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Looks like the Calder Valley is going 2tph Manchester-Leeds on a Sunday, up from 1tph which will be very welcome. Sunday generally the only day of the week I’ve found regularly having to stand, as route popular with day trippers in multiple directions- going in to Manchester/Leeds but also out...

Currently at Leeds, meant to be on 11.15 LDS-KGS as far as Stevenage. Staff suggesting either going to Manchester then on to Euston or Sheffield and on to St Pancras & then back out. Safe to say the platform for the delayed 11.11 XC service via Sheffield is very busy! Opting for the much...

Sat on a 10-car GC class 180 this afternoon. The 15.48 KGX - BDI service was delayed at kings cross due to an issue with the brakes. Presumably not entirely resolved as in the end they’ve ended up coupling it to the 16.27 KGX - BDI and combining the two services- possibly the only benefit of...

Think LNER were particularly full on bank holiday weekend. Travelled up to Leeds on Saturday morning (on a 1st class ticket as all that was available at 3 days notice) and Kings Cross was busier than I’ve seen it in a long time!! Felt almost like normal! But sort of predictable, Edinburgh...

Just seen the MKIV set leaving on the 10.03 KGX-LDS.

I was booked on the 06.30 KGX-LDS this morning. Advised at Kings Cross they didn’t expect trains to run for the rest of the day so hopped over to St Pancras for the 06.33 STP-York up to Sheffield. Would say a lot of the people on that train had come over from Kings Cross & then changed at...

A friend currently on a very quiet 1P52 after waiting it out at Kings Cross, which seems to be only train to have left since 1800ish http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/G46554/2019/08/09/advanced Curious as to where the majority have gone considering 1818 and 1830 alone are often full and...

One thing I have definitely noticed is the price increases. I've travelled between Kings Cross and Peterborough fairly regularly (1-2 times a month) for the last 8 years always on Advance tickets. Under EC and NX it was easy to get £6-9 tickets each way (with a railcard) travelling after 1900...

Just caught a near empty Bakerloo line train non-stop Queen's Park-Marylebone taking just 6 minutes...nice perk for a long journey across Central London!

When I have caught the 18.14 KGX-KLN in the past I'm sure it has gone to Kings Lynn, Cambridge & Cambridge. The rear 4 coaches detach at Royston and call Meldreth,Shepreth, Foxton & Cambridge. The front 8 run fast to Cambridge where the front 4 then continue to Kings Lynn. However now I think...

So I live very close to Kingston Station, and have noticed on a number of occasions over the past few weeks pairs of 450s operating both in and out of peak hours. One morning last week as I was going through Vauxhall (about 11am) I also noticed a pair on a service to Dorking via Epsom. Both...

So this evening peak there were delays at Kings Cross (due to an earlier fatality further up ECML I believe) which resulted in some very short timings between announcements and trains leaving! :p e.g. the 18.14 KGX-KLN arrived in Kings Cross 18.11/18.12ish, was announced 18.12 and I don't...

I live next to this line and use it frequently between Brondesbury and Stratford, which is about half the route, maybe a bit more, now as nice as it would be to have a frequency similar to the jubilee line just up the road at Kilburn, outisde of the peaks I don't think the NNL trains are that...