IIRC it wasDoes anyone know what the stopping pattern of the summer only Virgin Crosscountry service to Ramsgate was? I believe it was a Birmingham to Ramsgate service, and on occasion it was hauled by a hired Class 55.
INTRODUCTION:
Little change in 1999. The Summer Saturday service to and from Ramsgate once again operated for the full summer timetable, this year the northbound service was accelerated by approx 30 minutes within Kent and now ran to Glasgow Central instead of Edinburgh. D9000 again was loco in charge between Birmingham and Ramsgate and v/v.
The Sussex Scot ran via the Seattle and Carlisle line on certain Saturdays. Last years innovation of starting the Manchester to Brighton train from Preston continued.
TIMETABLE and ROUTE:
The Sussex Scot ran via the Seattle and Carlisle line on certain Saturdays. Last years innovation of starting the Manchester to Brighton train from Preston continued.
That's what I was looking for!This page on the excellent 1S76 website has a timetable and some photos:
Inter regional loco hauled services from Brighton 1999.
Details of train services from Brighton to Manchester and vice versa. First year of service. Includes timetable pictures and stock workings.www.1s76.com
Great minds think alike, eh?That's what I was looking for!
Network Rail publish the working timetables back to the formation of Railtrack on their archive if you need more detailed timings.Thank you for the help with this. I'm trying to remake it in Train Simulator so the timetable is especially useful.
It continued beyond Birmingham (usually under class 47 traction) via the WCML through Carlisle, then Lockerbie and Haymarket, arriving in Waverley some time after 21:30.