Skyhook To Add The Xc 170 Onto Mml

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  1. 6233Jess

    6233Jess Well-Known Member

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    I've already heard this suggested elsewhere before, but as far as I can see, there are no specific suggestion threads for it - so here we are.

    The recently released WMR / XC 170 Pack would improve the timetable on the Nottingham - Derby - Leicester route.

    Why?
    • It would provide an extra 2 services per hour in both directions between Nottingham and Derby.
    • It would add empty stock shunting movements between platforms at Nottingham in between services, as some arrive into Nottingham from Birmingham, shunt out, and shunt back in to a different platform ready for the return journey.
    • It would add a small number of empty stock runs from Leicester L.I.P to Nottingham in the morning, and a small number of empty stock runs returning to Leicester L.I.P in the evening.
    • It would also add the empty stock movements which again from into and out of Nottingham to and from Birmingham New Street or Tyseley depot - These services do not run via Derby, they take the Castle Donnington line - But these could be added as AI only, or drivable as far as Long Eaton.
    • It would add the AI Cross Country services which run between Birmingham, Leicester, Cambridge and Stansted Airport in between Syston Junction and Leicester.

    Overall it would really add to the experience of the route, along with the possibility of a wide variety of formations, including 2 coach, 3 coach, 4 coach (2+2) and even sometimes rarely a 5 coach (3+2) which has appeared on those services from time to time.
     
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  2. rhwinner#3952

    rhwinner#3952 Active Member

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    I think we should wait for a voyager or meridian and bundle them all in with a new timetable.
     
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  3. cian2006

    cian2006 New Member

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    Absolutely! Now that we have the voyager coming. The 220 and the 170 would be be a great addition to the MML.
     
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  4. bob#5089

    bob#5089 Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, might aswell add them both at the same time. Just easier. Then we can add packs.
     
  5. elarthur

    elarthur Well-Known Member

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    Totally agree that both should be added in to MML. Perhaps Skyhook could also do the EMT Meridian units too.
     

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