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There were two passengers for Cambridge (not travelling with each other) and one for Harrogate I met at Poulton station this morning. They were irregular travellers but knew of the shambles that the railway is. The 11.28 to York was cancelled, a 3 coach 195. On the day the Blackpool weekend...

158906 was on the 9.54 Wigan NW to Leeds today. It looked pretty good inside.

Concerning post 3724 and bikes on 195/331 units - if you are wanting to put your bike on these, when the train rolls in look at the yellow panel on the front of the train, and if there is a black blob on the same level but on the opposite side to the unit number, that's the wrong end. It's bikes...

I was on 156440 yesterday with the newer (presumably mocquette) seats with the slightly darker shade of light blue. They were OK, and better than the cloth seats, if only for the darker shade. To me, it is the light blue sides to the base that is the problem, particularly on facing seats which...

Crew training on 195s was happening at Blackpool North this morning, and two or three sets were out and about.

Crew training has started on 195s. Two or three were running about out of Blackpool North today, and a guy on one of them confirmed it. I think they were all 195s, but possibly one was a 331. You'd think 331s would be more relevant to Blackpool, but maybe they are much the same from a crewing...

Further to the above, the same email explained that Network Rail will today issue the necessary certification to operate electric trains via Bolton following final testing and commissioning of the system last weekend. it was also mentioned that class 769s will be introduced during the summer.

Martin Keating, the Northern Stakeholder Manager, has emailed his contacts this afternoon confirming what Llama has said in post 9445.

Thanks again to 507021 for the new list.

I used to find 507021's updates on the refurbishment status very useful. The last was, I think, post 3472 on 15th May. As things are now quiet on this forum, does anyone know if he publishes them anywhere else?

Salwick station has acquired a nice new shiny box. On it, it says "Common Bonding Conductor" and "Traction Bond Termination Point". Can anyone explain in lay terms what it does?

Here's just one example. The 11.51 MOX-BPN (ex Airport) arrived at MOX about 10 minutes late, with a platform full of passengers, a driver (to Preston), a guard (to Blackpool North),and a green signal. But the platform indicator showed it cancelled. The driver, surrounded by the guard and...

The service from Kirkham from 0600 to 2000 today was as follows: Ran within 10 minutes of time 18 Ran more than 10 minutes late 25 Cancelled 37

You are right that the MA-BPN service has been a shambles. This and Colne-BPS have been suffering multiple cancellations since the beginning of last week, and late running and short turn backs are rife. As an example, on Saturday the 10.39 from Preston (MA-BPN) was cancelled and the 11.39 was...

If you look at an OS map, it wouldn't really help. The recent realignment uses existing bridge portals and the route is only gently curved. I wonder if the 60 limit is temporary because of the new formation, and will be increased in the near future. To build a new platform on the south side...