Friday 28th September -
‘Riviera's class 47769 ' Resolve' makes a debut run after 5 years'
After being out of service since 2001, 47769 'Resolve', made her first debut
mainline passenger run on Saturday 22nd September. She was hauling the Compass
Tours trip to Ayr along with sister locomotive 47839 'Pegasus'. Since 2001, when
she was withdraw from use with Virgin Cross Country, she was put into store at
Toton until Riviera purchased her in June 2004 and immediately moved her to the
East Lancs Railway. Since then a number of repairs have been carried out along
with the fitment of TPWS and OTMR. We have also reunited 47769 with her
'Resolve' nameplates carried when she was in use with Virgin.
47769 made a very successful run to Ayr, and back, reaching a three digit number
on the speedometer which has shown us confidence in another distinguished class
47.
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Sunday 1st April -
‘The first day of
the EWS Network Charter Alliance'...
Sunday 1st April 2007. The first day of the EWS Network Charter Alliance saw
four trains deliver over 2,500 football supporters from Bristol and Doncaster
arriving into Cardiff Central for the "Johnsons Paint Final" football match held
at the Millennium Stadium. EWS provided their three 'celebrity' Class 67
locomotives to haul these trains.
Please note the availability from today of two additional train sets, the
traditional Mk1 OO91 set and the new Mk2 'The Pride of the Nation' VIP train
set. The portfolio of train sets now available to the UK charter train business
is formidably and it can provide for any type of train for hire from the leading
and most experienced charter train providers in the country.
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Friday
16th March 2007 -
‘Chelthenham
Race Festival'...
Last week was the Race Festival commencing in Cheltenham. Riviera Trains
provided 'The Great Briton', our luxury air conditioned train set, to run from
London Euston to Gloucester and return. The train was hired to 'Totesport' with
the help of EWS in supplying two class 67 locomotives. The train ran four
consistent days with no faults. The two class 67's were 67021 and silver 67029.
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Monday
12th March 2007
‘Charter
Alliance launched for quality specialist passenger rail services’...
EWS Network and Riviera Trains are
pleased to announce the launch of the Charter Alliance, a dedicated provider of
reliable and high class specialist passenger rail services.
The Charter Alliance will build upon the strengths of both EWS Network and
Riviera in the supply of charter trains to a wide range of customers, including
businesses, football clubs, film companies and individual customers. This is an
alliance that provides stability and certainty for customers, and creates a
service provider with over 20 combined years of consistent and reliable service
delivery.
Riviera Trains is the leading provider of charter trains to a wide range of rail
touring companies and EWS Network is the most reliable and dedicated operator of
specialist passenger services in Britain. The strengths of each company,
combined through the Charter Alliance, will build upon the exceptional
reputation of both companies to make the strongest and most reliable charter
trains provider in Britain. From the initial enquiry to the last passenger
stepping off the train and onto the platform, the Charter Alliance will plan and
deliver the train service exactly as promised for its customers.
The Charter Alliance will be launched on Sunday 1st April. The first trains to
be operated by the Charter Alliance will be four private football specials – two
for Bristol Rovers Football Club and two for Doncaster Rovers Football
Club. These trains will convey nearly 2,500 travelling supporters to the
Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Final at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.
Barry Cordell, Managing Director of Riviera Trains, said: “The Charter Alliance
combines the expertise of both Rivera Trains and EWS Network. This is an
exciting development in the charter train market and has opened a range of new
and exciting business opportunities.”
Stuart Boner, Managing Director of EWS Network, said: “This is an alliance built
on over 20 years of consistent, reliable and quality led service to the wide
range of customers in the charter market. By creating the alliance we have
both underlined our commitment to deliver an exceptional level of service to
this market. Certainty of supply and providing quality services to customers is
our objective. We are convinced this mission is now strengthened under the
Charter Alliance.”
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Saturday 17th February 2007 – ‘The Bard n Birch’...
