design as Iarnrod Eireann Mk 4 carriages
As with the LNER/GWR/&c Hitachi 80x trains the lack of the damping inherent in the old suspension systems combines with the conicity of the steel tyres to deliver a resonance which used to derail 4-wheel freight wagons over 50 years ago when they ran at high speeds on CWR
This is experienced as yaw at the bogies, which requires the fitting of yaw dampers, and the discovery that the yaw damper mountings were not up to the loadings imposed, and cracking the bogie bolster beams on 80x trains, but also shearing off the damper mounting brackets on CAF carriages
The sleepers also have a pitch oscillation issue - although not quite as bad as HST's when their primary suspension dampers wear out (to view this on Scotrail HST's just watch how the power cars bounce around on their zebedee springs when the train is moving)
Per West Coast Railway, as @arellcat notes the conversion of other stock has been progressive & not a problem. A lower cost solution might be to fit a solenoid release with the budget locks on the end doors set to 'locked' position, and the old internal latch release fitted to the doors (if the window droplights are to remain closed)
With the routine requirement to deal with door frame corrosion on Mk1 stock (approaching 50-60 years old) the modifications could be delivered as carriages come up for C5/C6 overhauls
A reserve of the former DRS Mk 2 carriages used on Fife Circle is available which already has CDL, but perhaps not quite the Hogwarts image? Plus of course they don't have steam heating & vacuum brakes, which the old steam locos need to have retro fitted
My old flat mate was (sadly he died last year) the chief engineer for 60163 and 2007, both new-build mainline steam engines, which are getting the new kit for ERTMS plus air brakes and everything that is required for running on the modern railway, there will be a growing list of details that the older heritage railway trains will need to keep running on the main lines.
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Storm Isha wreaks havoc across Scotland with all trains cancelled“
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Folks, we're getting hunners of messages asking when lines will reopen.
The simple as answer is we do not know.
Safety checks take time to complete and it's not possible to check every line at once. If repairs are required, then it will take a bit longer. ^Angus & ^DB
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2/4. Now confusion over private sector involvement with northern mayors saying one thing, PM another and other ministers something different. One friend called it a Whitehall farce with shades of northern accents. And private sector has no real confidence in the government.
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https://twitter.com/southeastrailgp/status/1749156118415192079?
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the Great British Rail Sale is now on! Get up to 50%* off selected LNER Advance tickets. Yes, really!
We have at least 100,000 tickets for travel on LNER trains between 30 January and 14 March 2024, Monday — Thursday inclusive, excluding 1 Feb, Peak journeys and the use of Railcards. Terms and conditions and exclusions apply.
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(By email)
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CONSULTATION TO REMOVE DIRECT GLASGOW AND STIRLING SERVICES
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RAIB to consider crashworthiness of train and ‘underlying management factors’
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https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/dundee/4874575/broughty-ferry-train-crash-84mph/
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A miserable failure to make any progress to decrease rail journey times from Aberdeen to the Central Belt -- now followed by a suggestion that the scheme may be abandoned.
Meanwhile, unlimited funds are promised to dual the A9.
Now where's that #ClimateEmergency gone, @scotgov?
https://x.com/pressjournal/status/1752328711192633654
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A trainline has been completely closed due to “significant damage” to its sea defences.
Network Rail confirmed the Far North Line between Brora and Helmsdale remains closed after the operator identified significant damage to the line’s sea defences.
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You may have heard rather a lot about the steam train associated with Harry Potter and the Hogwarts Express over the past few months – even though it’s on a winter break.
The Jacobite, which hauls hordes of wizarding fans between Fort William and Mallaig every summer, has been at the centre of a court case whose outcome its operator had claimed could threaten its future.
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I used to love pushing the window down on the inter city and opening the door from outside.
The slam doors were great fun as a kid pick one to run for as t(e train pulled out the station
I also loved the portugeuse railways where kids Jump the trains
And the old London buses without the doors
But I guess all of the above is dangerous and doors are locked 30 secs before departure.
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Campaigners urge rail firm to rethink ‘beyond tolerable’ prices on many trains running from London to Edinburgh
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/16/lner-simpler-fares-trial-train-journeys-rail-prices
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As someone who uses that route somewhat regularly, I have no idea what a super off peak fare is. The prices looked fairly standard when I was looking to book the other day. I wonder what % of tickets are sold as advance singles.
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I note the cold Class 156 - but only on West Highland ... noting about Stranraers, or Carlisles/Newcastles
My money is on the poor airflows & lack of pressure differntials
Reckon a simple cure to deliver same detail as we have on Mk 3 carriages since they arrived with HST's
I also remember the Mk2a/b PV carriages on trains to North where the inside of guards van doors collected spindrift snow dust on winter trips, and likewise in the corridor connections
The very small (2-3 mbar) excess pressure in the saloon always meant that draughts only went outwards
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"I note the cold Class 156 - but only on West Highland ... noting about Stranraers, or Carlisles/Newcastles
My money is on the poor airflows & lack of pressure differntials"
According to this post on the RailUK forum it's down to the new auxiliary heaters fitted to ScotRail's 156 fleet during a refurb a few years ago basically not being up to the job. (It probably doesn't help they're not allowed to start the engines early to get the trains warmed up prior to departure from Oban, apparently due to complaints from the Premier Inn adjacent to the station.)
Other posts on that thread mention it not being [so much of] an issue on 156s elsewhere in the UK, while ex-ScotRail 156s now in use elsewhere may still exhibit the problem.
Posted 9 months ago # -
Ah I remember the Webasto's on 101's with an unfortunate ability to mix the burner exhaust with the inbound airflow through the heat exchanger, with the exhaust fumes.....
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