A Few Trains At - Launch of Class 805 trains!

On Sunday 2nd June, Avanti West Coast launched their Class 805 Evero trains, operating services between London Euston and Holyhead. I took a short ride out to Chester on the first in-service train!

[@blogham1]

Bad trains till 125mph upgrade

[@gorgu08]

So Crewe is the UK’s massive route hub national and it can’t even have the train roof panels kept in place? Country has gone to the complete dogs….

[@mattingham83]

Yeah, it is in a pretty rough state. Question is what is going to happen given that there was going to be works done to it for HS2, which isn’t going to Crewe anymore.

[@gorgu08]

@@mattingham83 hold your horses let’s see what happens with phase 2a I think the Labour govt might resurrect that and leave the Crewe Manchester bit for a later decade, they have to do it anyway otherwise capacity will be screwed for the foreseeable

[@blogham1]

805s dead as can't do 125mph why just why they need urgent upgrading Pendo voyagers to the rescue