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Yes, ASB at Godalming has been mentioned on this forum before.

Does anyone know if a decision has been made? The changes were due to be implemented in Dec 2021 but the through off-peak Braintree service to London is still in the new timetable.

Complaints about overcrowding on Liverpool to Manchester Airport services appear on Northern’s Twitter feed quite a lot. 2 car services are just ridiculous for that route.

Such as getting better availability out of the rolling stock?

That would indeed be interesting to know. Seems to be a lot of smoke and mirrors going on.

Northern seem to be blaming the 769s. Not sure what will happen if the problems are not solved.

The no growth Northern franchise was a massive mistake by New Labour who thought they could take the north for granted. 1638129864 Complaints about overcrowding posted on Northern’s Twitter feed on Sunday in relation to Blackpool North to Manchester Oxford Road, Preston to Manchester Airport...

Northern Twitter feed had complaints about overcrowding on Manchester-Liverpool (hourly service), Sheffield-Nottingham (two car service) and Wakefield-Leeds services yesterday.

Yes, going to be interesting to see how they cope with a normal timetable.

I did wonder at the time whether the two car units would prove to be a mistake in terms of insufficient capacity. However Patrick McCloughlin had to go against the official written advice of his Permanent Secretary to get the Pacers replaced as the business case didn’t add up, so three car...

And some of that could’ve been utilised if only there more miles of electrified track in the north. The 365s have been sent to scrap due to lack of any takers despite having a few more years left in them.

Well not long until levelling up eh?

How far short is Northern of the rolling stock it needs? it is interesting that Northern struggled with weekend overcrowding on DMU operated services in the pre Christmas period before the pandemic and yet despite electrification, Pacer replacement, new rolling stock and reduced services it...

In South Yorkshire the Stockbridge and Penistone, Don Valley and Rother Valley seats did crumble, although it was a small contribution to the Tory overall majority compared to some counties. Yesterday’s Daily Mail trailed the IRP and specifically mentioned the reopening of the line to...

Stockport did used to have north and south facing bays but there were infilled to create wide island platforms. Perhaps a mistake in hindsight.

Making service frequency enhancement promises that they can’t/don’t then deliver is another problem - see Greater Anglia.

I do wish they would publicise the changes to train times.

And the Hounslow loop was back in action on Saturday with a semi-fast service on the loop calling at Richmond, Twickenham, Hounslow, Brentford and Kew Bridge, all very difficult to follow with no amended timetable produced and no announcements on website/national rail about changes to train...

Was surprised today to catch a Waterloo to Shepperton via Richmond train on a Saturday when they don’t normally run. Don’t seem to be in the published timetable. Is this an extra service for Twickenham rugby match days?

Totally agree. It would certainly not happen in SE England, would be called out for being unacceptable. Interestingly the other weekend when the line between Ely and Peterborough was closed for engineering works, the first westbound train from Peterborough was operated by Leicester depot, so...