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York to Rochdale. 13/11/22
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voyagerdude220
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Presumably because of scheduled engineering work taking place between Hebden Bridge and Preston preventing the York to Blackpool trains from running.
It even has a Bay platform - at Tod you would have to shunt via the Stansfield Hall curve to clear the main line.
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They were using Hebden Bridge yesterday to turn back with the crossover. All be it with a tight turnaround.
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Which is exactly what Southport - Todmorden services were doing. I’m sure an increased frequency on Rochdale - Todmorden is not necessary, so would it not have been easier just to run a Southport - York, or is the split something to do with how York - Rochdale is 195s but Southport - Todmorden requires Sprinters?
I caught a 22:19 service from York on 26/10 which to my surprise was a direct Northern York - Manchester Victoria service
Looking at the same train for tomorrow it seems to be 22:19 York - Blackburn
So presumably affected by the same engineering works at the time?
Looking at the same train for tomorrow it seems to be 22:19 York - Blackburn
So presumably affected by the same engineering works at the time?
Timetable-wise it seems possible (+5 westbound from TOD), operationally perhaps more complex (sorting out both stock and crews, which has to be balanced against the extra mileage involved in keeping it simple.).
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