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Yes, initially believed to be out then it continued to smoulder with subsequent damage found to infrastructure.
LNER are running via Hambleton where they can as well as diverting some services to York - with the remainder spinning at Doncaster.
I've had an LNER TM have control arrange ticket acceptance on the following service a few months ago when a nine-car Azuma ended up down to three toilets then made the decision to have it cancelled at Newcastle (on the way to Edinburgh) when it was down to one.
In this case it was a...
Highly unlikely to have an issue unless you're loitering on a staffed station with a lot of equipment. Considering the interest in the retirement in the old stock the approach has somewhat softened. Just keep yourself well out of the way (or pick somewhere quiet like Ilford Road) and don't...
08/08/26
Pontyclun
Pencoed
Sarn
Tondu
Garth (Mid-Glamorgan)
Maesteg Ewenny Road
First proper shack bash in a long time and first time in South Wales since Stadlerisation - intention was to finish off the Valley Lines but alas Rhoose evaded me due to a unit failure.
Usually mid/late September from memory - though last year the planned start date and actual start date were two separate things as Metrocars don't usually fare too well dragging the RHTT equipment around.
If you look at the last run it had and the cancellation reason given:
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:P00053/2026-06-23/detailed
It looks like it may have been the leading unit involved in an incident shall we say. I suspect it'll be in for whatever repairs are required.
For...
Advice for the part cancellation above is as follows:
I have known them to organise acceptance - but I suspect that Avanti may have refused today due to also being in a state of flux with the disruption in the Preston area.
I've witnessed LNER, Avanti and Lumo East Coast acceptance before -...
The staff area and station voids at Monument were IMO some of most dated five years ago - a true step back in time. Though AIUI the staff areas have now been given a bit of a rework.
Regent Centre is of course in the process of getting done up and already has a new gateline. The most outdated...
While not the most rundown station, Haymarket's chronically faulty escalators (complete with juddering and screeching) and the smashed departure screen on Platform 1 (which has been like that as long as I can remember) don't give a fantastic impression.
After the CityFlyer lack of Club Europe catering last Sunday, BA have replied and offered a £100 voucher - which I think is reasonably fair considering I was still able to get myself fed in the lounge and the crew did the best they could on board. Of course - it was also a redemption flight, so...
In the Rochdale direction it looks as if the Blackburn to Rochdale service couldn't call without getting caught up by the Newcastle, so it skips Castleton.
It will have been a case of picking something else that could consistently call both ways without knackering its path - hence you have the...
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