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I don't have a YEP account, and I refuse point-blank to fall for the "accept cookies or pay" scam all newspaper sites do these days. But for those of you with a subscription (or who don't care about the cookies thing), there's a story about the £40m refurbishment of the office block at...

I think the most we get is six trains per hour at platforms 2, 3, 4, 5 (the other two being bays). That feels sufficient to me! The Wikipedia page mentions P7 (and splitting the existing island in two - oh, the hilarity!) but it was never part of the TWAO (document NR15A). It still makes no...

Agreed. What we're getting is appropriate for the level of service, which is unlikely to increase further due to limitations elsewhere. Rebuilding out P1 in 1991, and then P2 in 2025, has meant more platform space for the Penistone Line services, which is much better than occasionally-used...

If there's a code for "mishap" there should be one for "shenanigans". "The 1721 to Manchester Airport is delayed by 15 minutes. This is due to shenanigans on an earlier service." Much better than the bland "earlier incident" statements, which tell you nothing!

The new announcements have been around for a while. I'll admit to missing the familiarity of the previous one, and my dislike of "be the voice of our trains"-style programmes. See also: Northern. There are so many announcements on TPE that, when leaving Huddersfield towards Leeds, they were...

Most people hang around the entrance/escalators/lifts/stairs in case there's a platform alteration. York is interesting. There are zone markings on the platform, and my regular train home is shown on the screens as using zones 13, 12, 11, 10, 9 and 8. Trouble is, the TPE stop board is in zone...

It depends on the time of day. Just passed by there on a bus, and someone was power-washing the bottom of the longer set of steps, paving was happening in the rubber setts area, paths were being swept. A hive of activity. The other week after work I walked through the area, and three...

A few changes round the back of the station this last week. A new compound has appeared on the bridge over the weir, pushing the taxis back four or five car lengths. Overnight, a low steel frame appeared on the exposed piers. I'd be surprised if the building that was there, decades ago, will...

I didn't mention car travel, SUVs or otherwise. The worksite is on people's doorsteps. I had the inconvenience of noise during the construction of P0 at Leeds, this is much worse for much longer.

I think that if you live near Whitacre Street, you might have a different opinion on how well things are going.

I saw that, it was on the screens as well! Confused me for a minute, but not enough to slow me down. There was a GC set in P5 heading south, which is probably why I didn't ponder it long (that and the heat).

Especially if you're trying to get to the toilets...

I've been catching the 17.21 from York back to Leeds, it's usually a 6-car arrangement with First Class appearing willy-nilly. What I've noticed is that at the very front, which can be coach A or coach C, there are reserved seats that aren't taken up. It occurred to me that people, especially...

Well here's a thing: updated visuals, on WYCA's LinkedIn page. They seem to suggest three platforms and three through lines - so a bit like Slaithwaite and Marsden? But a passing lane (bidi or just westbound), rather than a crawler?

It really is! I happened to catch it last December after a medical appointment at Eccleshill. Lots of passengers boarding and alighting, and the car park was busy as well. The 290-ish spots will all be taken during a normal working week, I reckon. Anecdotal evidence from someone at the...

Not really. It takes time for the signal behind to clear, so I’d guess that eastbound trains would be overtaken at Thorpe Park/before Garforth, westbound at Cross Gates, if there was four-tracking between those two stations only. (Which is more or less what @YorkshireBear wrote above.j Adding...

In my experience... no. Should they be allowed to fund them? Absolutely! What White Rose teaches us is that despite Network Rail constantly delivering late, they do have the relationships with contractors. And they understand the railway (you'd hope). And how costs have increased. White Rose is...

I think you could probably fit a third track in between Cricket Inn Road and the station throat if those large diameter pipes were moved somewhere! It was built to 25kV, running at 750DC. It's one of the reasons that the project was two years late and four times over budget; Network rail...

I mean, if you could do some major "redecoration" of Bradford similar to what Manchester had in the 1990s... you could rebuild Exchange. Reopen the route via Adolphus Street from the east. Drop the current tracks so they pass under Bridge Street again. You'd still have to reverse though... The...

The portals (is it?) at Cross Gates have to span a greater distance because the platforms are quite far apart. I'm not saying I don't want to see some four-tracking (having been stuck behind a stopper a couple of times recently), I'm saying I haven't seen a definite plan yet. Nor any work during...