Search results

There's some local discussion on the 17:53 service removal on the Huddersfield to Sheffield service - The hourly service leaves around xx:09, about 11 minutes after the service from Sheffield gets into Huddersfield - I'm not overly familiar with the service, but it appears to run as a two train...

Hi, has anyone on here aware of a level crossing with a high level wigwag placed above the usual level - i.e. a second unit synced to the lower unit - I've a site with visibility issues that could benefit from a high level "secondary" unit, but I can't find any examples or find anything that...

Hi, does anyone know if this fills up to capacity ? I’m travelling at 9am, would be parking up about 8:30am, will I be faced with a FULL sign ?

Were there any proposals in the EMR franchise to upgrade the waiting rooms at Sheffield Station, currently sat freezing my nuts off, doors permanently open, steel seats, smell of diesel from a 222 idling in platform 9, it’s an awful environment

Hi, does anyone know if CrossCountry or a third party produce a table indicating the typical passenger loading on their services ?

Something struck me this last week on returning to the forum... Sheffield feels like it’s been left behind on the Northern England new rolling stock bonanza of the last few years, LNER has its shiny new 801 fleet streaking through Doncaster, York, Leeds etc... TPE has rolled out its new Nova...

Reading this morning that Avanti will refurbish the existing fleet of 56 Class 390s and replace the 30 Class 221s with a new fleet of 10 electric and 13 bi-modes - Coughs, Class 80x... not unexpected, and of course there would be new stock down the line for HS2 classic services Begs the...

Passed a wrapped up carriage going the opposite way (south) today on the M1 near Chesterfield - completely wrapped in a medium dark blue canvas - just the one carriage on a HGV trailer - any idea what it could have been ?

Quick question folks, the 11:40am Northern service from Blackpool North today is patched as a 100mph DMU - I'm meeting a friend in Carriage D - out of pure curiosity would this be a doubled up 185 ?

Realistically speaking, given I'm getting zero joy from EMTs customer services - what method stands most chance of getting something done with the failing Aircon on he EMT 158s - It's getting to be almost daily that I'm getting on a unit with a broken Aircon - roll on winter and we'll have the...

Stood at the machine this morning and I see day returns for places like Leeds, Sheffield etc, but cannot see one for Manchester - just an anytime return - do they exist ?

I note that Wikipedia has pages up for the new CAF units for Northern, confirming the class numbers, which I've not seen mentioned on the forum Source in in here.... http://www.raildeliverygroup.com/files/Publications/2016-03_long_term_passenger_rolling_stock_strategy_4th_ed.pdf Class...

Hi, fancied doing something different this Autumn, thinking of a short break in North America somewhere - we live in Sheffield so are within a 90 minute drive of Manchester, any forum members have any top tips for value flights that don't involve long interchanges - we are quite open to various...

Lots of services stuck in Stockport this morning - anyone know what the problem is ?

Not seen this reported elsewhere, apparently there was a collision between a EMT Meridian and trackside equipment operated by Wabtec - seems odd that an earlier train didn't collide with the equipment unless it was moved just before the train passed...

I know that I can't use the return before the outward, that's specifically implied in the conditions of carriages, but is there anything stopping me from using an anytime return ticket to do my reverse commute - for example, using the outward on say a monday night, to go home, then the return to...

There's been lots of talk over the last decade about smart ticketing, many of us will have used Oyster in London or a similar system, but now we are starting to see smart ticketing being part of franchise agreements, what sort of impact will it have on users, be they season ticket holders...

On short formed trains, what the consensus on leaving reservations in place on that train, would your view change depending on the time of day or even the day ?

Just looking over the Virgin WC routes and I'm a tad baffled as to why they run so many diesel units under wires for the full route. Do they run the 221's on quieter paths ?

I travel almost daily on the first EMT service to Manchester from Sheffield, I'd say that on at least 3 out of 5 days, the train manager/guard makes the announcement that "because of the short platforms" passengers will have to alight via the front carriage. This is more often said at...