Hadfield/Glossop

[Stuwhu]

Morning

Does anyone know why Northern have changed the order in which trains stop at the above stations? Was primarily Dinting-Glossop-Hadfield but has now changed to Dinting-Hadfield-Glossop?

 

[Bletchleyite]

It's the opposite way round at opposite ends of the day, so the Glossop commuters (the biggest flow in normal times at least) get the shortest journey, in the morning towards Manchester, in the evening away from it. Been like that for years. I think it flips about lunchtime usually.

 

[Ianno87]

It's the opposite way round at opposite ends of the day, so the Glossop commuters (the biggest flow in normal times at least) get the shortest journey, in the morning towards Manchester, in the evening away from it. Been like that for years. I think it flips about lunchtime usually.

That's for the leaf fall timetable.

Normally the middle of day standard hour service is Manchester-Glossop-Hadfield-Glossop-Manchester, but with Manchester-Hadfield-Glossop done in the morning contra-peak and Glossop-Hadfield-Manchester in the evening contra-peak.

 

[Thomas6187]

It changed recently to help with social distancing. As the Glossop bound platform is curved, it means that the conductors had to do the doors in the middle of the train. By going to Hadfield first it meant to conductors could stay at back. It now gone back to normal

 

[Stuwhu]

Thanks Thomas. It was still Hadfield first yesterday but could it be changing for the new timetable tomorrow?

 

[mandub]

Thanks Thomas. It was still Hadfield first yesterday but could it be changing for the new timetable tomorrow?

Yep. Changes back to original route from 14th September (MAN - DTG - GLO - HDF - GLO - DTG - MAN)

 

[Ianno87]

It changed recently to help with social distancing. As the Glossop bound platform is curved, it means that the conductors had to do the doors in the middle of the train. By going to Hadfield first it meant to conductors could stay at back. It now gone back to normal

Interesting - hadn't realised that.

 

[scrapy]

It changed recently to help with social distancing. As the Glossop bound platform is curved, it means that the conductors had to do the doors in the middle of the train. By going to Hadfield first it meant to conductors could stay at back. It now gone back to normal

Out of interest does anyone know how conductors dispatched at Dinting when 323s were first introduced on the line under BR. They only had controls in the cabs at that point. Was a dispatcher provided or any mirrors?

 

[warwickshire]

Out of interest does anyone know how conductors dispatched at Dinting when 323s were first introduced on the line under BR. They only had controls in the cabs at that point. Was a dispatcher provided or any mirrors?

No when 323 first came out at dinting the guard had to prior to middle door controls fitted around 2002 to 2003 had to walk up the platform and back again to dispatch from rear prior to departure and whilst on departure looking out off rear cab window incase to apply emergency brake etc iff anyone close to train. Due to blind curve no mirrors no dispatcher

 

[Ianno87]

Out of interest does anyone know how conductors dispatched at Dinting when 323s were first introduced on the line under BR. They only had controls in the cabs at that point. Was a dispatcher provided or any mirrors?

They weren't introduced on the line until 1997 by which time it was North Western Trains.