Night Riviera - merged posts, ongoing discussion

[whole diary]

[bradshaw]

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[GBM]

21:45 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:04
Facilities on the 21:45 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:04.
This is due to a shortage of trains because of extra safety inspections.
Will be formed of 5 coaches.
Additional Information
Due to a maintenance issue we are unable to operate this evenings Sleeper service between Penzance and London Paddington.

We have arranged for this service to be operated by one of our regular Intercity Express Trains which will offer a Standard and First Class seating service only. There will be no accommodation facilities.

If you are affected by this change to your journey and have not been contacted by our dedicated team concerning your travel arrangements, please contact our Customer Services team on 03457000125.

AND
23:45 London Paddington to Penzance due 07:54
23:45 London Paddington to Penzance due 07:54 will be terminated at Plymouth.
It will no longer call at Liskeard, Bodmin Parkway, Lostwithiel, Par, St Austell, Truro, Redruth, Camborne, Hayle, St Erth and Penzance.
This is due to a broken down train.
Further Information
We're sorry for the disruption to your journey.
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If you're travelling to Liskeard, Bodmin Parkway, Lostwithiel, Par, St Austell, Truro, Redruth, Camborne, Hayle, St Erth or Penzance, please change at Plymouth and join 05:33 from Plymouth to Penzance.

Fri, 12 July 05:33 Plymouth to Penzance due 07:29
12/07/24 05:33 Plymouth to Penzance due 07:29 will be starting late from Plymouth and is expected to be 15 minutes late.
This is due to the train departing late to maintain customer connections.

[1st fan]

That would really suck especially if you didn’t get a first class seat. I think it might actually be a locomotive issue.

[Sleepy]

Sleeper woes tonight - up Sleeper substituted with IET^▸ (Intercity Express Train - replacement for HSTs (manufactured by Hitachi in Kobe, Japan)) and down Sleeper terminating at Plymouth 

[Timmer]

I think it might actually be a locomotive issue.

They desperately need replacing, failing too often. But as we always say here….oooooozzz gonna pay for it!

[grahame]

I think it might actually be a locomotive issue.

They desperately need replacing, failing too often. But as we always say here….oooooozzz gonna pay for it!

Not happening of course, but what was wrong with the idea of a couple of HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) power cars on the end of a rake of coaches ... I will get my coat ...

[a-driver]

I think it might actually be a locomotive issue.

They desperately need replacing, failing too often. But as we always say here….oooooozzz gonna pay for it!

They’ve had a good spell of reliability recently, just been the last few weeks and one particular loco that’s been causing issues. The problem is they’re operating with no spare locos

[JayMac]

There's some lovely Class 68s likely going spare after Transpennine Express gave up their sublease from Direct Rail Services. Why don't GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) hire them in?

I understand driver training, depot facilities and route proving would need to be done but they're a better long term bet than continuing with the Trigger's Broom 57s.

[GBM]

23:45 London Paddington to Penzance due 07:54
23:45 London Paddington to Penzance due 07:54 will be terminated at Plymouth.

Oh no it isn't!

Running though to Penzance, on time departure from Plymouth, with the 0533 departing on time, ahead of the sleeper.

[GBM]

Sleeper woes tonight - up Sleeper substituted with IET^▸ (Intercity Express Train - replacement for HSTs (manufactured by Hitachi in Kobe, Japan)) and down Sleeper terminating at Plymouth 

Current thread running on this http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=15037.new;topicseen#new

[TaplowGreen]

8 hours through the night in a standard class IET^▸ (Intercity Express Train - replacement for HSTs (manufactured by Hitachi in Kobe, Japan)) seat........forget compensation, those customers deserve medals.

[Chris from Nailsea]

There were two topics covering the Night Riviera, on two different boards, and they were both active, causing some duplication of posts.

I've therefore taken the opportunity to move the topic from our general 'across the West' board (where things tend to be buried in the sheer number of topics) to our more specific 'London to the West' board, and I've merged the posts from both here.

Original topic headings have been preserved, for clarity, so hopefully this will become our definitive reference on this subject.

Hope this helps, as ever. CfN. 

[bobm]

Amazing how much ground we have covered about two trains a day, six days a week in almost 10 years.

[grahame]

Amazing how much ground we have covered about two trains a day, six days a week in almost 10 years.

It is indeed ... over 1000 messages posted!   Thanks for the move and merge, Chris

[Chris from Nailsea]

Thanks, grahame.

It gets even better, though.

Bearing in mind the known limitations of the Coffee Shop forum's search facility, I have enjoyed an evening trawling through historic posts relating specifically to the Night Riviera and combined them all here.  We now have 1858 posts on the same subject, sorted in chronological order and with their original post headings preserved whenever possible.

If someone wanted to write a book about the Night Riviera, here would be a good place to start! 

Hope this helps, CfN.