With its drivers continuing to decline to work on their rest days, Avanti West Coast has worked with charter operator Locomotive Services Ltd to provided additional capacity into London Euston to support the large number of people wishing to visit the capital to pay their respects to the late ...
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Locomotive Intercity promises cheaper tickets and comfier seats on its Friday service between London and Manchester.
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The special train belonging to Jeremy Hosking pulls into Fort William station during a visit to the West Highland Line this month that proved controversial. ...
The overnight stop on the viaduct was due to a number of customers apparently expressing an interest in travelling from London on a sleeper service, staying on the train and perhaps spending one night on the train on the viaduct.
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Giving her reaction this week, Ms Forbes told the Lochaber Times: 'Whilst I completely understand why another train operator is exploring whether it can provide another service on the magical 'Harry Potter Line', it does strike me as odd that a train has to go all of the way from the south of England to the West Highlands during a pandemic to 'test the capacity of its water tank'.

'Given the number of complaints I received about the noise of the two diesel engines echoing around Glenfinnan, I think residents will be relieved to hear from Network Rail that this was a 'one-off'.
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A millionaire Brexit donor took a train journey from England to the Highlands in the middle of lockdown. Jeremy John Hosking took his company's eight-carriage sleeper train on a trip to Mallaig with an overnight stop on the Glenfinnan viaduct.The reason for the five-day journey was described as a 'route learning/driver refresher'.
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A trial run by a vintage heritage train which involved an overnight halt atop the world-famous Glenfinnan Viaduct, has sparked a furious reaction from local residents and constituency MSP Kate Forbes.

Christened the West Highlander, the train, hauled by two Class 37 diesel-electric engine locomotives - which first entered service in 1960 - is operated by Crewe-based Locomotive Services Ltd.

Owned by multi-millionaire investment tycoon and one of Britain's biggest classic steam and diesel train owners, Jeremy Hosking, the company has plans to start running the Class 37-hauled trains on the West Highland Line in the summer.

Mr Hosking was aboard the West Highlander at the weekend and his managing director, Tony Bush, said the reason for the trip was to carry out driver training and test new equipment.

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