Tag Archives: Transpennine Express

Cause For Celebration

Posted on June 20, 2018 by admin

Congratulations to TPE on managing a whole day on 20th June without any cancellations affecting Slaithwaite & Marsden. We think this may be first day this has happened since the new timetable came in.

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A Month In, And It’s Still No Better

Posted on June 19, 2018 by admin

The timetable debacle (and just for the record it needs to be said that the service provided by TPE has been and still is every bit as bad as Northern) is a failure of management on a colossal scale. We … Continue reading →

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Lateness and Cancellation Data, First Two Weeks Of New Timetable

Posted on June 4, 2018 by admin

Here’s a spreadsheet showing the late running, cancellations and part-cancellations at Slaithwaite and Marsden over the first two weeks of the new timetable. Red is cancellations, and there’s quite a bit of that. Blue is part cancellations, in the form … 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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