Recent content by chrissawer

On the other hand Northern seem to have recovered pretty well, at least around Manchester Victoria and the Calder Valley. I travelled from Todmorden to Leeds this morning, got up much earlier than I needed to and had a bus as a backup plan, but everything was running well first thing. The "do...

I live next to the Calder Valley line at Todmorden and a 195 has just gone past towards Manchester, the first train since around 2pm. It's this one I think https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:G89235/2026-08-06/detailed Hopefully this means that things are moving again towards...

I hadn't heard about that. It will be a shame to lose the direct Calder Valley to Salford Crescent service as that is quite well used by people travelling to/from Manchester Airport (nice easy cross platform change) as well as for Salford University. Good question! I notice that the Clitheroe...

There are quite a few more scheduled services this afternoon although it looks like there are now further delays en route "Due to a safety inspection of the overhead wires at Lockerbie" (JourneyCheck Avanti West Coast). Some rail replacement buses are running, hope your daughter manages to get...

From RTT, looks like 4S43 did indeed fail twice, at Oxenholme and again at Shap: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:H31646/2023-10-20/detailed 1S42 to Glasgow is on the move 182 late: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:L33853/2023-10-20/detailed My partner's son is on...

How strange, as you say not much rain over the last 24 hours. I wonder if something got damaged in the heavy rain the other week and they have only just discovered the problem.

They have followed up with a second tweet "As well as fitting the racks for bikes and heavy luggage, they've also installed WiFi, plug sockets, and upgraded the toilet."

I believe it would have been this one: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/Y26914/2020-01-29/detailed It used to run from Hebden Bridge but now just runs from Halifax. Northern tweeted about this in December: https://twitter.com/northernassist/status/1205476203009888256 "Timetables are...

I believe all stations on the Calder Valley line including Hebden Bridge were extended to accept 5x 23m trains. I saw a 5-carriage 195 arrive from the line at Manchester Victoria earlier this week and all 5 carriages were in use. I have seen a 6-carriage 195 a couple of times on the line...

And the 06.17 Leeds to Manchester Victoria cancelled due to a problem with the traction equipment. The following train (06.21 Leeds to Southport) turned up as a two coach pacer and has predictably left people behind at Smithy Bridge.

Day 2 on the Calder Valley hasn't started well. 0539 Leeds - Chester Delayed by 35 minutes at Bradford Interchange (a problem changing ends again?), and was a 2 coach 195 so standing room only by Hebden Bridge. I left it to go and waited for the next service. 0621 Leeds to Manchester cancelled...

Interesting, thanks for the figures. I was in the coach with the wheelchair space and toilet which had plenty of standing room but not loads of seats. When I get the chance I'll try to walk right down a three coach train to get a better idea of the layout. Personally I liked it. My main...

Good to see these trains arrive in the Calder Valley. 2M02 0617 Leeds to Manchester Victoria was operated by 195110 this morning. I thought it was a nice improvement. I heard a few complaints about the harsh lighting and fewer seats - the diagram was previously a 2 coach 158 + a 1 coach 153...

I saw 1E25 at Manchester Victoria half an hour ago. Looked and sounded fantastic!

142005 has been sat for the last few days at the back of Newton Heath Depot with the "I'm retiring today" livery clearly visible from trains going past on the Calder Valley line. Will be interesting to see when it moves, and to where.