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Virgin North Wales Loco Hauled Summer 2004

In the Summer 2004 timetable from 23 May to 25 September all Euston-Holyhead's are be loco-hauled NOT HSTs!!! From Euston-Crewe they will hauled by a Class 87 electric. From Crewe to Holyhead and back they will be hauled by Virgin Class 47s. Make the most of these loco-hauled trains as they will replaced by Voyagers from the winter timetable.

 

Monday-Friday Saturday Sunday
  1A23 1A49 1A77 1A13 1A39 1A62 1A61 1A75
Holyhead 05:27 09:20 13:23 05:20 09:20 13:23 13:45 16:10
Crewe (arr) 07:35 11:28 15:32 07:35 11:29 15:32 15:48 18:13
Loco change 14min 17min 17min 14min 10min 17min 17min 24min
Crewe (dep) 07:49 11:45 15:49 07:49 11:39 15:49 16:05 18:37
London Euston 10:01 14:02 18:05 10:17 14:17 18:45 18:58 21:28
Class 47 journey time 2hrs 8min 2hrs 8min 2hrs 9min 2hrs 15min 2hrs 9min 2hrs 9min 2hrs 3min 2hrs 3min
Total journey time 4hrs 34min 4hrs 42min 4hrs 42min 4hrs 57min 4hrs 57min 5hrs 22min 5hrs 13min 5hrs 18min

 

 

Monday-Friday Saturday Sunday
  1D87 1D88 1D89 1D87 1D89 1D87 1D88 1D89
London Euston 08:35 17c25 19:05 08:00 17:20 * 16:20 18:20
Crewe (arr) 10:37 19:35 21:13 10:34 20:12 12:48 19:20 21:14
Loco change 12min 8min 14min 9min 9min 13min 15min 11min
Crewe (dep) 10:49 19:43 21:27 10:43 20:21 13:01 19:35 21:25
Holyhead 12:57 21:57 23:57 12:55 22:36 15:06 21:42 23:26
Class 47 journey time 2hrs 8min 2hrs 14min 2hrs 30min 2hrs 12min 2hrs 15min 2hrs 5min 2hrs 7min 2hrs 1min
Total journey time 4hrs 22min 4hrs 32min 4hrs 52min 4hrs 55min 5hrs 16min 3hrs 48min 5hrs 22min 5hrs 6min

c = By changing at Crewe it is possible to depart on the 17:30 Glasgow train, which arrives Crewe at 19:25!
* = Starts from Northampton at 11:18 due to engineering work on Sunday morning.

Class 47s which will be used on these trains between Crewe and Holyhead are: (Links on the numbers are to photos)
47810, 47816, 47826, 47828, 47830, 47840, 47841 and 47851 plus two EWS loco 47750, 47787