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I was there, complete operational failure by the station staff, occasion too big for them maybe?

City winning it with 100 points was brilliant though, right?

Aha, I was counting the walk from Victoria to Piccadilly being one change.

It'll still open the barriers.

Central Trains refused to contribute towards running costs, even though they benefited the most from them.

Moderator note - split from: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/2025-fares-from-2-march-2025-now-in-journey-planners.281125/ As passengers that’s not our problem, it should start with pay freezes for management and above.

Absolutely disgusting, Northern should show improvements and demonstrate consistency in said improvements for at least the remainder of 2025 before being allowed to raise fares.

Stations between Bolton and Clitheroe, aside from Blackburn.

Could they use Manchester United FC Halt as a glorified siding?

I would hardly call a shoe width step over the line to walk round a pushchair ‘risking my safety’, but each to their own.

I got bellowed at at Wigan North Western a couple of years ago as I dared to walk the 'wrong' side of the yellow line to avoid some pushchairs which had congregated at a narrow point. One day they're going to shout at the wrong person and they're not going to like the outcome.

Either that, or have each one approved by a regulatory body. Tree down on the line? Not a problem. Storms forecast which pose a risk to safe operation? Yep, fine. Using them as a “get out of bad management free card”? No, own it and cough up all the delay repay.

Utter disgrace again today.

Well I'm glad I finally got to see the Western Train all lit up a few months back, even if it looks like I'll never get to actually ride it :lol:

Northern were offensively awful yesterday on the Blackpool route, often 2-3 trainloads wedged into 4 cars with everyone being patronisingly told "move down inside the carriage please".

Why would they?

No direct trains between Preston and Liverpool tomorrow, all P-coded, truly pathetic operator.

The 48 stops near it: https://www.prestonbus.co.uk/bus-services/48/

Because the trains are packed with people making relatively short trips (such as using them instead of Northern), splitting, or on Advances, and as soon as people need to make a ‘full fat’ XC journey like Newcastle to the South West, they see the eye watering fares for a family and choose to...

Because when the Arriva franchise was let they MASSIVELY overbid, expecting people to be using it for long, profitable journeys. As it turned out, the trains were (and still are) mostly full of people doing short to medium distance journeys like Leeds to Sheffield, so the only way they could...