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Title: Virgin Trains to increase Liverpool to London train seats Post by: woody on May 28, 2011, 11:05:44 VIRGIN Trains will add extra carriages on the Liverpool to London line to boost the number of seats by 25%.
Read More http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2011/05/28/virgin-trains-to-increase-liverpool-to-london-train-seats-by-25-100252-28778554/#ixzz1NdkfsJtw Title: Re: Virgin Trains to increase Liverpool to London train seats Post by: ChrisB on May 28, 2011, 12:02:48 They've actually ordered enough to lenthen most, if not all, their Pendolinos - not just to Liverpool.
Title: Re: Virgin Trains to increase Liverpool to London train seats Post by: IndustryInsider on May 28, 2011, 13:15:31 There will be 35 11-car sets and 21 9-car sets when the lengthening programme is completed.
Title: Re: Virgin Trains to increase Liverpool to London train seats Post by: paul7575 on May 28, 2011, 18:49:28 The whole story is rubbish really - it has always been assumed that the 11 car trains would be used predominantly on routes with an hourly offpeak service - it's the only logical approach.
Liverpool council are not actually in a position to demand anything from shortlisted bidders - especially by threatening to refuse to recommend them unless they promise something. Of course much of the confrontational nature of the story is probably down to a local journo who hasn't got a clue about the rail franchising process... Any suggestions the councillor has should be targetted firmly at the DfT during the ITT consultation phase - that is how local authorities get the chance to affect the new franchise, indeed a bidder is expressly forbidden to discuss their plans publically in this way. Paul This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |