Chiltern Mainline: Nice & Fast!

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[Timmer]

And where is Btline to defend Chiltern and their new timetable?

[paul7575]

Interesting that there's an 0609 train in the new Chiltern timetable to Marylebone that starts at Kings Sutton.   

Paul

[IndustryInsider]

And where is Btline to defend Chiltern and their new timetable?

Off on one of his sabbaticals it seems!

[ChrisB]

Interesting that there's an 0609 train in the new Chiltern timetable to Marylebone that starts at Kings Sutton.  

Too many ecs movements at BAN around 0600, means that it departs Banbury east sidings ecs following the 0559 to MYB^▸ (London (Marylebone)), rather than as a service from BAN.

[chuffed]

Perhaps BTline is esconced in one of those Chinese escape pods after reading about the end of the world due to take place on Friday. Just rememeber you read about it   in the Daily Mail/ Daily Express first !

[birm2lond]

Whatever one may think of the 'padding' in Chiltern's Mainline timetable, it is still significantly better that waht was offered in 1956 (and at a cheaper price for most of the day...)

http://birmingham2london.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/february-1956-past-is-foreign-country.html

[birm2lond]

Chiltern tell me that the following range of meals is being made available on the Silver Set Mainline services for ^3.50 each:

Chinese Style Chicken Curry with rice;
Chicken Tikka Masala with rice;
Meatball in tomato sauce with pasta;
Chilli Con Carne with rice;
Sweet Chilli Chicken with noodles;
Vegetable Chow Mein.

More details to follow.

Chiltern's 'Tweet the Manager' and 'Tweet the boss' session dates can be found at http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/tweet-us

The 2013 Meet the Manager dates are at http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/about-us/meet-the-managers

[TonyK]

And I thought Vesta had had its day!

[chuffed]

Mind you when this Bristolian  (at training college in the 70s) was looked after by what he called VESTAL virgins, he found he could never get through to the contents, cuz of all the wrapping.....

If all this promised snow materialises, I think I might be glad of a VESPA if the train don't turn up !

[TonyK]

For which I shall pray, at Vespers (and Matins, and Laud,and Prime, and...)

[chuffed]

Oh... they must be processioning via Monks-eaton 

[birm2lond]

Finally got to try the Chicken Tikka Masala today (http://birmingham2london.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/hot-meals-on-chiltern-silver-sets.html) Very nice and amazing value at ^3.50. However, as Chiltern seem not to want to publicize the meals, I would suggest that you try them soon before they're withdrawn through 'lack of demand'

[eightf48544]

There's an interesting comment in March Modern Raiways. Roger Ford notes German taxpayers are subsidising Chiltern a ^1m a week.

[ChrisB]

Hmm - that can be interpreted in more than one way.

Happy to discuss further by DM - but Starbucks jumps to mind!

[Btline]

How is Chiltern going to cope over the next few years after the Oxford services start?

Many of the trains are now packed from Warwick Parkway and there is no room to squeeze more on!