The
unexpected appearance of 37411 and 37425 from storage at Margam after inspection
yesterday
afternoon enabled them to haul 'The Bard n Birch' rail tour today. Passengers were
pleasantly surprised to find the two 37/4 locomotives waiting at Bristol Temple
Meads station to work the train forward to Quainton Road. The day was a
resounding success, both locomotives performing superbly enabling the train to
run virtually to time all day.
Saturday 2nd December 2006 – ‘The White Rose’...
The first of the ‘The Railway Touring Co’ Christmas steam trains
‘The White Rose’ ran from Kings Cross to York and return. The
locomotive used to haul the train being A4 Pacific 60009 ‘Union
of South Africa’.
25th November 2006 -
'The Son of Christmas
Cracker'...
Pathfinder Tours today ran
another very successful railtour in association with the Class
40 Preservation Society (CFPS), using their locomotive, Class 40
145. The train ran from Manchester Piccadilly to Salisbury
(return). during the outward journey the train had to be
diverted via, Reading West and the Berks & Hants line due to
flooding in the Swindon area. the locomotive performed superbly
and all those travelling on the train enjoyed the tour.
10th November 2006 - Preparations for 'The Edwalton Equinox'...
Important preparations for the Pathfinder 'The Edwalton
Equinox', railtour tomorrow, Saturday 11th November 2006, have
taken place today at the Alstom test track in Ashfordby. Virgin
West Coast kindly arranged for one of their Class 57 locos, 57311
'Parker' to be used today to enable several test runs to take
place. It is vital that the track and line side equipment is all
in operational order and satisfies the safety case to operate
the passenger train over the line tomorrow.
This railtour is expected to be the very last train to traverse
over the Ashfordby Test Track line, as its understood that
Alstom will no longer have any requirements for a testing
facility in the UK at the present time.
It's now several years since the Virgin West Coast Pendolino
trains were tested prior to mainline certification. The 8 mile
line has not seen use since December 2004 when Class 390002 made the
final Pendolino test run over the route.
As tomorrow's passenger train is expected to be the very last
train over the route we look forward to a another successful
railtour and hope those passengers travelling have an enjoyable
day.
Special thanks are extended to the following gentlemen who have
made the running of this train possible over the test track:
Ross Spicer & Ben Andrew of Virgin West Coast, along with Lloyd
Jenkins, Ken Davies, Fred Jackson and Nigel Moreton all from Alstom
Transport.
We understand that there are a few seats available on the train
tomorrow to 'pay on the day'. For more information please visit:
www.pathfindertours.co.uk/Enthusiast.htm
08th October 2006
Riviera hands 'Brian Morrison' nameplates to Brian himself...
01st September 2006
Riviera Hires 7 Class 47/8's to
DRS...
With DRS
requiring additional traction for their 'Sandite'
railhead treatment contract for Network Rail this autumn, Riviera
Trains will be supplying seven Class 47/8 locomotives from
1st October 2006. In advance of this requirement 47815 and 47839 moved to Carlisle Kingmoor on
2nd August 2006, to work traffic flows transferring to the XHKM
operational pool. The additional locomotives moving to
Carlisle Kingmoor in October will be 47805, 47843, 47848 all
now repainted into Riviera's house colours of 'Oxford blue'.
with 47812, 47847 and 47853 retaining their heritage
liveries. 47815
will be returning to Crewe to join 47769 both locomotives
being retained for Charter train work, stock moves and TOC
use.
01st July 2006
Riviera Celebrates 10 years of success...
12th December 2005
ArrivaTW Require Mk2 Coaches on the North Wales Coast...
Riviera Trains are pleased to once again to be supplying Mk2 coaching stock to Arriva Trains
Wales to work the Holyhead - Manchester Piccadilly and return
services.
18th November 2005 Class 47812
Repainted into Two Tone Green...
To
commemorate its 40th Birthday of mainline service with British
Railways, locomotive 47812 has recently been painted by 'Middi
Specialist Services' at Old Oak
Common Depot, into original Two Tone Green livery with full
yellow cab ends.
15th September 2005 Class 47815
Renamed GREAT WESTERN...
Class 47815 was
named at Crewe Works Open Day to commemorate the locomotive
being the last working TOC class 47 with First Great Western
Trains.
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