These are usually operated by. As most of the HSTs were re engineered 10-12 years ago most of the power units have probably got another 25-20 years of life in them. It's to do with a lack of staff, caused by the end of a rest day working agreement on Sunday. CROSS has the added functionality of CROSS referencing rulings from the initial search result set with their modified, revoked or referenced counterparts. I assume the 170s will be strengthened to compensate for the cancelled services? . Until that changes, and the Direct Award is sorted out, therell be no change. London North Eastern Railway have commenced passenger service of their new Azuma HITACHI units and are planning to withdraw all of theirInter City 125 sets by next year. The proposed withdrawal did not include the morning/evening services that run only between Edinburgh and Dundee. The withdrawal of the HSTs also means that Neville Hill Depot will no longer see EMR stock being maintained there due to the new Leeds services seeing the Meridian operate a Leeds to Derby service where the train would return to Etches Park Depot. Robin Boyle 43184 1V50 InterCity HST Cross Country HST Power Car 43184 in Inter City Livery heads up 1V50 the 06:06 Edinburgh to Plymouth, taking the Bristol line at Standish Junction. CrossCountry Unveils First Refurbished HST, The 125mph diesel-powered HST, one of five being introduced this year, will regularly operate on CrossCountry's North East - South West route, serving key towns and cities including; Edinburgh, Newcastle, Durham, Wakefield, Leeds, York, Doncaster, Sheffield, Derby, Birmingham, Cheltenham, Bristol, Exeter and Plymouth. You are using an out of date browser. These trains deliver the extra capacity our passengers and stakeholders tell us they want, and their introduction also means we're on track to deliver our promise of increasing seating by 35 per cent. SVR director Jonathan Dunster, who's also the chairman of the railway's diesels committee said: "The HST was introduced by British Rail in 1976, and it's now largely been replaced on the main line. continue we'll assume you are happy to receive them. CrossCountry is keen to support our heritage rail partners where we can., To purchase tickets for the Severn Valley Railway leg of the HST railtour please visit: svr.co.uk, For further information about the rail tour, please visit: www.modernrailways.com/railtour. Several services from the Central Trains franchise were also to be added. Other Railnews readers (and I) would prefer not to be SHOUTED AT again!--Ed. It's a box ticking exercise, and personally one I'd be happy to undertake. Close Report Message Reason Report to Moderators . Ethiopia Country Report Context. Graeme Murray is project manager at the Taylor Woodrow-BAM Nuttall joint venture, which carried out the work, and he described the project as the 'largest and most complex accessibility upgrade' in the Underground's current programme. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. If you look at somewhere like Bristol Temple Meads, filter for just cross country services, the HSTs will be anything that comes up as 7 coaches. To allow these changes to take place, all CrossCountry services on some routes (which had a limited service) would be withdrawn and replaced with extra services run by other operators. Virgin CrossCountry - abbreviated as VXC - is the only national railway operating company (TOC). Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Hornby R2949 Arriva Cross Country Hst 125 Class 43 Bodies Spares Repairs 00gauge at the best online prices at eBay! Presumably this nonsense is to save what is, in the grand scheme of things, a pretty trivial sum on the cost of using the HST fleet for a short period? The MTU engines fitted are of the type 16V 4000 R41, which give a maximum power of 2,720 kW. While some services on the West Coast Main Line were promptly discontinued with the introduction of a new timetable on 9 December 2007, with some transferring over to both Virgin Trains West Coast and to First TransPennine Express, new services, such as a daily Nottingham to Bournemouth service introduced during December 2008, were also implemented. Open Men's 10 km - USATF National Club Cross Country Champ. The station was built just before the Second World War, and the concourse is carried on a raft over three island platforms. Please enter your username or email address to reset your password. But this must, one hopes, mean some services being cut, doubling up of 170s where appropriate to try to fill the capacity shortfall. Views expressed in submitted comments are that of the author, and not necessarily shared by Railnews. Learn how your comment data is processed. These will be having