Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
Really pleasing news, I was worried XC wouldn't get any and was dissapointed only to see 7. As others have said 12 is a significant uplift on the HST capacity. Shame it's going to take another year to get them all.
Interesting that Wakefield Westgate and Chesterfield are being dropped over the summer to remove local journeys. It does go to show how important regional services are to relieve pressure on intercity services.
It's rather less underhand than the act I caught Avanti in this weekend, namely only releasing quotas for longer distance trips on the Euston-Brums last Sunday.