2019年3月2日 · By 2005, the Virgin HST, as such, was no longer a thing, but the need for extended capacity on CrossCountry forced Virgin to hire Midland Mainline and GNER sets for summer holiday trains. Enough HST stock was available by 2005 to completely eliminate loco-haulage from the XC summer Saturday schedule.

Both frame mounted, four off. The British Rail Class 43 (HST) is the TOPS classification used for the InterCity 125 High Speed Train (formerly Classes 253 and 254) diesel-electric power cars, built by British Rail Engineering Limited from 1975 to 1982, and in service in the UK since 1976.

2021年12月14日 · IN a surprise developmen­t on November 28, the Arriva UK Trainsoper­ated CrossCount­ry franchise (XC) has withdrawn its four HST sets following the cessation of a rest-day working (RDW) agreement with the drivers’ union ASLEF.

2020年12月31日 · By the following year, GNER had become National Express East Coast, and Virgin CrossCountry had given way to its Arriva replacement. The arrangement was slightly different, because unlike Virgin, Arriva was now operating its own HST sets. But extra cover was still required, as we see above.

A Cross Country Super voyager slows on approach to Windward while a GNER HST accelerates heading North to Aberdeen after leaving Windward late.-----Enjoy thi...

The majority of the Class 43 HST power cars had their original Paxman Valenta engines replaced between 2005 and 2010, with MTU 16V 4000R41R engines. East Coast operator GNER chose to renumber its HST power cars by adding 200 to the number. Arriva Cross Country did the same, so those power cars also fall within the same number series, 432XX and ...

A Valenta powered (Front and rear) GNER HST, on hire to Virgin XC on the Newquay-Newcastle summer extra, passing through Bodmin Parkway on 28th July 2007.

2006年1月6日 · Keep us informed on VXC HSTs, I'm thinking it may finally be possible to do New Street to Derby on one. The only area I'd need to HST then between Penzance and Edinburgh would be Sheffield to Doncaster/Wakefield. Yes, please keep updated, as I am making a cross country trip to the south west and would love a HST rather than a Voyager.

Great North Eastern Railway, [1] often referred to as GNER, was a train operating company in the United Kingdom, owned by Sea Containers, that operated the InterCity East Coast franchise on the East Coast Main Line between London, Yorkshire, North East England and Scotland from April 1996 until December 2007.

During the later years of its first term, GNER extended its HSTs from 8 to 9 coaches (from December 2003) including a wheelchair accessible toilet , improved the buffet cars on the HSTs, started the "Mallard" refurbishment of the IC225 Mk.4 trains and introduced Wireless Internet - (WiFi) on its trains.