CrossCountry HST lease to continue beyond October?

[df43101]

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/crosscountry-hst-diagrams.176519/

Whilst I was out & about on XC HST`s last week, I overheard a train manager saying there had been discussions about extending the deadline past October.

Anyone else heard this ?

 

[Train Boy]

Whilst I was out & about on XC HST`s last week, I overheard a train manager saying there had been discussions about extending the deadline past October. Anyone else heard this ?

Same story as yourself in truth, brought up in conversation. December was the speculation.

 

[irish_rail]

Same story as yourself in truth, brought up in conversation. December was the speculation.

Surely plausible, with GWR ones getting an extension, Laira will surely be able to continue maintenance a while longer id of thought?

 

[Peterthegreat]

I understand the last day of regular XC diagrams will be 18 September.

 

[Mitchell Hurd]

I understand the last day of regular XC diagrams will be 18 September.

Marvellous !

Having typed (rather amended the diagrams on notepad), the 06:45 York - Plymouth and 15:27 Plymouth - Leeds could be the last diagram with a double Voyager running in its place as the 06:06 Edinburgh to Plymouth and 17:23 Plymouth to Leeds.

The 1 HST then can swap with one from Laira.

 

[Whistler40145]

Isn't their an issue with ASLEF regarding HSTs?

 

[Mitchell Hurd]

Isn't their an issue with ASLEF regarding HSTs?

They want the ScotRail ones gone, not sure about the XC ones.

 

[Martin_1981]

XC should be able to keep the HSTs going until such time as they can bring in replacement stock ie Avanti Voyagers when they become available. Otherwise there will be more overcrowding than there is already. Not that the DFT really care.

 

[TheWalrus]

XC should be able to keep the HSTs going until such time as they can bring in replacement stock ie Avanti Voyagers when they become available. Otherwise there will be more overcrowding than there is already. Not that the DFT really care.

They were leaving passengers behind at Leeds last Sunday on the 5 car Voyager I was on so they will be leaving more behind when the HSTs go. Ridiculous decision.

 

[APT618S]

They were leaving passengers behind at Leeds last Sunday on the 5 car Voyager I was on so they will be leaving more behind when the HSTs go. Ridiculous decision.

Could have been the same train I was on. 5-car Voyager on 1V56 0908 Edinburgh - Plymouth was full and standing leaving Newcastle with people left behind at York as well as Leeds were I alighted.

 

[TheWalrus]

Could have been the same train I was on. 5-car Voyager on 1V56 0908 Edinburgh - Plymouth was full and standing leaving Newcastle with people left behind at York as well as Leeds were I alighted.

Yep we were on the same train! I managed to get a first class seat leaving EDB so I was lucky. Had there been LNER trains to KGX past Sunday I’d have gone that way.