around double the power / weight ratio of full sized sets ; would it help cost - wise for these short sets to have just one power car , with a driving position built in at the other end coach ? The opportunity to join the railtour at Kidderminster really is a rarity. The replacements are 4 car voyagers, made available by splitting diagrams that currently use voyager pairs. How can they force him to forget how to drive a HST? The ITT did not require retention of the services beyond Guildford after December 2008, so the services to both Gatwick Airport and Brighton soon ceased. Cross Country could well do with taking 10-12 Class 43 and shed load of coaches cos The TSSA union says it has written to the regulator demanding the immediate withdrawal of all surving HSTs, after new revelations in the Carmont derailment report. Eddi'sdad 7d Robin, great shot, well lit. 12 in) standard gauge. Download list: Locomotives: Class 43 + Mk3 (HST) - CrossCountry Requires the Classic European Assets pack available from Steam, this is also included with many other products, so you may already have it installed. These services combine to provide higher frequencies between Birmingham and the following major destinations: The Sunday service pattern is mostly similar to the weekday one, except that the hourly Birmingham - Nottingham services do not run while the other services do not start until late morning or early afternoon, and often have a slightly different stopping pattern. Rightly or wrongly different TOCs do sometimes have different working arrangements for the same routes and traction. Realtime Trains is an independent source of live realtime running information for the Great British railway network. 17:58 Locomotive Services Group operated Midland Pullman HST 1Z23 Settle & Carlisle Pullman (Midland Pullman) Carlisle to Potters Bar, 01:07 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1M11 Glasgow Central High Level to Euston, 02:35 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1M16 Inverness to Euston, 02:52 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1S25 Euston to Inverness, 05:44 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1S26 Euston to Glasgow Central High Level, 08:05 Direct Rail Services light engine move (Diesel) 0Z59 Carlisle to Motherwell Tmd (drs), 08:48 Direct Rail Services light engine move (Diesel) 0Z57 Carlisle to Edinburgh Waverley, 14:13 Direct Rail Services light engine move (Diesel) 0Z58 Edinburgh Waverley to Carlisle, 14:38 Direct Rail Services light engine move (Diesel) 0Z60 Motherwell Tmd (drs) to Carlisle, BOLTON LE SANDS CAMERA (freightmaster.net), 01:18 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1S25 Euston to Inverness, 02:42 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1M11 Glasgow Central High Level to Euston, 03:42 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1S26 Euston to Glasgow Central High Level, 04:10 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1M16 Inverness to Euston, 02:13 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1S26 Euston to Glasgow Central High Level, 04:46 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1M11 Glasgow Central High Level to Euston, 01:23 Locomotive Services Group operated Midland Pullman HST ECS move 5Z20 Crewe Holding Sidings to Potters Bar, 06:56 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1M11 Glasgow Central High Level to Euston, 07:23 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 light engine move 0M11 Wembley Inter City Depot to Euston, 07:44 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1M16 Inverness to Euston, 08:02 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper ECS move 3M11 Euston to Wembley Inter City Depot, 08:53 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper ECS move 3M16 Euston to Wembley Inter City Depot, 19:22 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper ECS move 5S95 Wembley Inter City Depot to Euston, 21:18 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1S25 Euston to Inverness, 21:24 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper ECS move 5S96 Wembley Inter City Depot to Euston, 21:45 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 light engine move 0A95 Euston to Wembley Inter City Depot, 23:53 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1S26 Euston to Glasgow Central High Level, 23:56 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 light engine move 0A96 Euston to Wembley Inter City Depot, CHESTERFIELD CAMERAS (Hasland/Chesterfield Sth Jn), 12:27 GB Railfreight light engine move (Diesel) 0M90 Bescot Up Engineers Sidings to Clitheroe Castle Cement Gb, 12:34 GB Railfreight light engine move (Diesel) 0M90 Bescot Up Engineers