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Expect an announcement any time soon that Redcar is postponed. If you look on the TPE website there are some very attractive fares for the new TPE services from Edinburgh south on the ECML, for example Edinburgh - Huddersfield for £20.10 advance single - they are obviously confident these will...

Gen from FB indicates that the first diagram (1E23 etc) will be covered by a 185 today. The second diagram (1F48/1E25 etc) is allox 68027 however 1F48 was cancelled before departure from Manchester Victoria "due to a fault on this train" according to JourneyCheck. Loco on Scarborough end of 1E25.

Scarborough, platform 3, on the curved part has undoubtedly the largest gap I've seen anywhere when its a 185 in there with the 1/3 2/3 doors. Things have improved with the mk. 5's due to the end door positions.

Flooding at Garforth. Up line closed to traffic.

68027 and 68030 are in service today. There is some disruption however due to flooding between Eccles and Earlestown. 1F62 (68030) was terminated at Man Vic and the return service, 1E39, will start from Man Vic after polishing the rails in Eccles loop.

1E23 (05.56 Liv-Sca) was cancelled throughout this morning ("shortage of train conductors"). 1F60 (09.41 Sca-Liv) is shown on JourneyCheck as starting at York, not sure if that will be a 68 or a 185 now. **Edit** 1E23 ran from Man Vic to Scarborough empty as 5E23, don't know if it was a 68 though.

Also worth mentioning is that 68025 has been replaced on set TP04 by 68021 'Tireless'.

9E09 with 802 204 has been terminated at Stalybridge due to a fault on the train.

So many issues, but training on (or lack of/delays to) new traction, and routes I would say is currently the biggest risk.

TPE JourneyCheck is currently stating that all the 68 hauled services after 1E37/1E39, thats 1F74/1E51/1P98 and 1F76/1J53 are cancelled due a "a fault on this train".

I wish people could see what goes on inside TPE on a daily basis, rather than being taken in by the spin and PR (which is one thing TPE are very good at). Yes there are well known infrastructure issues but TPE itself is an utter shambles, far too many issues to list here but the December...

The coaches are a little unusual in that the window arrangement is different on each side. If you want a seat with a good view out of a window, there are plenty, in fact the view is excellent because of the low sills. Some seats have a restricted view, but there are very few, if any, with no...

Buses vice trains from York to Scarborough and return again this afternoon due to more cancellations. No problem though, its "only" a Friday in half term holidays....

Both the 09.41 (1F60) and 10.41 (1F62) services from Scarborough to Liverpool are now showing as terminating at Manchester Victoria due to a shortage of drivers.

I have read elsewhere that Northern will take CAF to court over the delays to new rolling stock, if this is true, and some financial compensation is received, perhaps some of that could be shared amongst Northern passengers?

Another poor day today. JourneyCheck even had an announcement about a shortage of control staff. How much longer can this go on....

Training for Scarborough crews is running a little bit behind, it will happen but maybe delayed whilst the training programme catches up.

68020 is stabled in York Parcels Siding.

I wonder what the chances are of 1P98 running with 68025 tonight., it's routed via Elland.

You can't really make dwell times much longer at Picc 13/14, the timetable can barely cope with them as they are now. Elsewhere, timings have already been eased to accommodate the mk.5's.