Routes Nightstar (train)

1 routes

1.1 london services
1.2 beyond london services
1.3 revised routes

routes

when proposed in 1992, service pattern follows:

london services

london , amsterdam , cologne via brussels
london , dortmund , frankfurt via brussels

these trains each have been formed of 2 eight-car sub-sets (one each destination) split separate trains @ aachen, reverse happening trains london.)

beyond london services

plymouth to/from brussels
swansea to/from paris
glasgow central to/from paris , brussels

the plymouth , swansea trains each have been formed of single seven-car sub-set, , glasgow train of 2 seven-car sub-sets. plymouth , swansea trains diesel hauled beyond london class 37/6 , generator set, glasgow train electric hauled. @ london kensington olympia, glasgow train split , 2 sub-sets attached respective swansea , plymouth trains form 1 train paris , 1 brussels. electric hauled london continent.

the trains electric hauled class 92 locomotive london dollands moor yard second class 92 attached rear of train. meet channel tunnel safety requirements that, in case of emergency, train split in half , each half driven out independently.

revised routes

after numerous delays, , due changing passenger requirements, final proposed routing called trains on 5 routes glasgow, london, manchester piccadilly, plymouth , swansea in uk , amsterdam, dortmund , frankfurt.