I'm not buying that as the reason. The Chieftain arrives in Inverness just after 8pm and leaves just before 8am the next morning, so it has nearly 12 hours of down time, which is far more than many other sets have on depot. So what's the real reason? Detachi want the checks done on an East Coast depot? ScotRail asking too much money for the checks?
As ever, it's yet another example of the railway doing things for its own convenience rather than what is best for passengers. What this means is that the Chieftain is no longer a through service - might just as well not run it north of Edinburgh and send it to EC to have its checks done...
Don't buy it as a reason, but it is the Thruth. The unit only gets fuelled and toilets emptied at Inverness depot, as soon as fuelling is done it returns to the station and stables overnight.
And I'm sure lner would love to do with out the aggro if having to make people change trains, but this is a situation forced on them, not of there own making.
I'm not buying that as the reason. The Chieftain arrives in Inverness just after 8pm and leaves just before 8am the next morning, so it has nearly 12 hours of down time, which is far more than many other sets have on depot. So what's the real reason? Detachi want the checks done on an East Coast depot? ScotRail asking too much money for the checks?
As ever, it's yet another example of the railway doing things for its own convenience rather than what is best for passengers. What this means is that the Chieftain is no longer a through service - might just as well not run it north of Edinburgh and send it to EC to have its checks done...
As for the not enough time, its on Inverness depot, less than 2 hours, that includes shunts from station, to depot and back to station when driver clocks off.