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Chessington World of Adventures Resort

They swap out one train per season as a full rebuild and keep the other for parts etc - with Vampire listed for Winter probably introducing the 3rd train back on for one of the others and it'll run through Xmas, possibly February and all next season
Ah I see, as i understand the system can no longer run 3 at once ? Or could it ?
 
3 trains in winter will be risky given how it often liked to not quite make it onto the second lift/final brakes when it was cold.

Especially when on 3 trains and the spacing was essentially to ensure not stopping on lifts.
 
What's the deal with what looks like a rebuild or a new build of the third vampire train ? Yesterday the bogies etc all looked bran new and the first 3 "cars frame" were in place yet clearly they had to be original as had the white spray on them
Maybe getting Vampire back on 3 trains would be nice to increase capacity that Chessington needs, no reason it can't be modified to allow this
 
No I have seen Vampire run efficiently this year.
What sort of yardstick are you using to call the operations “efficient”, out of curiosity?

Granted, I could have struck it on a bad day, but on my last visit to Chessington, Vampire was ridiculously short staffed, only hitting 400pph and taking nearly 4 minutes to dispatch.

On that day, 2 trains were ample and 3 would have added nothing!
 
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