West Coast Railways have announced that their Afternoon Jacobite service will return from next week.
The WCRC team have been working to refit a fleet of carriages and means that the afternoon service can commence on the 17th June.
However, the operator has warned that the trains will be slightly shorter than normal with a reduced capacity due to the small number of CDL fitted carriages currently.
Due to the lower capacity, WCRC says they may not be able to accommodate all booked passengers, and have also said that The Jacobite is unavailable to book new tickets, only those with previously booked tickets can travel.
We are delighted to announce that our world-famous Jacobite service is back up and running. We are currently running our morning service 7 days a week and our afternoon service will commence on Monday 17th June.
We will continue to engage with both the ORR and Department for Transport with a request for the temporary exemption so that we can operate our full heritage carriages on the main line.
WCRC Spokesperson
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Just give it to a nice Asian company and am sure they will do it quickly , efficiently and increase tourism, You Guys are clearly incapable and useless. Been trying them for 2 years nd everytime its unpredictable wether its operating or not
Oh honestly do shut up and do some research before you touch your keyboard. What you said was nighter helpful or positive.
The cost is part of running the business. They have had many years making money on the trips, and many years to do the work.
How long does temporary last for,they’ve had more than enough time to do the work required for passenger and operational safety.
You don’t realise the cost involed. ..clearly!!
Clearly you don’t understand 19 years to do it in ..!!!
It is a HERITAGE train. People managed for 100 years not to fall out of windows and doors. It is actually IMPOSSIBLE to ‘fall out’ of a closed slam door. But of course I do realise that today’s feckless individuals have to be treated like babies as they are incapable of utilising common sense. Yes, I am 72 and amazingly still alive.
Part of the problem is that there are some on the train who like to get off as quickly as possible as the train draws into the station in order to jostle for position for a picture of the train with few others on the platform. An opening door on a moving train and exodus of camera-wielding fanatics represents a risk to customers and staff on the platform. It makes sense that the doors are prevented from opening until the train has come to a complete standstill. I’m all for retaining our heritage, but the operation thereof has to be in the context of modern operations, particularly on non-captive infrastructure.
Those who say “we never had all this when I was younger” (and similar) might want google “survivorship bias” and perhaps read a few RAIB reports.