Recent content by CommuterPigeon

No planned 10-cars on Edinburgh services, all planned to be 9-cars. There's a couple of 10s on Leeds/Bradford services. Best best for a 10-car to Edinburgh is during engineering works when unelectrified diversions are required (e.g. Carlisle or Durham Coast) as they couple up 5-car bimodes to...

No planned LNER Cambridge diversions until at least November 2026 (currently) as the engineering work that would require them earlier in the year has either been cancelled or amended to block the diversionary route so it's just a series of Peterborough terminations now. Week commencing 19/1 had...

Engine failure on Tuesday morning. Unit was already running on 3/5 engines and the fire bottles erroneously discharged on one of the remaining engines which then refused to restart so the unit was not permitted to return to Edinburgh. Two rescue attempts made so far I believe, but on both...

There are engineering works on Sunday between Wolverhampton and Penkridge meaning XC aren't running north of Wolves and instead are running Rail Replacement between Wolverhampton - Stafford - Stoke.

Originally yes, that weekend was being used for the York Third Line scheme. I gather a couple of weeks ago the DfT instructed Network Rail to pause work on the scheme due to budget challenges. It meant Operators had to quickly put their timetable back which most managed, but LNER chose to leave...

The 2008 Birmingham International to Aberystwyth service sits at Shrewsbury for 30 minutes from 21:21 to 21:51 (https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:L40036/2024-06-11)

XC still sign Tinsley but it's only one depot (Leeds) that do which doesn't give much flexibility. Made worse today with the work near Church Fenton putting Leeds crew out of position compared to a 'normal' day.

My geography is a bit ropey down there, but there was a points failure at Southcote Jn near Reading, most XC services terminated at Reading whilst this was ongoing but 1M42 (10:45 Bournemouth - Manchester) diverted via Guildford so I presume it was that you saw.

A freight train (6C36) has failed at Frisby on the Melton Mowbray route and is awaiting rescue. There is already a Cambridge-bound XC in Platform 4 at Leicester awaiting events as well as an EMR service in Platform 1 so I presume the decision has been made to hold it at Nuneaton as the train can...

Core works are a renewal of some point work at the north end of the station and a partial reconstruction of a bridge just south of the station.

It was 1S01 06:08 Doncaster to Edinburgh which hit someone near Sessay. 1S29 has been released to return to York with XC 1V83 (06:24 Newcastle - Reading) still stood at Thirsk and LNER 1Y11 (06:30 Newcastle - Kings Cross) at Northallerton.

York has two services terminating post 2am. The 23:42 and 00:38 both from Manchester Airport terminate at York at 02:17 and 03:13 respectively.

They were doing tamping overnight Sunday into Monday on the route so I would guess it was the tamper they could hear / see.

It is testing for the new Electrical Feeder Station at Hambleton, north of Doncaster. There are four Saturday nights of it although two of them are shorter times so are less disruptive to passenger services. The possession limits are Retford to Northallerton and apart from the test train, which...

06:09 Leeds to Plymouth (1V44) is the only booked HST on Saturday 16th.