86101 'Sir William Stanier FRS' has brought the Highland sleeper stock into Euston and sits at platform one. This ECS move was very late as was the departure, with it heading north from Euston only half an hour before the Lowland sleeper. Caledonian Sleeper now keeps passengers back (behind where I am standing) before boarding. On this evening, in the dingey heat of Euston, they were kept waiting for well over an hour, a very poor start a prestigious train journey. With the withdrawal of the Mk. III sleeper stock with the move over to the CAF Mk. Vs the use of the veteran electric will no longer be needed.
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