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Poor old Blades.

Probably for the best as I can’t see the ‘at-seat’ offering being available tonight in standard.

Yes I remember that. Good on them and good on LNER. The NE knows how to party.

And I don’t think they’ll care whether a train turns up or not to get them home tonight. I’d imagine many won’t even make it back to Kings Cross anyway :lol:

This has just made me laugh so much. So very very true lol.

Not necessarily safety critical. If any fault that a train should not leave a maintenance depot with is found by the driver on prep then it is a failure regardless if it cannot be rectified and all drivers will refuse to move said train. 1748093399 Rules are very different from a train starting...

Thing is though things like this and other major issues have always been the case with the railways yet in my experience most passengers do come back and the trains get busier than ever.

The PIS displays are only active from when the driver opens up the leading cab. If the incoming driver knows the outgoing headcode like myself and many others do then they’ll input it but that’s over & above and not part of our duties. Departing Yarmouth earlier is awkward as some services are...

Newton Abbot is another station that has frequently held connections over the years for Torbay. Impressively GWR waits a late running XC service that often has a good number of intending passengers for the branch.

Yes, I’ll help if I can. Remember being held at Beaulieu Park a few weeks ago for that. I was heading to a work medical in Shoreditch.

Hope your week is a pleasant one mate and that we deliver for you. 1748018575 Not always possible obviously but we do try. Our services that operate with conductors often excel in reassuring passengers that connections will be held for them and advise of which platform to head for in a quick...

We do our best to maintain connections here in the wonderful world of Greater Anglia :wub:

9M21 19:11 ex-Waverley still operates as a through service to Lime Street In the May TT change.

Sadly ‘Project Thor’ turned out to be prohibitively expensive.

It never really got off the ground and became part of the Trans-Pennine Express cutbacks following the dreadful unreliability and crewing issues this operator suffered. It was decided not to pursue the original plan. TPX then got the contract from the Scottish government to operate the stopping...

Very true. The railways have in history closely followed the economy. Its surprising that they are doing as well as they are so to me this is a very positive sign.

We often have people do that. The stop is only for 20 seconds or less however. Best advise your guard who will then ensure the driver is aware so they don’t close the doors thinking you are alighting completley. Remember it is only the very front set of doors that release.

In my 21 years of driving trains into Liverpool Street it has always struck me how courteous and helpful the passenger assistant guys are at this station. Would be great if the full incident was caught on body-cam so we could hear/see.

Norwich and Ipswich drivers started training on 720s but this was abandoned when the decision was taken not to proceed with 720s north of Ipswich. 1747678023 It could very easily be reversed but there is really no need.

Yes I recall that signal. Got a good view from the front seats on a 105.