Caledonian Sleeper Inverness to London Euston - Diversion via Manchester & Delays!

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I was long overdue a trip on the Caledonian Sleeper. By far one of my favourite train trips to do. This day I killed 2 bird with one stone and after planespotting all morning in Edinburgh I headed north up the glorious highland mainline to Inverness in order to catch this back south to London. The new sleeper mk5 coaches aren't yet in service on the Highland Sleeper services, only the lowland services to Glasgow & Edinburgh. However I was quite hoping for a go on the older mk3 stock before they disappear because they're all part of the experience. However I am looking forward to trying out the new mk5 coaches soon and I shall do a comparison video onboard. So this service was the 20:44 from Inverness to Euston on July 23rd 2019. Due to engineering works closing the West Coast Mainline at Weaver Jnc between Crewe & Warrington all services were diverted via Manchester. So the diversion was a planned divert.
This was also filmed on one of the hottest nights of the year. Day temperature in London reached 37 and even topped 30 degrees in the Scottish highlands. So air con was a welcomed relief onboard this train (thankfully it was working).
The heat however results in some adverse weather, often during the night... I.e Thunder, Lightening and heavy rainfall. I slept through the majority of it but a lightening strike on the overhead wires between Penrith & Oxenholme resulted in our delay of almost 2 hours. Arriving into Euston at 9:30, instead of the planned 7:47.
Anyway this video includes a good look around the train and the sleeper berths on the classic mk3 sleeper coaches as well as an insight of the journey all the way down the country including the interesting diversion through Manchester and passing Piccadilly station as well.

Thanks for watching this new video from the Caledonian Sleeper. Hope you enjoyed it.

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