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Transporting Tandem to Lands End
neilh:
We are doing the End to End at the end of July. Unfortunately, I have not solved the problem of transporting the tandem from Bristol to Lands End, and back from John O'Groats to Bristol.
I do not believe that the train companies carry tandems anymore.
Anybody got any ideas or had a successful experience?
NeilH
graham:
It's not quite true to say that train companies don't carry tandems. On 'One' in the anglia region, Tandems are allowed on the intercity route from Liverpool St. to Norwich. But not on the branch lines. And not during weekday rush hours.
I think it would be worth your while asking the train companies you intend to use what they'll let you do.
neilh:
Thanks Graham,
I had assumed that the railways were increasingly reluctant to carry tandems but I have discovered that First Great Western carry tandems on their HST and Adelante services (express inter city trains). So we are booked onto a Penzance train; hopefully everything will go smoothly!!!
I had used Virgin, First Great Western and whoever it is that serves Norfolk/Suffolk when we first got our tandem back in 2001/2. However, Virgin stopped carrying them, we had to beg our way onto a train from Harwich and then First Great Western would only carry on HST. So cynically I ignored the obvious method. Thanks for the encouragement needed.
Neil H
neilh:
Thanks Graham,
I had assumed that the railways were increasingly reluctant to carry tandems but I have discovered that First Great Western carry tandems on their HST and Adelante services (express inter city trains). So we are booked onto a Penzance train; hopefully everything will go smoothly!!!
I had used Virgin, First Great Western and whoever it is that serves Norfolk/Suffolk when we first got our tandem back in 2001/2. However, Virgin stopped carrying them, we had to beg our way onto a train from Harwich and then First Great Western would only carry on HST. So cynically I ignored the obvious method. Thanks for the encouragement needed.
Neil H
neilh:
Thanks Graham,
I had assumed that the railways were increasingly reluctant to carry tandems but I have discovered that First Great Western carry tandems on their HST and Adelante services (express inter city trains). So we are booked onto a Penzance train; hopefully everything will go smoothly!!!
I had used Virgin, First Great Western and whoever it is that serves Norfolk/Suffolk when we first got our tandem back in 2001/2. However, Virgin stopped carrying them, we had to beg our way onto a train from Harwich and then First Great Western would only carry on HST. So cynically I ignored the obvious method. Thanks for the encouragement needed.
Neil H
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