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People on here have a great way of shifting the blame on to the staff/unions. Many say we need to modernise but as a driver of 38 years we have done nothing but, with changes to manning of cabs and working hours etc. The rest day agreement is signed by both the company and ASLEF and has been in...

See #114

Agreement originally due to end 30/10/21 but was extended by ASLEF, with talks ongoing to provide a robust way that prevents an agreement being broken (#114 states) by the company. Staff have received an email about the ending of the agreement and lo and behold as above it is Aslef’s fault. As...

I posted this in Aug last year, maybe just as well it didn’t happen but nice to see some XC trains have been speeded up from Derby Have seen quite a few comments about Newcastle terminating trains being curtailed at York as TPE are running more services, people need to to careful what they wish...

Desperately needed extra capacity, but all gone quiet. Would think if 800’s are ordered it would need to be the 802 type for the banks. I for one am not holding my breath waiting for some announcement as XC seems to be a low priority for the DFT, plenty talk but no action.

It appears the DFT have used the additional year option in the current XC direct award, so it will run till Oct 2020

1V50 passed Moorthorpe heading south 5mins late, was stopped at S512 signal behind a northern in front. After about 45 mins Drv advised to change ends and head back facing road to Hickleton crossover then normal line to South Kirkby jnc and change ends again (luckily a Leeds based drv was on...

Have seen quite a few comments about Newcastle terminating trains being curtailed at York as TPE are running more services, people need to to careful what they wish for as there have been so many of their trains cancelled or terminated short at York, Northallerton or Darlington in the last few...

XC have run 2 tph North of York for 16 years, with probably the most robust timetable operating in the last couple of years. Punctuality has suffered since tpe increased their services north of York partly due do their late running and partly due to the slower 185’s going in front of 125 mph...