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Here's a clip of Blackpool Transport MD Jane Cole speaking at today's launch of the North Station link. It's missable, even if you can hear what she's saying above the sound of the brass band...

I don't think the tram service will cut much ice with holidaymakers arriving at North Station, especially with luggage. They are likely to continue doing what they've always done, i.e. get a taxi. A further complication is that they would be at risk of contravening Blackpool Transport's...

Google Street View isn't quite up to date, so I can't tell for sure where the stops are. So it may be that there is only limited scope for swapping between trams at North Pier/Talbot Square.

According to the timetable, T2 is going to be North Station to Starr Gate, and T3 Fleetwood to North Station. The end to end journey time Fleetwood to Starr Gate ('T1') seems to be being increased from 58 minutes to 65. A fifteen minute headway on the Talbot Square to Starr Gate section could be...

The surviving Class 17 is D8568.

The 4DD type comprised two four-car sets. Two of the driving motors have survived (out of four), and none of the trailers.

195010 was indeed shunted over to Platform 1 to attach to 195017, but the departure time was 1357 (1J16). The 1337 is a Wigan Wallgate to Leeds via Dewsbury and was today booked for a double 158. The move for 195010, isn't that what's called 'robbing Peter to pay Paul'? 1712244155 All the...

Two sets are saved by running Airport - Lancaster rather than Airport - Barrow.

That's not the same thing, the point of the staff & ticket system was to enable two consecutive trains to run through a single line section, to overcome the problem of there not being an intermediate train in the reverse direction to bring the staff back. The staff & ticket system wouldn't allow...

You're probably right.

I think Sportzbar's point was that the Calder Valley 195 are booked 3 or 4 car, he wasn't challenging the notion that they often turn up as 2-car. If you never see a 3-car set, it may be that the standard formation is 4-car, even if often reduced to 2-car.

Exactly, to which the solution is to either short-form trains or cancel them altogether. Short-formed and cancelled trains will always be with us, it's a feature of the current franchising system.

The government ultimately decides everything, irrespective of whether the TOC is directly government controlled or not. You don't incur fuel, parts, and maintenance costs to keep a unit spare, only if you decide to use it. 1710009561 Reason to keep a couple of units spare?

You mean, if the 'spare sets' were taken from the existing fleet? That's not what I had in mind. Through choice. Indeed.

Is it better to short form a train than to keep a couple of spare sets to cover 'eventualities'?

Because running two-car sets is cheaper.

I presume by 'Bolton Interchange' you meant the bus side, not the train side. Which led me to ask myself the question, when is an interchange an interchange? The rail side of Bradford Interchange is titled Bradford Interchange, but, as far as I am aware, the rail side at Bolton is simply 'Bolton'.

I think I basically side with 'CaptainHaddock' on this point. The displayed information is potentially useful, but only if you know how to interpret it, and that probably needs a certain knowledge of how railways operate. Is the train running late (and picking up more passengers than usual), is...

What would be the point of having 67s sitting at Uckfield?

For a journey planner to pick up the connection, yes. In reality, not if the departing train uses the same platform as the one you've just arrived at!