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Appreciate the response but they definitely weren’t as I am one of them! 1774178163 I get that, however, the only advertised service was the 09:18 from Middlesbrough, which even on a regular match day is pretty much impossible to get on anywhere past Hartlepool. A lot of regulars would have...

Newcastle v Sunderland game today. Appears to have been an additional direct train added at late notice but isn’t published anywhere. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:N40426/2026-03-22/detailed#allox_id=0 Surely it would make sense to make this knowledge publicly available to...

Some amazing answers! Some people took the OP in various different ways which was interesting. I guess I was more thinking along the lines of the ‘sketchiest’ place to wait. Perhaps something along the lines of Silverlink days in north London (something I never experienced but have read about)!

Let’s say you’ve just missed your train, it’s late at night and the next one isn’t for 60 minutes. Which station would you least like to wait at and why?

Be really disappointed if they manage to find extra carriages for the Northumberland Line when weekends on the Durham Coast Line is like being packed in like sardines. If Sunderland are at home it can be difficult to get on anywhere after Thornaby!

Any possibility of this being done ahead of schedule? Planning on making my trip this Thursday!

No problem, thank you. It looks as though there is a replacement bus service between Whitehaven and Sellafield. Any ideas how long it will take to go from Carlisle to Barrow with this additional change? Thanks!

Is there an update on what is happening? I am planning on travelling the length of the line on the 20th. Any ideas what my journey will look like? Thanks!

That’s interesting. Do you know how far down they travel as last time I was there I believe there was a couple of crossings?

Hi all, Anyone know the last time Sunderland Docks branch was used? Any chance of it being used more frequently? Thanks.

From what I read a lot of the supporters gambled and got on the next LNER service despite no ticket acceptance. You’d really like to think some common sense was applied in this situation…

Depends on the issue. Numerous trains operate in service every day with faults/issues. Just depends on whether it is safety critical etc.

Must be a serious issue. Be interesting to know what it is if we ever find out.

Seems a significant coincidence it has impacted trains on the same route on the same day. No way trains could have ran with these faults?

I think people are frustrated given that extra trains were announced and then on the day they can’t run due to train faults. Surely the likelihood of five trains suffering faults right before they depart on exactly the same route is pretty slim. Much more likely to be a crewing issue? A lot of...