2026 New Track Coverage

[lipson89]

9th August:
Dore South to Dore West on the curve, avoiding Sheffield, en route to Manchester.
Huddersfield: Manchester Victoria service departed from platform 2, then crossed over from the Up Huddersfield to the Down Huddersfield.
10th August:
Rochdale: Arrived from Blackburn into the little used Platform 2 and departed from the same platform on a Leeds service.

 

[Sunil_P]

19th August:

Bessacarr Jn to Black Carr Jn "northbound" - this is the former rare curve, now "normal" use, connecting the Doncaster-Lincoln line to the ECML on the "up" side, done on the 1434 from Lincoln.
("Southbound" direction done back in 2019)

 

[Sunil_P]

20th August:

Edgware Road "terminating platforms" - both definitively done in both directions (even though I might have used either or both decades ago without noting which!):

Platform 2 District departure/arrival
Platform 3 Circle departure/arrival

The platforms seem to be strictly used as above, at least in the off-peak.

#ForTheRecord

 

[Sunil_P]

30th August:

Kingsbury Jn to Whitacre Jn in that direction. Sunday engineering work - XC services from/to Nottingham diverted to/from Coleshill Parkway.
(Whitacre Jn to Kingsbury Jn direction done back in 2018.)