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    Oxford - Manchester: 4 cars every 2 hours

    Reading to York/Newcastle service is temporary not running due to engineering works north of Derby which have been taking place for the last 2 weeks. This means a diversion adding a hour into the Scotland-South West service meaning more units are required on this route and should be back to...
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    Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Bus News

    Trent are normally quite good in that the drivers stay on a specific route so for them the delays may not have spread to other routes. Midland Classic have sometimes restarted services in Burton with a new bus and driver if there is a delay on the network (normally the A38!) Whilst yes it would...
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    Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Bus News

    All fun an games around East Midlands Airport today as Download festival is back in town for the weekend. Even the traffic around Derby city center seemed to be a bit slower than normal. Bus times seems to show some very large delays to the routes around the Airport and some small ones to other...
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    TRIVIA: Longest dwell time in the middle of a continuous service

    Seems to be split at the moment due to engineering works between Hull and Goole. Forward to July and they return. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:HUL/from/gb-nr:SCA/2023-07-04/0200-0159?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt
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    TRIVIA: Longest dwell time in the middle of a continuous service

    Reading to Newcastle services normally have around 15 minutes at Derby.
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    Go South Coast

    Thank you! I couldn't see for looking as I checked the front page and timetable list. Also thanks for the heads up about the crazy golf. We normally end up on one one or two holiday.
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    Cross Country Trains produce a useful PRINTED Timetable booklet again.

    Yes the PDF and printed timetables are the same.
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    Go South Coast

    Does the new forest open top routes still run? I have had a look on the morebus website but there seems to be no evidence of them.
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    Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Bus News

    Derby bus depot news reports that ex Mickleover E200's 107/108 are to head to Kinchbus to replace 733/739 which will in turn head back to trent. A quick look at bus times confirms this with 108 out on the sprint today in kinchbus livery.
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    First Leicester

    Route 21 seems to be the second route converted to electric operation today with 63501, 63502 and 63508 doing the honors. Route 17 had 63503 and 63505 out as well.
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    Railways running mid-week next week

    Loco rota shows 31601. Presumably be only to Shottle like the steam service at the weekend.
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    Stagecoach Yorkshire and Chesterfield

    Which seems a bit off when 'gold' seems to be phased out into 'school bus' yellow. Doesn't sound to good but it is the first day. Did pick up a timetable in the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway ticket office today so if they are else where hopefully that will spread the word.
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    Staffordshire Bus News

    Would imagine these will replace the remaining Omnicity's.
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    East Midlands Railway livery and station branding

    Guessing the 180 or 180's being out is due to the football with the aim probably for all the Sheffield services being 10 car due it it being hourly.
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    Trivia: Services/Journeys withdrawn, but later reinstated

    Some of Derbyshire Bus Service Improvement Plan is going towards improving some services which have had cuts including: 401 Burton - Uttoxeter - More evening services which was cut around 2016/2017 Transpeak Derby - Buxton - Sunday service from 2 hourly to hourly the comet Derby - Chesterfield -...
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    Ecclesbourne Valley Railway News & Updates

    To start the thread off with some good news posted on the facebook page. If everything goes to plan the full railway will be open again from 10th June after a landslip near Duffield. https://www.facebook.com/wyvernrail
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    Class 810 for East Midlands Railway Construction/Introduction Updates

    The main difference with the MML is that it is already basically a 5 car railway with splitting and joining at London, Sheffield, Kettering and Nottingham at least every weekday. With the 810's nothing is probably going to really change apart from some minor tweaks due to the fleet being just 5...
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    CrossCountry HST Diagrams

    Still the normal 2 diagrams on weekdays: 1V44 Leeds to Plymouth 1S51 Plymouth to Glasgow 1V50 Edinburgh to Plymouth 1E63 Plymouth to Leeds Looks good for both to be HST's tomorrow. 43184+43239 are currently on the way to Glasgow 43285+43357 are currently on the way to Leeds
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    EMR class 156s for Northern

    At least made it to Crewe on Sunday. Here it is near Tutbury and Hatton on the North Staffs. The final 156 in the East Midlands?
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    Trivia: Direct journeys you can make on a single bus that changes service en-route

    Most routes on Midland Classic/Diamond EM interwork in some way. These are advertised: All 31 Litchfield circulars come from/go to Burton as the X12 2025 Uttoxeter - Burton 401 continues to East Midlands Airport as the 2120 route 9 Also some unadvertised through working you can have the...

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