Sidings to Clitheroe Castle Cement Gb, 12:41 GB Railfreight light engine move (Diesel) 0M90 Bescot Up Engineers Sidings to Clitheroe Castle Cement Gb, 02:46 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1S26 Euston to Glasgow Central High Level, 04:11 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1M11 Glasgow Central High Level to Euston, 05:27 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1M16 Inverness to Euston, 23:50 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1S25 Euston to Inverness, 01:17 DB Cargo light engine move (Diesel) 0C18 Arpley Sidings to Crewe Basford Hall Ssm, 02:47 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1S26 Euston to Glasgow Central High Level, 04:08 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1M11 Glasgow Central High Level to Euston, 05:25 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1M16 Inverness to Euston, 20:36 DB Cargo light engine move (Diesel) 0K27 Crewe Basford Hall Ssm to Arpley Sidings, 23:52 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1S25 Euston to Inverness, 00:11 Locomotive Services Group operated Midland Pullman HST ECS move 5Z20 Crewe Holding Sidings to Potters Bar, 00:45 Great Western Railway Class 57 hauled Night Riviera 1A50 Penzance to Paddington, 04:22 Great Western Railway Class 57 hauled Night Riviera 1C50 Paddington to Penzance, 08:23 Colas Rail operated Network Rail DMU test train 2Q08 Penzance to Exeter Riverside North Yard, 09:07 Cross Country HST power cars route refresher 5Z43 Laira Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot to Laira Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot, 15:03 Cross Country HST power cars route refresher 5Z43 Laira Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot to Laira Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot, 00:46 Great Western Railway Class 57 hauled Night Riviera 1A50 Penzance to Paddington, 04:21 Great Western Railway Class 57 hauled Night Riviera 1C50 Paddington to Penzance, 08:26 Colas Rail operated Network Rail DMU test train 2Q08 Penzance to Exeter Riverside North Yard, 09:09 Cross Country HST power cars route refresher 5Z43 Laira Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot to Laira Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot, 15:01 Cross Country HST power cars route refresher 5Z43 Laira Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot to Laira Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot, DERBY CAMERAS (In partnership with Rail Operations Group), 03:56 Colas Rail diesel hauled Network Rail test train 3Q59 Darlington Up Sorting Sidings to Derby Rtc Serco, 07:10 GB Railfreight light engine move (Diesel) 0D15 Scunthorpe Trent Terminal Complex to Doncaster Down Decoy Gb Railfreight, 09:18 Locomotive Services Group operated Midland Pullman HST 1Z21 Settle & Carlisle Pullman (Midland Pullman) Potters Bar to Carlisle, 11:21 DB Cargo light engine move (Diesel) 0D02 Normanton Wakefield Europort to Doncaster Belmont Down Yard, 19:14 Locomotive Services Group operated Midland Pullman HST 1Z23 Settle & Carlisle Pullman (Midland Pullman) Carlisle to Potters Bar, 00:46 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1S25 Euston to Inverness, 03:17 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1M11 Glasgow Central High Level to Euston, 03:37 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1S26 Euston to Glasgow Central High Level, 04:37 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1M16 Inverness to Euston, GRATELEY CAMERA (facebook.com/grateleytrains/), 12:06 Colas Rail diesel hauled Network Rail test train 1Q99 Woking Up Carriage Holding Sidings to Woking Up Carriage Holding Sidings, 15:40 Colas Rail diesel hauled Network Rail test train 1Q99 Woking Up Carriage Holding Sidings to Woking Up Carriage Holding Sidings, 17:39 Locomotive Services Group operated Midland Pullman HST 1Z23 Settle & Carlisle Pullman (Midland Pullman) Carlisle to Potters Bar, 05:11 Colas Rail diesel hauled Network Rail test train 3Q59 Darlington Up Sorting Sidings to Derby Rtc Serco, 08:56 Locomotive Services Group operated Midland Pullman HST 1Z21 Settle & Carlisle Pullman (Midland Pullman) Potters Bar to Carlisle, 19:33 Locomotive Services Group operated Midland Pullman HST 1Z23 Settle & Carlisle Pullman (Midland Pullman) Carlisle to Potters Bar, 04:04 GB Railfreight light engine move (Diesel) 0L41 Peterborough Maintenance Shed Gb Railfreight to Parkeston Refinery Carless Solvents, 07:40 Locomotive Services Group operated Midland Pullman HST 1Z21 Settle & Carlisle Pullman (Midland Pullman) Potters Bar to Carlisle, 20:36 Locomotive Services Group operated Midland Pullman HST 1Z23 Settle & Carlisle Pullman (Midland Pullman) Carlisle to Potters