Recent content by MarinerOne

l struggled along for years with TPE doing Meadowhall to Manchester Piccadilly; standing in Standard, standing in First, delays, delays, then it improved a bit with the longer sets. Then I started working in Liverpool so changed at Sheffield for the EMT. Then TPE introduced Meadowhall to...

I was on the 0727 Cleethorpes to Liverpool Lime Street yesterday when we ended up sitting at Manchester Oxford Road for 32 minutes to wait for a driver turn up to take us to Liverpool. I felt for the exasperated train manager who kept announcing “I’m really sorry, but we’re going to have to wait...

I was on the Cleethorpes (0624) to Liverpool Lime Street train yesterday, excitedly getting on at Meadowhall and going direct to Liverpool for the first time (a route I take every week where I’d usually have to change in Sheffield for an EMR). just as the train was approaching Piccadilly we get...

All lines now open; diversions no longer required.

I’m on the Grand Central 16.03 Kings Cross to Bradford. We’ve been told that this train is leaving the mainline at Peterborough, travelling via Lincoln and will rejoin the East Coast line at Doncaster, causing a 60 to 90 minute delay.