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To be quite clear, a driver using their phone in the cab breaches PED policy and is indefensible. Something that is quite different is having an authorised second person in the cab. If I have a road learner, manager or colleague on an authorised front end turn with me then it’s natural we’ll...

Another Lincoln area change I’d missed is an additional Lincoln - Doncaster service from Lincoln at 1234 Mon-Sat. Increases the service to 6 trains per day and utilises a unit that otherwise sits idle at Lincoln for 2 hours.

I’m very pleased to see that EMR are introducing a two hourly Lincoln - Sleaford service on Sundays from December. This area of rural Lincolnshire has had no public transport connections to Lincoln on Sundays for a long time.

Haven’t they done away with reservations on the 170s now?

The test file on EMR 170s (to the best of my knowledge) is just Julie Berry saying “Please listen for announcements”. I feel slightly cheated that we don’t have a creepy kids song or Thomas the Tank Engine!

Ulceby and Barnetby are connected with no passenger services using the west side of the triangle at Brocklesby. Anyone wanting to make that journey has to change at Habrough.

Cost. A professional voice over will cost significantly more, both for their time and potential expenses incurred. I’d be willing to bet a staff member will be doing it in their paid time, maybe with some lunch thrown in.

No problem. I realised I’ve forgotten to say the Sleaford Avoiding Line too.

Although it doesn’t impact the passenger experience these didn’t have their cabs as extensively painted either. The units from 504 onwards look much better.

It’s still the same as the original post, but I’d possibly suggest it would be better formatted as: Lincoln - Cleethorpes Doncaster - Lincoln - Peterborough Lincoln - Nottingham inc Newark North Gate Nottingham - Leicester Cleethorpes - Barton on Humber Traction remains 158 and 170 as well

It’s also worth noting the reduction of traffic from Immingham through Lincoln. Traffic is non-existant now bar a couple of oil trains to Humber refinery. If that line had also still been busy alongside the GNGE traffic I think an avoiding line would’ve been a good proposal, but without it I...

The Tenetecroft Street link road really has been a game changer. Rerouting the traffic via Pelham Bridge away from the High Street does genuinely seem to have helped traffic flow. The footbridges have also made a difference, at least to those who can be bothered to use them. Some would of...

Yes, it’s still in use controlling Auckley, Finningley, Wroot Road and Park Drain crossings. Signalling controlled from Doncaster PSB, Panel 2.

I like the station cafe at Grimsby Town. Decent coffee and a really nice breakfast selection. The chap who runs it is really friendly too.

A reason I’ve been given is a concern drivers will then driver to adhere to what the TPWS is set at rather than focusing on ensuring they’re compliant with the PSR. Not sure I agree with this personally, and the set speed often becomes common knowledge after an incident anyway.

People still love a good moan about the crossings though!

It’s a common incident on both DOO and conventionally operated stock. There can be many reasons it can occur, and it is obviously treated as an operational incident. Stopping out of course can itself be an incident, and it can be compounded further by doors being released at an unbooked location.

I really struggle to find anyone who thought that the station rationalisation in Lincoln was a bad idea. Central is more than adequate for modern day traffic levels, even if it could do with a modern, wider, footbridge. The loss of the avoiding line was unfortunate with the benefit of hindsight...

This mirrors what I do, pretty much. I tend to have benchmark speeds that I expect that will tell me if a unit is performing below par. I had one the other day that was falling significantly short which I ended up reporting for low power as a result. The units I drive certainly don’t perform...

Definitely partial to a pint of Sea Bass! My wife enjoyed the Rocky Bottom lager last time we visited as she’s not an ale drinker.