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  1. Thomas6187

    Northern Class 323 & 350 Cascade Updates

    323236 suffered a seized axle yesterday, and appears to have caused a bit of damage to the unit. It's currently waiting to a Wheel Skate on PLT 1 at Manchester Oxford Rd, to either Allerton, Ardwick or Longsight
  2. Thomas6187

    Northern Class 323 & 350 Cascade Updates

    Its 323s on Saturdays. During the week its booked as 331/1
  3. Thomas6187

    RealTimeTrains website

    I like the new feature, where if you've got Rail Miles, the unit allocation show up in green if you 'require' the unit
  4. Thomas6187

    Major disruption to / from Manchester Piccadilly - 16th April 2026

    Will have passed the last signal, therefore showing as "arrived" at Piccadilly
  5. Thomas6187

    TRIVIA: through-platforms with mid-platform signals

    Manchester Oxford Road(1,2,3,4 in the up direction) and Manchester Piccadilly(13 and 14 in both directions)
  6. Thomas6187

    'Ardwick Blockade' - February 2026 (timetable alteration updates)

    Platforms 13/14 are still open for passenger use, but only 3tph will start/terminate at Piccadilly.
  7. Thomas6187

    'Ardwick Blockade' - February 2026 (timetable alteration updates)

    Looks like some service information has started to be loaded up Manchester Piccadilly 16/02/26 Stockport 16/02/26
  8. Thomas6187

    Trivia: What’s the station with dispatch staff that has the lowest passenger numbers?

    An honorable mention for Manchester United Football Halt, which required Dispatch Staff when its was served by trains. Don't remember the station usage numbers, but it must have been around hovering around 20000 per year.
  9. Thomas6187

    EMR Manchester Picc - Sheffield during Stockport Blockade

    Not too bad loading wise, but the fact both the xx43 fast and the xx48 slow are mostly timetabled at the same platform, at Piccadilly, does cause lot of confusion. If you board as it arrives in you more likely to get a descent seat, before everyone get sorted onto the right train.
  10. Thomas6187

    December 2025 Timetable Change - Confirmed changes only

    Avanti have introduced a 22:14 departure from Piccadilly to Euston, arriving at 01:13. Interestingly, the departures from Manchester now depart 1 minute earlier on the public TT, compared the the current TT. The exception is the 0700 Piccadilly-Euston
  11. Thomas6187

    SWR outgoing Metro fleet withdrawals (complete)

    A colleague of mine seen 455702 on a low loader near on the M6 near Stafford.
  12. Thomas6187

    Greek Street bridge replacement Stockport

    It appears that Northern are going to take over East Midlands's slots over the August block. Two services in the morning starting at Liverpool Lime Street, with the rest starting at Piccadilly, non stop Piccadilly to Sheffield.
  13. Thomas6187

    185112 - Currently not in service?

    Didn't last long, as it's developed a fault before working the 0830 Manchester Piccadilly-Huddersfield. It's gone back on to Ardwick
  14. Thomas6187

    Points failure between Hazel Grove and Buxton yesterday

    The failure was at Buxton. I believe Network Rail found quite considerable damage which took several hours to fix
  15. Thomas6187

    EMR mass cancellations on Liverpool-Norwich, 19/04/25

    I wonder if there is a lack of Drivers who sign the route. There been route refresh paths in the timetable since December, and I believe they haven't been used once yet
  16. Thomas6187

    Different Guard Depot, Route and Traction cards

    It appears that Buxton Conductors are learning 323s. I've noticed that they tend to using the Manchester Piccadilly-Alderley route as training runs.
  17. Thomas6187

    Updates On The Ex WM 323s at Northern

    323242 is out today working one for the Blackpool diagrams. It's paired with 323232 on the 1017 Manchester Airport-Blackpool North
  18. Thomas6187

    Greek Street bridge replacement Stockport

    Make sense as both EMR and TPE have paths in the new timetable for daytime route learning.
  19. Thomas6187

    Stockport Signalling (trespass, 02 Nov 24)

    1T71 been delayed due to a body being found on the Line near Bramhall
  20. Thomas6187

    Northern Short Forming Again

    Can't strengthen everything, as all the other Buxton after the game were 4 cars. Guessing it was the 1751, and probably mostly Stockport passenger who would have normally board the cancelled 1755 AWC Euston

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