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It Seems that the theiving bastards more commonly known as The Times have decided to steal content of this site. We all know that most of the people that read The Times are a bunch of dinosaur thatcherite tories. Also the people that work for News International well I better not say because I want google to keep listing this blog as a clean friendly blog.
Well The Times have stolen the content of this site and NOT linked back.
The Times has learnt that as few as four groups are expected to submit expressions of interest in the service, which is expected to be worth more than £1 billion and run for up to 7½ years, when a deadline expires on Monday.
I wonder how they have learnt this hmmm. Was it because we were leaked to first and The Times were pissed of that they were left out of the frame as per normal because they are a crap paper? Makes you think that we reported the news first and The Times reported afterwards?
The Times understands that Arriva, National Express, FirstGroup and a joint venture between Virgin and Stagecoach will submit expressions of interest. A question mark hangs over the possibility of a fifth, joint bid from Serco and the Dutch rail operator NedRailways.
There we go again, cut and pasted from our blog. Needless to say we have had a new document leaked today from an unnamed source at the DfT, but to be honest its not going to be published because the greedy wankers from The Times will steal it.
GNER decided to cancel loads of services today.
Virgin had a failed train.
Northern had a failed train.
There were 80mph emergency speed restrictions.
Flooding Between Glasgow Queen Street, Stirling and Edinburgh.
Ok so first of all Network Rail decided to inforce some 80mph speed restrictions between York and Edinburgh due to high winds, which could possibly affect the overhead wires. This obviously caused some delays to scottish bound services.
GNER Cancelled the following Trains.
1D37 - 1435 Kings Cross to Leeds was Cancelled.
1D39 - 1535 Kings Cross to Leeds was Cancelled.
1A31 - 1405 Leeds to Kings Cross was Cancelled.
1D38 - 1510 Kings Cross to Leeds had an additional stop at Stevenage at 1529.
There was a broken down Virmin Trains service between Wakefield Westgate and Doncaster.
There was also a broken down Northern Trains service in the Leeds area.
Oh and to top it all there is still Flooding in the Glasgow/Edinburgh areas, so there are less trains able to run.
Ok right first off theticketcollector.co.uk will not release where the following information came from, will not release any names (we dont know anyway), and will not release anything which could comprise our source. The following information could change at any time as is NOT officially released.
ACCREDITED BIDDERS for EAST COAST FRANCHISE
The information goes on and on about start dates and stuff but the nitty gritty is as follows:
First Group PLC
Virgin Trains/Stagecoach Group
Arriva Trains
National Express Group
Serco/NedRailways
Basicly its the main players plus a few smaller ones, I have noticed that GNER are not an accredited bidder maybe cos the DfT told them not to bid.
There will be Engineering work between Huntingdon and Peterborough:
From 17:00 on Saturday 18th November until 09:00 on Sunday 19th November,
from 17:00 on Saturday 25th November until 09:00 on Sunday 26th November, and
from 17:00 on Saturday 2nd December until 09:00 on Sunday 3rd December.
Services towards London Kings Cross from Peterborough.
GNER services to London Kings Cross will terminate at Peterbourgh for a replacement coach to Huntingdon. First Capital Connect services will then run to London Kings Cross ‘as booked’.
First Capital Connect services will start and terminate at Huntingdon
Hull Trains will be diverted via Ely and Cambridge.
Services from London Kings Cross towards Peterborough.
A reduced number of GNER services from 18.00 will operate direct from London Kings Cross. First Capital Connect services will start and terminate at Huntingdon for a replacement coach to Peterborough.
Hull Trains will be diverted via Cambridge and Ely.
Links to amended Timetables:
Dont bother is all I can say.
Due to Network Rail re-”doing” a major junction at Earlswood, the railway line between Redhill and Gatwick Airport will be closed from the end of service on Christmas Eve until approximately 0400 on Friday 29 December. So the line is closed for 5 days.
Quote from Network Rail “As five consecutive days are required, it is not possible to confine the work to weekends. The dates of this closure have been carefully selected to minimise disruption, since the period between Christmas and the New Year is less busy than on any other weekday in the year. This also means that the work can be carried out on both Christmas Day and Boxing Day, days on which no services would normally run.”
People are advised to allow an extra 90 mins on top of their 2 hour check in times, for the replacement bus service to make an appearence and get you to your airport or from the airport.
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