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Or you could base it on ARN's website where they say by 2019 a new fast Northern Connect service across Newcastle will link Carlisle and Hexham with Stockton and Middlesbrough.

There is an issue in turning 5 car trains around at Middlesbrough that has been brought up by Network Rail in VTEC's application to run services to Middlesbrough. The West Dock siding is not long enough for 5 car 800s and there is not thought to be sufficient capacity for a double shunt in to...

I'm not being selfish or ignorant. The railways should employ sufficient staff to run the service they are contractually required to do on a Sunday. That doesn't necessarily mean that all operational staff have to be contracted to work Sunday, and as I said employees that already have an...

Because the services are entered into the system as GX and online systems will exclude the not valid on GX/southern only unless an easement has been entered. GTR must not have entered any easements to allow booking sites to recognise it is valid* to/from Brighton on these services. Even if...

Yes, but that TOCs have to rely on voluntary overtime to meet their contractual obligations in 2015 is absurd. I hope all these new drivers being recruited are contracted to work Sunday. Its about time the rail industry ended this ridiculous practice. And before existing drivers get on their...

The Super Off-peak travelcard is an any permitted ticket so they'd be foolish to pay an extra £10. Anyway, Southern have said the premium fare does not apply to passengers travelling to/from Brighton on these services.

CAF Civity UK?

Not sure where you've got £10.50 from. The equivalent ticket fare, a not GatEx travelcard, will be £17. Of course, there are cheaper tickets valid on Thameslink or Southern only. But the point still stands that it will be cheaper to buy a paper/smart ticket for a return to Gatwick with travel...

Stagecoach have issued an OJEU notice for the supply and possibly maintenance of new build rolling stock for future franchise bids. Most interesting is the specification of up to 50 units for Intercity West Coast. Lot 1 — South Western Franchise Supply of a fleet of new build electric and...

Oh no! Now you've done it! Expect 52 pages discussing them now. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Well that's not correct. The Northern franchise is owned by the DfT. The TOC is the franchisee who is contracted to operate it within the agreed specification.

The ITT stated remapping of Barrow, Windermere and Blackpool services would be implemented from day 1.

The Middlesbrough to Newcastle and Newcastle to Carlisle will be a single through service, not two separate services

Extending TPE services north of Newcastle has been campaigned for by local stakeholders for some time. Ideally, Northumberland Council would like it to stop at Alnmouth and Berwick. It is my understanding that intermediate stops between Morpeth and Edinburgh have yet to be decided and perhaps it...

Perhaps more pressing is what does it mean for the open access applications that have yet to be decided. As most of the capacity discussion for those applications have been around capacity between Northallerton and Edinburgh it is surprising that all of a sudden there appears to be capacity to...

There will not be 2tph to Newcastle until December 2017.

Everything I said was in the DfT timeline, so ask them not me. This image posted for December 2017 alongside the caption for TPE new trains enter service. http://assets.dft.gov.uk/test/tpe-northern-york.jpeg

Alliance is not the only OAO having applied for services between Edinburgh, Newcastle and Kings Cross. FirstGroup have as well. A decision won't be made until the new year on whether VTEC get the paths for their franchised services, or Alliance's Edinburgh application, FirstGroup's Edinburgh...

Looking at the DfT info, the timeline for the new units is End of 2018: 92 new-build carriages (net increase of 19 carriages) End of 2019: 163 new-build carriages introduced; all pacers removed; train refurbishment programme complete End of 2020: 26 new-build carriages introduced

I am not sure whether any are diesel. There are 12 EMUs (60 carriages) in service by end of 2019 on Anglo-Scottish routes and 19 bi-modes (95 carriages) to be introduced on services via Newcastle by end of 2020. New trains start to enter service by end of 2017 to enable additional services to...

Their press release says they will operate the franchise under a refreshed Northern brand.