XC Trains Limited. The company's network is centred around Birmingham New Street. CrossCountry has designated four stations as alternative changeover stations: Cheltenham Spa, Derby, Leamington Spa and Wolverhampton. These included:[36]. And the 170 routes are equally affected. In the House of Commons on June 24, Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat, Oxford West and Abingdon) asked what assessment had been made of the potential merits of introducing high-speed trains on XC services serving Oxford, to increase capacity. 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. 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. But don't worry guys. XC appear to be publicly using the Covid 19 excuse At the moment I am hearing of 3 and 4 hour gaps in service, even at the brand new Worcestershire Parkway station. Starting in December 2008, a daily Nottingham to Bournemouth service was introduced. JavaScript is disabled. Four new lifts were needed to provide access up from the street and down to each platform. London North Eastern Railway have commenced passenger service of their new 'Azuma' HITACHI units and are planning to withdraw all of their Inter City 125 sets by next year. 105. From what has been said, in his new job at XC, he isn't authorised to drive HSTs. Increasing the frequency of services during peak times on several routes; This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 10:37. 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. On The Cameras Tomorrow Thursday 23rd February 2023, On The Cameras Tomorrow Friday 24th February 2023, On The Cameras Today Wednesday 1st March 2023, On The Cameras Tomorrow Thursday 2nd March 2023, On The Cameras Today Tuesday 28th February 2023, On The Cameras Tomorrow Wednesday 1st March 2023, On The Cameras Today Monday 27th February 2023. 'We cannot allow possibly unsafe trains to continue to run on Scotlands railways. Q&E #4 inaugural trip through Sellersville. the tssa is right, the vehicles belong on a heritage railway at under 30mph, having seen the way the gwr crashes twenty years ago had vehicles split in half, with cabs detaching from the underframes. CROSS is a searchable database of CBP rulings that can be retrieved based on simple or complex search characteristics using keywords and Boolean operators. From Monday 29th November until at least Sunday 5th December there will be no HSTs in use with XC. Any small numbers of peak extras can / should then be slotted in on top just to make sure everything possible runs. 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. Paul The 43 has at least another twelve to fifteen years in them. Virgin CrossCountry - abbreviated as VXC - is the only national railway operating company (TOC). It may not display this or other websites correctly. These ran express to Weymouth from Bournemouth. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRAINS, THE PROBLEM IS THE UNIONS WHO HAVE A NEED TO KEEP THEIR NAMES IN THE PAPERS Surely the DfT require a Business Continuety plan as part of the tender evaluation process? IN a surprise development on November 28, the Arriva UK Trainsoperated CrossCountry franchise (XC) has withdrawn its four HST sets following the cessation of a rest-day working (RDW) agreement with the drivers' union ASLEF. When the new timetable commenced on 9 December 2007 on 11 November 2007, the Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central services were transferred to Virgin Trains West Coast while the Manchester Airport to Edinburgh and Glasgow services transferred to First TransPennine Express.[7]. Scot Rail Took On 54 Class 43 units and plan to run them on InterCity routes from Edinburgh Waverley & Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeen and Inverness. Free delivery for many products! (Clearly he would still know how to but that is a different thing.). Notes to editors. All The Opportunities. The franchise, which is the most extensive in the UK, will run until 31 March 2016. [41], After driver training the ex-Midland Mainline sets returned to service in May 2008 on Glasgow and Edinburgh to Plymouth diagrams while the other Class 43 power cars were overhauled at Brush Traction including repowering with MTU engines[42][43] and the Mark 3 carriages overhauled at Doncaster Works to a similar specification as GNER's Mallard refurbishments. 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. 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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. Great Western Railway withdrew all of their HST 2+8 Sets in May, but many still remain with other operators. 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. 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. continue we'll assume you are happy to receive them. 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. This is all XCs making. The Department for Transport has announced its intention to make a Direct Award to CrossCountry, following the expiry of its current three-year contract. He is already pretty unhappy at the loss of half hourly Bristol to Birmingham service. True though some unions don't appear to be particularly interested in representing the views of many of their members! 2,3,4,5,6,8 . [33][34], The above table shows the basic service pattern; however, a small number of these services are extended beyond their usual destination:[33], CrossCountry extended some of its Bournemouth services to Weymouth for the Sailing at the 2012 Olympics & Paralympics. Over 200 Mk 3 Coaches and 22 power cars have been put into storage at Long Marston & Ely after being withdrawn from regular passenger service with Great Western Railway earlier this year. They also forced him to relearn all his routes again, including Laira, Penzance, and Bristol etc. Also on cross country services. If you're purchasing a home with a partner who also qualifies as a first-time buyer, they can withdraw the same amount (up to $35,000), meaning you'll have $70,000 to work with as a downpayment. Shame. 