How is the December ‘25 timetable panning out?

[Bayum]

Thought it might be useful to have a separate thread from confirmed changes to how its application into practice is going.

I think I recall some discussion that the Leeds-Sheffield fast is delayed whilst Northern see how their other changes are going?

 

[swt_passenger]

I think I recall some discussion that the Leeds-Sheffield fast is delayed whilst Northern see how their other changes are going?

But does that discussion need to be repeated? It’s already happened in the existing “confirmed changes“ thread that has moved on to discussion of things that are being intentionally delayed

 

[dk1]

Thought it might be useful to have a separate thread from confirmed changes to how its application into practice is going.

I think I recall some discussion that the Leeds-Sheffield fast is delayed whilst Northern see how their other changes are going?

I was under the impression from other recent posts on here that it was operating tomorrow then again in the new year.

 

[JRT]

Thought it might be useful to have a separate thread from confirmed changes to how its application into practice is going.

I think I recall some discussion that the Leeds-Sheffield fast is delayed whilst Northern see how their other changes are going?

The discussions appear to be going on in their various earlier threads. Ask the admin whether they want to close the other threads and move discussions onto here.

Announced in September.

A new hourly service between Leeds and Sheffield will operate on Saturday, 20 and Sunday, 21 December, followed by the full rollout of the (daily) service from Saturday, 27 December 2025.

 

[Horizon22]

In practice, I think we’d have to wait until January to see how it’s panning out.

 

[The Planner]

In practice, I think we’d have to wait until January to see how it’s panning out.

Later than that, as in the other threads, you need all the WCML and Church Fenton closures done and then a couple of weeks on top.

 

[Magdalia]

Later than that, as in the other threads, you need all the WCML and Church Fenton closures done and then a couple of weeks on top

And the Cambridge resignalling.

 

[Snow1964]

There has been a little bit of thinning out in the Westbury area, just odd trains. Not going down well on some local social media.

Unlike the improvements that tend to get PR fanfare in the weeks/months before, there was complete silence about these, which reading between the lines are more due to not employing enough staff to continue operating previous timetable.