Bar, 01:03 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1S25 Euston to Inverness, 03:01 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1M11 Glasgow Central High Level to Euston, 03:55 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1S26 Euston to Glasgow Central High Level, 04:26 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1M16 Inverness to Euston, PRINCES RISBOROUGH CAMERA (chinnorrailway.co.uk), REDRUTH (SCORRIER) CAMERAS (kernowmodelrailcantre.com), 05:07 Colas Rail operated Network Rail DMU test train 2Q08 Penzance to Exeter Riverside North Yard, 07:17 Great Western Railway Class 57 hauled Night Riviera 1C50 Paddington to Penzance, 22:19 Great Western Railway Class 57 hauled Night Riviera 1A50 Penzance to Paddington, RYDE ESPLANADE (royalesplanadehotel.co.uk), 08:52 Direct Rail Services light engine move (Diesel) 0Z66 Motherwell Tmd (drs) to Carlisle, 10:53 Direct Rail Services light engine move (Diesel) 0Z66 Mossend Down Yard to Carlisle, 12:33 Direct Rail Services light engine move (Diesel) 0Z67 Carlisle to Motherwell Tmd (drs), 13:35 Direct Rail Services light engine move (Diesel) 0Z67 Carlisle to Mossend Up Yard, 16:13 Locomotive Services Group operated Midland Pullman HST 1Z23 Settle & Carlisle Pullman (Midland Pullman) Carlisle to Potters Bar, 16:30 Locomotive Services Group operated Midland Pullman HST 1Z23 Settle & Carlisle Pullman (Midland Pullman) Carlisle to Potters Bar, RIBBLEHEAD VIADUCT CAMERA (In partnership with Settle & Carlisle Railway Properties Ltd/FoSCL & S&C Trust), 16:25 Locomotive Services Group operated Midland Pullman HST 1Z23 Settle & Carlisle Pullman (Midland Pullman) Carlisle to Potters Bar, SHEFFIELD CAMERA (Electric Works Sheffield), SHREWSBURY ABBEY FOREGATE CAMERA (beachifa.co.uk), ST ALBANS (http://www.tlr.ltd.uk/sigbox/home.eb), 00:42 Great Western Railway Class 57 hauled Night Riviera 1A50 Penzance to Paddington, 04:25 Great Western Railway Class 57 hauled Night Riviera 1C50 Paddington to Penzance, 08:17 Colas Rail operated Network Rail DMU test train 2Q08 Penzance to Exeter Riverside North Yard, 09:04 Cross Country HST power cars route refresher 5Z43 Laira Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot to Laira Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot, 15:06 Cross Country HST power cars route refresher 5Z43 Laira Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot to Laira Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot, 00:46 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1M11 Glasgow Central High Level to Euston, 02:13 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1M16 Inverness to Euston, 03:16 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1S25 Euston to Inverness, 06:07 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1S26 Euston to Glasgow Central High Level, 08:27 Direct Rail Services light engine move (Diesel) 0Z59 Carlisle to Motherwell Tmd (drs), 09:23 Direct Rail Services light engine move (Diesel) 0Z57 Carlisle to Edinburgh Waverley, 13:14 Direct Rail Services light engine move (Diesel) 0Z58 Edinburgh Waverley to Carlisle, 13:55 Direct Rail Services light engine move (Diesel) 0Z60 Motherwell Tmd (drs) to Carlisle, 00:13 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1S26 Euston to Glasgow Central High Level, 03:53 Locomotive Services Group operated Midland Pullman HST ECS move 5Z20 Crewe Holding Sidings to Potters Bar, 06:38 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1M11 Glasgow Central High Level to Euston, 07:31 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1M16 Inverness to Euston, 21:30 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1S25 Euston to Inverness, WIGAN NORTH WESTERN CAMERAS (swanandrailwayhotelwigan.co.uk), 00:33 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1S25 Euston to Inverness, 03:24 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1S26 Euston to Glasgow Central High Level, 03:27 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Lowland sleeper 1M11 Glasgow Central High Level to Euston, 04:47 Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 hauled Highland sleeper 1M16 Inverness to Euston, 03:06 Colas Rail diesel hauled Network Rail test train 3Q59 Darlington Up Sorting Sidings to Derby Rtc Serco, 10:13 Locomotive Services Group operated Midland Pullman HST 1Z21 Settle & Carlisle Pullman (Midland Pullman) Potters Bar to Carlisle, ROC CAMERA 1 (Station) (networkrail.co.uk), 10:00 Locomotive Services Group operated Midland Pullman HST 1Z21 Settle & Carlisle Pullman (Midland Pullman) Potters Bar to Carlisle, ROC CAMERA 2 (Avoider) (networkrail.co.uk), 03:11 Colas Rail diesel hauled Network Rail test train 3Q59 Darlington Up Sorting Sidings to Derby Rtc Serco, 16:31 Freightliner light engine move (Diesel) 0E05 York Yard South Freightliner Heavy Haul to Leeds Balm Road Loco Freightliner Heavy Haul. A driver at GWR Plymouth with 10 years or so of HST driving experience which was current thanks to 2+4s moved over to XC recently and was told he had to sign off HSTs. > The company operates medium- and long-distance services that run outside of the London area. Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Modern Railways and 40 years of HSTs on the north-east to south-west route, the tour will also raise funds to support the charity Railway Benefit Fund. D-Train dream in doubt as Vivarail calls in administrators, Temple Meads chosen for technology contest, Technical issues cause GBRf to withdraw Class 69s, DB offers 12 further out of-service Class 60s for sale, Crewes record-breaking 91 saved for Boness museum, Sturgeon and Burnham secret talks to boost Scottish HS link, DB set to put international freight arm up for sale, Vivarail dream over as the liquidation process begins, GWR takes over trials of Vivarail battery train, More than 1,000 unreported cancellations by TPE in a month, Great Western Railway orders new electric trains, NR handed safety directions after woman dies at high-risk crossing. Manchester-Birmingham which really does justify more than hourly? The 43 has at least another twelve to fifteen years in them. ( I'm just curious on this one ). The CrossCountry franchise was restructured by the Department for Transport (DfT) in 2006, incorporating elements of both the Central Trains and the Virgin CrossCountry franchises, ahead of its invitation to tender on October of that year. Fax: 0844 443 2700 | He is already pretty unhappy at the loss of half hourly Bristol to Birmingham service. [Whatever your view, please DON'T USE ONLY CAPITALS. [25], Separate strike action was later threatened by the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) union later that month, with strikes planned for 26 January. Company Number: 13512367 Hunt. Rather than scrapping them which will be devastating if they were to be scrapped as some are already in service as short sets on GWR and in Scotland used by ScotRail. The franchise, which is the most extensive in the UK, will run until 31 March 2016. If you This is all XCs making. Staffing + Permanent Placement Workforce Solutions Technology Platform Insight + Advisory Services Charles Silas, MD Emergency Medicine "I love Cross Country. XC's HST powercars have quite a few differences compared to the GWR ones, including a completely different speedometer and associated equipment, as the GWR ones are fitted with ATP whereas the XC ones aren't. Entirely possible that this could in the eyes of XC render it to require a conversion course. I would describe that as sub optimal but assume this id DfT working up the plans for GBR. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRAINS, THE PROBLEM IS THE UNIONS WHO HAVE A NEED TO KEEP THEIR NAMES IN THE PAPERS Lot..593E.N GAUGE FARISH 374-355 CROSSCOUNTRY HST MK3 COACH 45003#15# 19.00 0 bids 4.45 postage 1d 1h Hornby R427 BR Intercity Mk3 HST Restaurant buffet 125 coach 49.00 Click & Collect 3.35 postage hornby mk3 HST older shorties bellows corridor connectors x 5 oo em finescale 4.00 1.50 postage It suits the unions and staff as well though. Mick. The death of anyone is tragic; however without evidence to suggest the coaches structural, and survivability integrity was compromised, any call for removal from service is surely not helpful at this stage. The Inter City 125 as it was known then entered service in Mid 1976 running various services throughout the country. The company's network is centred around Birmingham New Street. If it is indeed a RDW agreement (what is it about Arriva and understaffing?) Two of the existing five-car sets releasing a centre carriage that, when combined with the reactivated pair of driving cars, formed an additional four-car set to be formed. Based in Worcestershire and Shropshire, the Severn Valley Railway is hosting the heritage leg of the special anniversary railtour which will take place on Tuesday the 27th of September. +. It's very difficult to say . Starting in December 2008, a daily Nottingham to Bournemouth service was introduced. trains are so over crowded what if one of these Class 170 sardine can has a smash. So it is true. However, since the forces applied to the collision pillars are not known, the investigation was not able to determine whether or not the original strength of the pillars (that is, without any material loss due to corrosion) would have been sufficient to prevent the loss of survival space that led to the death of the trains conductor'. Bristol Temple Meads has