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Scunthorpe's service 3 appears to be merging with the 7 & 8 Skippingdale services, with them changing number at Ashby Broadway from 7 to 8 and vice versa.
From the Weekly Operating Notice:
LN758 BRANCLIFFE EAST JN TO KIRK SANDALL JN
THURSDAY 29 AUGUST 2024 to FRIDAY 31 MARCH 2028
Ref. No. P2024/4093779 Possession Manager Network Rail
Item 176
Low Ellers Curve Jn and Kirk Sandall Jn
Single Affected
0001 THU to 2359 FRI
GENERAL REMARKS
THIS IS...
DfT have no interest in reinstating the half-hourly stopping service between Sheffield and Doncaster and likewise making the Doncaster to Scunthorpe stopper hourly again.
A shame.
Quite a few changes for the Scunthorpe area in September:
1/1A - Scunthorpe Bus Station to Scunthorpe Bus Station via Westcliff, Yaddlethorpe, Bottesford & Ashby
Revised registration to amend timetable and change one direction to a 2 and 2A
(clockwise will become service 2 & 2A)
7 - Scunthorpe...
Do FSY still have Rotherham links for drivers' duties or are they now just consumed into Olive Grove or Doncaster generically? When Midland Road closed, they still had duties which were focused on Rotherham work but looking at the timetables these days, it doesn't appear that is the case...
Thank you so much! What nostalgia and weirdly how much I remember from the routes and times!
I’d forgotten all about the 1W which competed with Applebys at the time worked by the good old VRs.
Thanks again; really appreciated!
Wow! That was a trip down memory lane! I don’t suppose you have anything for Bridlington town services for EYMS (or Applebys) from a similar era do you, please?
I use the train most times a week from Scunthorpe to various exotic locations(!) and for the most part the outward journey is without issue now TransPennine Express have got their act together and most services are six-car vice the previous three which can be getting rather cosy by Doncaster and...
Just looking this in a bit more detail which on the December 2025 timetable.
Departures ex-Doncaster to Cleethorpes: 1252, 1452, 1802, 2134 (no major clashes if the TPE remains at 2147)
Departures ex-Cleethorpes to Doncaster: 0710, 0847, 1050, 1550
Departures ex-Scunthorpe to Doncaster: 0800...
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