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Any update on when these are coming into service?

My guess would be that it’s just a poor software implementation. Rather than relying on the GPS it seems to be counting the number of times the doors have been opened then thinking “the GPS says I’m still at Helsby but the doors have opened again so I must be at frodsham”. There seem to have...

I‘m sure there are signs but they can’t be too prominent as I can’t picture them in my head. I feel like it mentions it on the new displays in the lounge but I’m wondering if I’m just imagining that. And I can’t remember hearing the announcer saying it either, even if they did. I guess if it’s...

Having caught the train from platform 14 around 5pm for the last month I can say they are certainly still there. All the regular passengers seem to have got the message though and are already behind the red line. I think the problem is new travellers who don’t know what the red line means...

It’s not been on the 16:50 to Llandudno at least. Still a rammed 3-car 175 unfortunately.

The 175 may have been crush loaded but one silver lining was that the PA was broken in the rear carriage. Just some faint crackly mumblings coming from it. Absolute bliss! Of course everyone left all of their belongings at their seats, as there’s no way they could have known they were supposed...

Thanks. Hope it doesn’t take too long to fix. Every seat was full at Piccadilly today so it’s going to be an interesting journey.

The locos have disappeared this week. It’s been rammed 3-car 175s so far so roll on the 16th if we’re going to get that 4th car back again.

Before May were all of these services Leeds to Manchester Victoria so then half of them were extended to Chester? I suppose cutting half of them off from the stations to Leeds wouldn’t be too popular in that case.

That'll be it then. I suppose we're back to the idea of knocking the arena down and building some west-facing terminal platforms but in the meantime I think you're right that they should just stick to Leeds-Manchester for now. When it's late it can delay the TfW trains as well so it's just...

Fair point. I suppose I was saying if that’s the only reason for there being a direct service then it’s not a very compelling one since the usage would be low and it seems to be causing a lot of cancellations. What’s your view on the situation then? Is there anything you think they can do to...

I’m not saying it shouldn’t exist just that it’d be better existing as two services. The Leeds to Victoria leg was already there so having a Chester to Victoria connecting service would give you more options if one of them had to be cancelled. I appreciate this may not be possible if it required...

I wish they would do that. I suppose it might require more units and drivers though. I don’t think many people want to spend 150 minutes to travel 80 miles to Leeds just to avoid having to change at Manchester. Having an extra option to get to Manchester in a reasonable time if there’s trouble...

Yeah I spotted that when I’d already gone to Piccadilly. I have to check before I leave the office now so I can head to the right station if it’s not running. I guess it was over 15 minutes late anyway so good that I did. I guess it never went to Leeds at all if it was at Victoria?

The Leeds to Ellesmere Port was cancelled due to lack of driver but I’m not sure what unit that would have been.

My complaint wasn't really about what happened to her. As you point out I didn't see it and I can't be sure the hustle alarm hadn't sounded for at few seconds. It was about the fact that the doors are still closing on these units before the guard does it themselves and while there are still a...

They'll probably just suggest you start 4 minutes earlier then. In all seriousness though if it needs to be done daily it needs to be done daily and they'll need to find a way to slot it in oitherwise you're going to have incidents like that regularly.

So what do you reckon is the solution to this? Given that it’s highly unlikely they’ll alter the trains to remove the requirement for a daily brake test. Surely a 4 minute delay on the first service is preferable to a 40 minute delay on a peak time service?

Thanks for the info. I wonder if the brake test warning threw him off and he got some of the door steps wrong then. He seemed to be trying his best to get the thing going again and the Virgin station staff were trying to help. I felt sorry for the guard as she had to go down each carraige and...

I didn't hear the alarm but I must admit I wasn't paying attention. I only turned round when I heard her stumble. If there was an alarm the doors must have shut quite quickly rather than the 3 or so seconds you usually seem to get as it obviously caught her unawares. Her bag got caught in the...