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Loco haulage North Wales Coast
Wales and Borders are to hire a Virgin trains class 57 locomotive to haul coaches on scheduled services from Saturday 10th December to Friday 16th December (Sunday excepted).
Expected workings: Saturday: 0637 Bangor to Manchester Piccadilly 0953 Manchester Piccadilly to Holyhead 1335 Holyhead to Manchester Piccadilly 1742 Manchester Piccadilly to Chester Monday to Friday: 0557 Holyhead to Manchester Piccadilly 1003 Manchester Piccadilly to Holyhead 1320 Holyhead to Manchester Piccadilly 1741 Manchester Piccadilly to Holyhead. Enjoy! |
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All well it is not long now untill the proposed end of class 57 hauled 390s on the north wales line. During this summer I made a trip along the North Walkes coast, had to choose between the Class 57 and Mk2 ATW service and the Class 57 hauled 390, I ended up going with the 390 since I think there is more chance of seeing mk2s again rather than a pendolino. Enjoyed the ride in the summer.
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"North Wales Train News" is reporting that Arriva Trains Wales are thinking of using Class 57 hauled trains again on the North Wales coast from the September 2007 timetable change.
This is to free up some of their 158's while they are fitted with ERTMS equipment for the Cambrian Line.
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Yes David,
I believe they are looking at the same weekday diagram again.......... 05:56 Holyhead - Manchester 10:03 Manchester - Holyhead 13:20 Holyhead - Manchester 17:41 Manchester - Holyhead
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The latest "rumour" from North Wales Train News is that EWS Class 67's are now likely to be used instead of the Virgin 57's.
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Well it definitely looks like something is going to happen. Arriva are creating a 'diary' of the train refurbishment programme.
http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/T...rbishment.aspx |
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It is rumoured that EWS Class 67 haulage of the usual ATW Manchester-Holyhead services could start this week.
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