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Northern Rail’s emergency timetable

Posted on June 1, 2018 by admin

Following the New Timetable Debacle, Northern Rail has come up with a recovery plan which involves planned cancellations of upwards of 150 trains per day. No trains which call at Slaithwaite or Marsden are affected. During the daytime between the … Continue reading →

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“Too little too late … the trains are still horrendous near Huddersfield”

Posted on June 1, 2018 by admin

“Too little too late … the trains are still horrendous near Huddersfield” [From the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 31 May 2018] A train firm’s apology for its disastrous performance over the past two weeks, is “too little, too late”, a rail … Continue reading →

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Even The Apology Turned Up Late

Posted on June 1, 2018 by admin

After 12 days of meltdown, Northern Rail finally came up with an apology. Or a sort of apology, in which neither they nor the DfT acknowledge the extent to which their actions or failures to act contributed to the present … Continue reading →

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New Timetable, ten days in

Posted on May 29, 2018 by admin

So, ten days of the new timetable, and it was to be hoped that it would have settled down by now, and that TPE and Northern would be operating a service similar to the one in the published timetable. It … Continue reading →

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