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Fair few diagrams booked a pair of 153s it seems, weekdays there's a pair out on the Cumbrian Coast which works the 1513 Carlisle to Barrow. Believe there are a couple of diagrams around Yorkshire on a weekend that are booked too

Pre timetable change that working could throw up any array of units. Over a month it went I believe it went from a 2 car 158 to a 158/142 combo, single 153 and a 3 car 158! That working comes north with a Carlisle crew so will be limited by anything they sign meaning no 150s or 155s on that...

I don't believe there would be much of a basis for this sort of service on the line. Whilst Carlisle has a large population, in terms of the area anyway, most of the patronage on the trains for Newcastle, more-so Metrocentre, seems to come from the 'West' ie Workington and Whitehaven. Anyone...

66168 went to rescue 66198 which had failed near Oxenholme whilst working 6z81 Warrington Arpley - Shap Summit, it then just bought the whole train up to Carlisle as 6z81 Oxenholme - Carlisle Yard

Regarding your UFN, can I ask who the guard was? I know of all the Carlisle guys who work that train and my only assumption would be Helen, late 30s - early 40s, blonde hair and glasses? If so, she's got a true reputation up here and would almost certainly penalty fare her own mother! Steven

Kirkby Stephen service used to leave at 0620. To be honest, the service could just run Lazonby - Appleby - Kirkby Stephen - Settle then all stations and disadvantage very few people whatsoever going by my experience, giving it at least 5 minutes slack. Plus if the TSR actually get resolved...

Should be a 156 which then forms 1632 Middlesbrough - Carlisle, although admittedly last week it dropped a 142 twice!

Only usual 142 diagrams out of Carlisle are the 1028 and 1134 to Newcastle. Occasionally, moreso on a Friday, the 1330+1728 services to Newcastle can also be a pacer. All services to Leeds are booked to be 158, apart from the 0550 and 1155 to Leeds which are booked for the same 158+153 combo...

Diagrammed to be a 156 barring any issues (like today when it failed at Hexham on the inbound for example)...

The first service is generally just late because of all the TSRs en route, if there's any problems with a freight ahead its usually something pretty severe eg it's failed or had low power but generally anything close to the passenger is held to run behind it by Carlisle box. It is generally the...

Having travelled on the current last service back calling at Dent, the 1806 from Leeds, it's hard to see where the demand for a later service comes from. It's actually, and annoyingly, hard to see any demand for a later service to Carlisle comes from going by its usual loadings despite the fact...

Yep you get the 76 from the Courts outside the station and simply ask for the Redfern. Once you get there simply turn back on yourself and follow the stream of parked cars and people down the road to what'll now be the right hand side across the railway line then down the drive to DRS

The only good thing I can find with this "upgrade" is the new app for Android which is conversely much quicker than it used to be, although in places it is a wee bit fiddly. The main site itself I agree is poor, it could probably be improved so much if the pages weren't infinite

if I remember this journey correctly, we had a tilt fault on the way down from Carlisle hence were running a bit late. Whilst this was somehow resolved around Oxenholme it made us suitably late enough to arrive into Lancaster after the ecs to form the morning Birmingham service had arrived from...

The bays at Carlisle, particularly the southern pair 5+6, haven't been used for years apart from the odd FL electric on route learners or a 92. As has been mentioned, the shunt neck is used for pendo's and recently the Cumbrian Mountain Express ecs with 87002 (which contrary to what I read...

Worst one I've noticed was on New Years Eve between Appleby - Kirkby Stephen on the up line - just after a viaduct if my memory is correct - where the whole train rocked very violently. Hadn't noticed it before so it was either caused by the rain or the driver forgot about a TSR there. It was...

Train reported a rough ride around Low House SB (between Carlisle - Armathwaite) so services were held whilst it was investigated

153359 and 158872 - with an engine out - on 2h81 0550 Carlisle to Leeds. Made up for that slow journey with 142025 on 1t92 0933 Leeds to York then continuing on it to Brough

Noticed the exact same today waiting for the 1823 from Victoria to Bolton. Was on the platform at 1805 where it was already looking busy. Departure time got closer and by now the platform was really busy: 6-7 deep along the whole length of the platform with people standing at the edge of the...

Misread what I was told by someone I know who lives nearby and together with the snow on the front of trains from Newcastle to Carlisle today its a case of 2+2=4.5 sorry