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Unfortunately it developed a fault heading north again. Made it to Nottingham in the end though.

It'd be great if it was, linking Scout Hill and the greenways with Ravensthorpe, but I've not seen anything along those lines. 1786117895 On the contrary, at the North end of the current bridge there's a bridleway/greenway which is a branch off the Spen Valley Greenway, and at the south end of...

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Quite a few were built without them, replacing trains which did have toilets though. Was is SWT who openly admitted the regulations resulted in their new order having no toilets due to the seatspace a wheelchair one would take up was unjustifiable, but had they been allowed a 'traditional' one...

From what's starting to come out it appears that while the backup switched in, something, or likely a few things, including I think coms, broke, and needed replacing, which would explain why different areas came back online at vastly different times. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwy0d0wgy4xt...

That would be the measured response, but in today's world it seems it's 'all or nothing', i.e. all people can travel, or nobody can. It'll have the biggest impact in cases like this, short notice, unplanned inability to run services, where previously it's been simply a case that anything's...

Yes, it is.

Kirklees' site which they came through is terrible for navigating, Google worked though! You might find what you're looking for here: https://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/planning-applications/search-for-planning-applications/filedownload.aspx?application_number=2026/90510&file_reference=1127680

I wasn't quite prepared for now minimal TPE's service would be this morning, only the 2U stopper from Piccadilly to Leeds and hourly from Leeds to York. It feels like after cancelling services at York and Leeds last night there's been no attempt at recovery yet.

I've heard of generators failing effectively because they've been tested too often & run out of fuel! o_O This seems more complicated than a simple generator outage though.

I believe they're from different money pots, besides it makes a lot more sense to do Thorpe Park while the line's been done than to do it after. Plus it'll be great to see the first person who turns up expecting to be near a theme park in Surrey :lol::lol: It WILL happen, plenty go to Alton for...

Some's just waiting for the next maintenance cycle for recovery, some's been dropped early before a possession, some's strategic spares in case unexpected replacement is needed. In the latter case it's easier than having it all at a depot somewhere which may be many miles from where it's needed...

I always think it's funny that the line was built by the Leeds & Selby Railway almost 200 years ago with passive provision for four tracks which was largely never realised, and it's still being done today!

Yes, 66765 to Tinsley

Northern have a few mixtures. The Leeds - Lincoln services are very much semi-fasts between Leeds and Sheffield, but then very much local services between Sheffield and Lincoln, The York - Blackpools seemingly swing back and forth, The Hull - Halifaxes currently are semifast to Selby then...