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They're only run as required paths, but presumably for route knowledge purposes. Seems like 2x185 would split at Doncaster and rejoin at Cleethorpes and vice versa in order to run these paths. Perhaps stopping on Saturday as if TPE were diverted that way they'd pick up these calls in place of...

P12 was used primarily to house Northern units which sit in Newcastle for long periods, and thus only saw occasional journeys departing from it (the one-a-day Newcastle to Whitehaven direct service being one I recall - a relic of the past now) though I did see the occasional Crosscountry unit...

TPE have stated that's the plan as opposed to Northern - but yes I guess realistically it won't be until Northern receive some new or additional units/the new TRU timetable is delivered.

The Hull running boards are also slightly bizarre with an 802 sitting at Hull between 4:30pm and 8pm, which you'd of thought should really be utilised in the peak, and another between 2:30pm and 4pm resulting in a double 185 having to split up in the afternoon leaving a 3 car on both the 5:30...

One of the Manchester-Redcar diagrams is booked to be a single set, so two out of seven would suggest only 1x185 missing. The 10:45 from Leeds being on the booked 3-car diagram. Not sure why that particular board is only 1 unit as it hits Leeds in the PM peak (5:45) towards Manchester.

91127 and a 7-car formation are shunting around York this morning between different platforms - so far done P5 and 10, still got 11, 7 and 9 to do before heading back to Neville Hill via Doncaster at 1:30-ish

Not sure if this has been mentioned, or is just a product of TRU works at Huddersfield and will eventually be reversed, but the TPE peak time extras between Piccadilly and Huddersfield are being extended direct through to Leeds (with one continuing to/from York as well to get a 185 to the...

This is something I've noticed a few times now with the Liverpool to Newcastle service during particularly heavy disruption, with the odd service being terminated at York too. From what I've seen it tends to occur when a service is so delayed that the one an hour behind has almost caught up -...

Liverpool James Street Platform 2 is one that you can't freely roam unless there's disruption on the Liverpool Loop and it's needed as a turnback

It's been suggested that the core 4tph will be provided between York, Leeds and Manchester, and likewise there are plans for the 2tph Newcastle to Manchester to be restored at some point. The service pattern of Liverpool to Newcastle, Manchester Airport to Newcastle, Liverpool to Scarborough...

It was previously Liverpool to Scarborough, which was switched with Piccadilly to Hull back in 2022. The Piccadilly to Scarborough service ran every 2 hours with it going to Newcastle the other hour. Became a York to Scarborough shuttle back in December 2023. Was put back through to Victoria...

By the end of the year supposedly

1. Typo on my part meant Blackburn not Rochdale, will remain Headbolt Lane to Blackburn via Atherton and Rochdale. 2. The new station at Golborne will need an hourly service and this has been quoted as running from Wigan to Stalybridge. 3. They're building new turnback sidings at Manchester...

Based on TfN's state of play for the north it looks as though the following will occur: -Wigan to Stalybridge via Bolton (curtailed from Southport) -Southport to Manchester Oxford Road via Bolton retained (eventually extended to the Airport following Oxford Road remodelling) -Headbolt Lane to...

Take a station like Darlington for instance, the demand for Manchester is double that of Birmingham or Sheffield (source: railwaydata.co.uk), in which case if there is demand for 3 trains per 2 hours on XC then I would argue the demand is there for a similar frequency to Manchester. In a...

Obviously from December 2025 it must still have been possible to timetable the through Bishop Auckland to Saltburn service, perhaps aided by the increased platform capacity at Darlington. It was always stated originally that the additional platforms would enable the Bishop Auckland to Saltburn...

There's a Merry Xmas in P11 at York

Believe the plan is for the Manchester to Huddersfield (and presumably York) stopper to transfer back to Northern by 2030

At the end of the day it comes down to pathing - there's two 'TPE' paths from Newcastle, the express one at XX:01 and the stopper one at XX:43 - currently the Liverpool service is in the XX:43 path due to the need to stop at both Newton-le-Willows and Lea Green etc so there's time for a...

The 04:23 Newcastle to Liverpool and 08:54 Liverpool to Newcastle were seemingly cancelled today because of a shortage of train crew. But they were then reinstated with the 04:23 starting from Leeds on time at 06:30 using 185150, which TPE have pinched off the 05:00 Manchester Victoria to...