been selected for a competition in which small companies try out ideas to make all UK stations more passenger-friendly places. Im sure the 43 could be kept in service on many other lines from Liverpool Manchester many more places. But unless the Arriva management is truly delusional, why wouldnt they authorise a driver who is quite capable and knowledgeable in driving HSTs to do so when they require drivers with this very skill? It may not display this or other websites correctly. Perhaps XC could wait a short while for these to become available. Their traffic loadings are incredibly difficult to juggle mixing shorter distance commuting with longer distance and more seasonal leisure. Why should customers pay stupid prices to stand on a crammed unit. Both the Super Voyagers and Turbostar fleets have been extended where possible to provide more capacity. [21][22][23][24] Further strikes had been planned for January 2018, but these were cancelled after CrossCountry and the RMT came to an agreement over staff working conditions on 11 January. About the Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) CROSS is a searchable database of CBP rulings that can be retrieved based on simple or complex search characteristics using keywords and Boolean operators. While the franchise had been originally due to conclude on 31 March 2016, multiple subsequent agreements have been enacted; in October 2020, the DfT confirmed that the franchise has been extended for a further three years for a finish date of October 2023. These included: In April 2017, it was announced the proposed changes would not be proceeding. This remains a priority for the Department as we consider successor franchise arrangements when the current franchise ends.. Registered in England. RAIL is Britain's market leading modern railway magazine. Power car 43303 brings up the rear. And the 170 routes are equally affected. EMR are still running a reduced timetable and some hours the Nottingham to Crewe train doesnt run and the Matlock trains are not running between Nottingham and Derby. Limited tickets are available to join the HST at the heritage railway’s Kidderminster Town station for the Severn Valley Railway leg of the journey only. English: CrossCountry HST power car 43303 at Birmingham New Street on 20/09/08. [52] Three years later, a refresh of the interiors was conducted, during which the standard-class seats were re-covered in the existing red and blue moquette and while the first class seats were finished with a maroon moquette. In the morning my local station (Beeston) has lost the 0913, 1013 and 1113 Birmingham services meaning that if you miss the 0845 to Birmingham your next direct service (without changing at Nottingham or Leicester) is at 1213 nearly three and a half hours later. - 10/07/2019 07:52. To improve the travelling experience, CrossCountry has designated four stations as alternative changeover stations: these are Cheltenham Spa, Derby, Leamington Spa and Wolverhampton. The Owners of the Great Western Railway HSTs say time is running out unless they can find a realistic franchisor to take them on. Well as it was you had a very limited number of Newcastle starters, didnt you? Nottingham is really not getting a very good deal with services on local routes at the moment and this will not help. CROSS is a searchable database of CBP rulings that can be retrieved based on simple or complex search characteristics using keywords and Boolean operators. The Department for Transport has announced its intention to make a Direct Award to CrossCountry, following the expiry of its current three-year contract. Registered in England & Wales Your email address will not be published. For example, passengers travelling from Cardiff to Edinburgh could change at Cheltenham where both their trains use the same platform instead of Birmingham New Street, a larger, more complex station. High Speed Rail Freight has been suggested as an innovative new plan, and would be ideal for Parcel & Logistics work from far distances and would be more efficient than taken by road or slow freight. Wast Midlands could do with using HSTs on the Nottingham to Liverpool route via Hope Valley, the 158s they are using now are normally crowded. Re. There is no guarantee that the services listed above will run, at the time of posting these are believed to be correct. Likewise Ill be sending off a few emails to various politicians tomorrow, cross party, who are in a better position to do something about this shambles than I am. In October 2006, the DfT issued the invitation to tender (ITT) to the four shortlisted bidders: Arriva, FirstGroup, National Express and Virgin Rail Group. 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