Saturday 21 March 2015

What On Earth??

This morning's timetable updates include a number of peculiar Pendolino workings in the early hours of 31 March and 1 April, shuttling backwards and forwards between Newton or Warrington Bank Quay and Edge Hill.

You can see them on Realtime Trains.

Is this a load test for the new wiring?  Or an April Fool joke by the schedulers?

The trains are shown as Class 1, not ECS, so can I get a ticket?

3 comments:

  1. Test workings of Pendolini for guaging so the route can be used for diversions or empty stock?

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    1. We've got Pendolino diversions on spring bank holiday weekend, which might relate.

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    2. Could perhaps of made use of diversionary route yesterday had it been available following fataility at Mossely Hill:-

      http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P50356/2015/03/21/advanced
      http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P50143/2015/03/21/advanced

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