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Midland Pullman HST Tours 2026

Discussion in 'What's Going On' started by Gladiator 5076, Apr 25, 2026 at 5:41 PM.

  1. Gladiator 5076

    Gladiator 5076 Resident of Nat Pres

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    Anybody know what happened with the St. Albans Inverness trip today?
    It was holding up the GB from reports on that thread and has now according to RTT made up 200 minutes in the 42 mile between Dalgetty Bay and Stanley.
    Did they fix the set, send something else from Crewe and cannot see from my Track Atlas what they have cut out to grab so much time back.
     
    Gladiator 5076, Apr 25, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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    RTT shows it taking minus one hour between those points, which I hope we can discount.
     
    MellishR, Apr 25, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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    It looks like an incorrect manual entry. The HST has not got to Perth yet.
     
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    Just passed me at Kirkcaldy 15 minutes ago.
     
    Sam 60103, Apr 25, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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    Thanks to you and @mattspencer
     
    Gladiator 5076, Apr 25, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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    Today's trip to Kyle of Lochalsh cancelled due to problems with the traction equipment
     
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    That’s very disappointing for the punters, it was very much the highlight of our trip on this tour.
     
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    RTT shows it's currently at the platform for today's journey home, so presumably the cancellation of yesterday's outing gave them time to fix the broken power car. Quite lucky really that Inverness depot is one of the few on the network that still actively works on HST power cars, so there would have been plenty of help available I would have thought. A disappointing day for the passengers. I wonder how many of them went over to Kyle anyway on a ScotRail DMU? I'm on the next Inverness/Kyle tour in a couple of weeks, so hopefully there will be no issues on that one. It's already had to have the first day extended by 2 hours due to engineering work on the Marches, so it's having to go from Hereford to Shrewsbury via Worcester, Kidderminster, Wolverhampton and Telford.
     
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    Surely LSL would have laid on coaches in lieu?
     
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    I wouldn't have thought so. They will probably do a partial refund back to passengers. Trip Advisor reviews over the coming days will tell us! I'll also get the full story from the staff when I'm on it myself in a couple of weeks.
     
    NathanP, Apr 27, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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