Apologies for what may be slightly lower volume than normal - it sounded fine on both my PC and mobile but I will fix it for following videos if it is an issue :) A huge thanks to those who have allowed me to use their footage for todays video - whom without this video would not be possible to make; www.youtube.com/@BrianTuckerRailvideos www.youtube.com/@A60stock (Fred Ivey) www.youtube.com/@agdenyer www.youtube.com/@paulbarlow2527
@AquaValet2009
4 сағат бұрын
The complaints about Virgin Trains having an ageing fleet were laughable for southern region commuters who were still riding Mk1 based slam doors whilst Virgin's fleet featured air conditioned Mk2s and Mk3 carriages.
@77smp
3 сағат бұрын
The introduction of the voyagers was a massive mistake. They never had the capacity required and that is still the main issue with the Cross-country network. Like your videos, very informative 🙂
@bus131
Сағат бұрын
Voyagers should never have been built as 4 car units. Should have been 8 or 9 car units from the off. Shame Alstom can’t manufacture more carriages now
@MidlandMainlineMadnessandmore
5 сағат бұрын
Lmao was that a police 47 at the start
@MatthewHarding007
5 сағат бұрын
Sure was
@jimbo6059
5 сағат бұрын
Did Arriva not take it over after virgin cross country. They got rid of my Sussex Scot. Good video though. I used to use the Sussex Scot from Redhill to Kensington Olympia.
@mattevans4377
5 сағат бұрын
I think it's only former operators, but I could be wrong
@AbsoluteTVYT
3 сағат бұрын
They didn't get rid of it; the government did by removing it from the franchise requirements and the paths being given up to GTR.
@jimbo6059
3 сағат бұрын
@@AbsoluteTVYT Bloody GTR, The only failing franchise to get rewarded by getting more strings to its bow.
@chrisoconnor9521
3 сағат бұрын
Replacing 7-8 carriage trains with 4-5 carriage ones...who the actual f*** thought this was a smart idea?
@Vanmanyo
3 сағат бұрын
I think the theory was 'if we replace an hourly 7/8 car train with 2tph 4 car trains we will be fine" except for the fact that doubling frequency usually results in an increase of passenger numbers. Once again a failure because they were almost too successful - but should have anticipated passenger growth
@chrisoconnor9521
3 сағат бұрын
@@Vanmanyo yeah they seriously screwed up and thought short term gains obviously
@kevanhubbard9673
35 минут бұрын
VXC were chaos Branson style.Naturally he blamed the old stock nothing to do with Sir Richard to quote Obi Wan Kenobi, probably borrowed from Plato's Republic or the like,'with great power comes great responsibility '.
@presfieldgoalie
4 сағат бұрын
Great memories of going to Nan's on Virgin Cross Country but then, that's from the perspective of a 5-10 year old who isn't really worried about being anywhere on time.
@EuroDC1990
4 сағат бұрын
Virgin Cross Country, I'd say had many of the right ideas but implemented very very badly. Much of it comes down to the fact though that Cross Country have for far too long not been treated as a proper intercity franchise. The franchise map needs re-drawing, more services need to be incorporated as Cross Country services (Liverpool to Norwich if it's not being split, Cardiff to Portsmouth and I'm sure there's others) and they need to be operated by suitable rolling stock. 4 or 5 car trains just doesn't work long distance, you need 8-10 carriages long distance and 5-7 for medium distance to allow people to be comfortable and to allow for future growth. It's probably also worth looking at the purpose of Cross Country and whether there's journeys they shouldn't do - Should they really operate beyond Edinburgh or Plymouth? I'd say not but the relevant ScotRail and GWR services would need strengthening to account for losing those services. Sadly in the current system that sort of joined up thinking rarely happens. In the short term though I just hope that Cross Country are able to take on the 222s, they're excellent trains and the increase in capacity that would be gained from taking those on would be a great start in sorting out the issues.
@IDeltic
5 сағат бұрын
Those 4 car 220s are the reason why I actively avoid CrossCountry trains when planning journeys, especially long distance ones. I am not standing squashed between people and luggage for 2+ hours, because you WILL be on those services.
@Anonymoususer_8823
Сағат бұрын
Do you think that Virgin Crosscountry was the best train operator that run service from the North of England and Scotland all the way down to Southern England. Including Southampton, Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Brighton, Exeter and Plymouth. Or was Virgin Crosscountry lacking a lot and didn’t provide the best train service that saw the franchise collapse and Virgin Trains lost the Cross-country franchise. And didn’t have the best rolling stock to compete with other rival train operators.
@Andrewjg_89
Сағат бұрын
Until Richard Branson and Virgin Trains lost the Cross-country franchise and Arriva took over the CrossCountry franchise as we know of today. Mind you CrossCountry just like ScotRail should have kept the Class 43 HSTs.
@jackbarrowclough1739
24 минут бұрын
It's bizarre why the Voyagers were ordered as 4/5 car when the Pendolinos were ordered as 9 car and 11 later on
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