Recent content by newtownmgr

Tyseley has one.

Just to correct the first bit. There would be no requirment for management to staff trains as it’s NOT traincrew on strike. ASLEF (Drivers) & RMT (Conductors) are working normally. The strike is by TSSA and affects Control/Traincrew supervisors & Rosters. Where a limited service is running...

35 hours, 4 days a week. Subject to any future Sunday agreement

196011 has been in use for WMR today worked 1V33 17:50 New St - Hereford, 1M90 19:50 Hereford - New St and will work 1V39 22:00 New St - Worcester SH. Will be in use off Worcester tomorrow but not sure on what as won’t be allocated until the early hours.

Last departure on a Saturday to new st as always been about 21:30. As regards unit. The Camp Hill services are booked for 4 car sets not 2 car. The 3 ex Chiltern sets will be used for the Leamington - Nuneaton services due to a slightly different software on them. They will run as 2 car...

Fatality,Spad,Signalling failure,derailment or other safety of the line incident. Would be a genuine incident not a ‘supposed’ incident as you seem to be insinuating.

West Midlands Trains Birmingham Camp Hill line services are due to start in March 2026. The work will be shared between Worcester & Birmingham New St. Training is due to start next month for New St depot, once the New St Instructors have been trained on the route by Worcester instructors...

Don’t know as regards Liverpool. With the Hereford line. It’s prone to flooding in a couple of locations but the roads in the area are prone to a lot more flooding and become impassable very quickly. If a train with passengers was to become stranded it’s very likely that the local roads will...

All turns covered and spare crew available. Cancellations are purely down to safety advice from Network Rail.

ETCS is in the process of being introduced and not all stock is currently fitted. The loco involved is reported to be 350006 which is fitted.

Yeah they could do but they would have to cut the frequency to allow ticket checks and sales to take place 1762263060 Yeah they could do but would have to cut the frequency to allow ticket checks and sales to take place.

Zoom in slightly - there's a bug on the iOS version where scrolling is disabled at max zoom level, sorry! Thanks

Just downloaded on iPhone. Looks good but won’t let me change location. Either won’t move or goes straight back to previous location when it does move.

Correct 1761408346 No shunter, no movements on & off depot, company policy. Drivers don’t operate points.

Issue was not down to traincrew. More than that I don’t know.