December 2026 Timetable Change

[Ballyheigue]

Hourly really isn’t unusable! If you don’t want to wait 59 minutes just get there 1 minute earlier.

It becomes unusable when the last trains are too early to do what you want/need to do

I wouldn't want to trust an hourly service, if it's cancelled and you needed to connect onto another train from it to go somewhere then that's your day ruined.

 

[xotGD]

I wouldn't want to trust an hourly service, if it's cancelled and you needed to connect onto another train from it to go somewhere then that's your day ruined.

Also known as "travelling by train in the north of England".

And an hourly service is something we can only dream of on the Settle & Carlisle and Bentham lines.

 

[Harpo]

Also known as "travelling by train in the north of England".

And an hourly service is something we can only dream of on the Settle & Carlisle and Bentham lines.

I do try to remember that when I bitch about service gaps on the tube!

 

[Starmill]

Hourly really isn’t unusable! If you don’t want to wait 59 minutes just get there 1 minute earlier.

It becomes unusable when the last trains are too early to do what you want/need to do

Unfortunately, while it may be nice if a typical member of the public thought this way, they simply don't.

They wouldn't leave home 10 minutes earlier, they'd simply go in their car, which doesn't impose huge time penalties of 1-2 hours over being 2 minutes late to the platform. Driving may even be slightly slower, but if it's more convenient in terms of choice of time, it's very likely to win. And I don't blame them to be honest. The average person does not want to live their life thinking about railway schedules and how likely it is they're going to meet their connections, or what may happen when they miss them. They simply want to know roughly how long it'll take to get to where they're going, and plan accordingly.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

I do try to remember that when I bitch about service gaps on the tube!

That said, the dreaded six minute wait for the Bakerloo at Oxford Circus when you’ve got 20 minutes to dash from King’s Cross to Waterloo will always be enough to ruin one’s day

 

[yorksrob]

That said, the dreaded six minute wait for the Bakerloo at Oxford Circus when you’ve got 20 minutes to dash from King’s Cross to Waterloo will always be enough to ruin one’s day

I made the mistake once of only leaving half an hour to get from Vauxhall to King's Cross. Needless to say the Victoria line was delayed and I missed my train.

 

[dk1]

Also known as "travelling by train in the north of England".

And an hourly service is something we can only dream of on the Settle & Carlisle and Bentham lines.

Hasn’t the Bentham line seen an improvement in the last few years?

 

[InkyScrolls]

Hasn’t the Bentham line seen an improvement in the last few years?

Yes, it's now a mixture of 2 and 3-hour gaps, up from 5 per day.

 

[xotGD]

Hasn’t the Bentham line seen an improvement in the last few years?

There are 7 trains per day. Mostly 2 hour gaps but with one 3 hour gap. Last train leaves Leeds at 19:18.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

I made the mistake once of only leaving half an hour to get from Vauxhall to King's Cross. Needless to say the Victoria line was delayed and I missed my train.

That’s interesting, I’ve regularly managed 20 minutes between Waterloo and Euston and Waterloo and King’s Cross. It is of course not a good idea for advances though.

 

[dk1]

Yes, it's now a mixture of 2 and 3-hour gaps, up from 5 per day.

Cheers. I suppose it just doesn’t justify an hourly frequency.

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There are 7 trains per day. Mostly 2 hour gaps but with one 3 hour gap. Last train leaves Leeds at 19:18.

Thanks.