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I doubt if an insider would have anything additional to impart which is known only internally.
The entire Great Northern Inner/Outer plus Thameslink operation appears set up to function on a "least worst" basis in terms of deployment of available units and staff. Once even modest disruption...
The days before pedestrian crossings had a red or green man to indicate stop or go.
Instead either "Wait" in red at the top or "Cross Now" in yellow (or white?) at the bottom.
As well as the GN Inners being disrupted there were some delays on GN Outers to/from Kings Lynn/Ely and signalling problems in the core caused disruption on Thameslink to add to the mix.
Does anyone know if the £2 bus/coach single Fare Cap in West of Scotland introduced by the SNP government on 7th September 2026 has been adopted by Citylink and/or Ember on the Glasgow-Oban and Glasgow-Fort William/Skye services? I had a quick look on the internet but couldn't find a definitive...
And trivial occurrences with minimal impact are often given equal prominence to mass disruption events. A classic case where "improving" something has made it considerably worse than it was in the first place.
Hard enough for seasoned users of the page to be able to find disruption information on first attempt within its new incarnation let alone for a "normal" accessing the page on a rare occasion.
I'd assumed at first that the "proper" website was down and that this hotchpotch layout was some temporary backup, but clearly from previous posts that's not the case. A complete "bodge" job.
Regarding 4 trains per hour v 2 trains per hour late evening and Sundays. Are there perhaps concerns that enhancing the timetables to the fullest extent of 4 trains per hour looks good on paper but would be prone to ad hoc staffing unavailability cancellations?
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