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. Close Report Message Reason Report to Moderators . CAMERAS AT BURY BOLTON STREET (5), RAMSBOTTOM (4) & RAWTENSTALL (2), CAMERAS AT PORTHMADOG HARBOUR STATION, MINFFORDD & TAN Y BWLCH, (llangollen-railway.co.uk (stationholiday.co.uk)), CAMERAS AT DUNGENESS, DYMCHURCH, HYTHE, NEW ROMNEY (Hythe end & New Romney Shed), NEW ROMNEY (Dungeness end) & ROMNEY SANDS, Wildlife Photographer of the Year Information at https://www.tram.co.uk/events/view/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-exhibition, CAMERA AT COLYFORD & RIVERSIDE HALT/DEPOT, CAMERAS AT KIDDERMINSTER (2),BEWDLEY (2), HIGHLEY & BRIDGNORTH, Steam Open Days Information at https://www.southdevonrailway.co.uk/visit-us/whats-on/steam-open-days/, Lilac Timetable Information at https://www.talyllyn.co.uk/plan/timetable/, CAMERAS AT ABERGYNOLWYN, PENDRE WEST, PENDRE YARD*, TYWYN WHARF & TYWYN YARD* (*Showing the activity behind the scenes in Pendre Yard & Tywyn Yard), CAMERAS AT BISHOPS LYDEARD, BLUE ANCHOR, CROWCOMBE HEATHFIELD, MINEHEAD (2) & WILLITON (2), Your email address will not be published. [15] At one point, it had been expected that an ITT would be issued in October 2018 for the next franchise,[16] however, during September 2018, it was announced that the competition had been cancelled so that the recommendations from a report into the franchise system could be incorporated. What will happen to these HSTs now that they are withdrawn? The replacements are 4 car voyagers, made available by splitting diagrams that currently use voyager pairs. 7th February 2023. At the commencement of operations, CrossCountry's rolling stock consisted of 34 four-car Class 220 Voyagers and 40 five-car and 4 four-car Class 221 Super Voyagers from Virgin CrossCountry as well as 11 two-car and 18 three-car Class 170 Turbostars from Central Trains. the 4/5 car HST services on Scotrail and on GWR . This type of engine is widely used on ferries, merchant vessels, yachts, railway vehicles and heavy machinery. All your workforce needs. In October 2006, the DfT issued the invitation to tender (ITT) to the four shortlisted bidders: Arriva, FirstGroup, National Express and Virgin Rail Group. ", Andy added; "We have already received excellent feedback from passengers who have travelled on this train and we will continue to monitor their comments and feedback to help provide the highest possible standard of customer service and experience on our HSTs. 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) DONCASTER CAMERA 03:56 - Colas Rail diesel hauled Network Rail test train - 3Q59 Darlington Up Sorting Sidings to Derby Rtc Serco document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Press I picked up a few thousand slides from a rare mileage photographer, without knowing what is on them, simply because I read in the notes Miss America 1968 was on one of the trains. This has nothing to do with money. CrossCountry services are operated using diesel trains only, since none of the routes it operates are fully electrified. [39], A franchise commitment was the acquisition of ten Class 43 power cars and forty Mark 3 carriages. 95 Wellingborough Road, Finedon, Wellingborough NN9 5LG. Make of that what you will, but this is a driver with too my knowledge an unblemished record. If a company has more staff, then it has more resiliency in that it has more staff available to do overtime to cover for illness or other staff absence, rather than covering for a lack of staff being employed in the first place! Services can be categorised into two types: CrossCountry's official website does show a distinction between the two types of services (for example, each has a separate timetable booklet), but does not explicitly call them Inter-City and Regional. 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 situation for 6th December onwards is currently unclear. [54], In 2021, six of the existing two-carriage Class 170s were lengthened. > I would describe that as sub optimal but assume this id DfT working up the plans for GBR. Andy Cooper, Managing Director at CrossCountry said; "We're delighted to have our first HST operating. For more information about the Arriva group visit www.arriva.co.uk, STATIONS SERVED: 131 ROUTE MILES: 1,654 WEEKDAY SERVICES: 288 PASSENGERS CARRIED: Over 30 million passenger journeys a year anticipated ANNUAL TRAIN MILEAGE: Approximately 16 million EMPLOYEES: Approximately 1,800 LONGEST TRAIN SERVICE: Penzance to Dundee (701 miles), Select this link to view the Press Release PDF. This is all XCs making. 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! In the meantime, mk3s could be obtained and put through the required upgrade. I assume the 170s will be strengthened to compensate for the cancelled services? He is based in a marginal seat and is well placed in govt so let's hope he has a chat with the SoS. I use to work on the 43 they were the most reliable trains. Would this also mean that we are not going to see the Newcastle- South east services re-introduced, which would be terrible considering the amount of time you have to wait to change at New Street? [13][14], While the franchise had been originally due to conclude on 31 March 2016, during August 2013, it was announced that it had been extended until December 2019. [8] As a result of these changes, all CrossCountry services now completely avoid Greater London. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Open Men's 10 km - USATF National Club Cross Country Champ. Click to expand. 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 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