The way the Morecambe services interact with the faster WCML passenger and the various freight means (plus the occasional extensions to/from Leeds) mean that would not be possible. There is an argument that the WCML should be bang clockface beyond Preston, but with slightly varying freight trailing loads, stopping patterns, aspirational services currently not in the timetable, etc. north of Preston.....it's not possible without another full re-write.
Very welcome services nonetheless. The sudden reduction of all the trains on this route to 5 cars has led to serious overcrowding on the busier days of the week
It doesn't though. That's why there's a gap of nearly 80 minutes (12:42 to 13:59) then a 14:14 from Lancaster.
It doesn't, because DalesRail serves a specific purpose, whereas most Parlys don't.
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Regarding Northern West, this Times article:
(possible paywall, sorry)
says:
I have suggested hourly clockface Morecambes would be better than the present hotchpotch (see also St Albans) but this smells bigger. And the former would be madness.
2tph to Oldfield Park as well ?
Yes Oldfield Park has received 2tph both directions. They are about 15/45 minute apart but still a significant improvement.
`Excellent stuff, I often use the train, to get into town from Oldfield as a return is cheaper than the bus , so the increased frequency is welcome
Yes I also do! For most of the day it’s a train either way at XX:15, a train towards Bristol at XX:35 and a train from Bristol at XX:55.
I'm rather confused. I don't recall the faster Cambridge train stopping at Stansted Mountfitchet. The timetable for 2019 shows it running through non-stop. That is still the case in May 2023.
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Excellent - had hoped it was just a latecomer to the party.Realtime Trains | 0740 Bristol Temple Meads to Gloucester | 21/06/2023
Real-time train running information for 0740 departure from Bristol Temple Meads to Gloucester on 21/06/2023. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.
And here it is!
There still looks to be a similar level of service to the December TT, though one of the morning workings from Stourbridge Jn to Marylebone, 1H22, seems not yet to have been published (the units would otherwise be imbalanced, so it seems unlikely to have been removed).
1H22 is starting at Birmingham MS and it comes from Moor St sidings. It’s on RTT.
Ah, the diagrams must be changing then. Shame.
It’s a cart at the moment, business plan updates not published for May yet though, but should be an extension of LHCS for a few more years if you keep everything crossed.
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Otherwise known as going round Rhubarb!
Talking of changes, looking closely this service appears to use the Chord at Doctor Day's to avoid Bristol Temple Meads. I knew there was one in the evening in the other direction in the evening, but am not aware of a service travelling in this direction around the chord.
Realtime Trains | 2R54 0706 Bath Spa to Filton Abbey Wood | 21/06/2023
Real-time train running information for 2R54 0706 departure from Bath Spa to Filton Abbey Wood on 21/06/2023. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.
A 222.
Still a morning up and evening down through service on weekdays
I hope not. In May it looked like we finally got the long promised second EMR Derby to Nottingham service to bring the total to 4 an hour (2 EMR, 2 XC) and now it appears we have gained 1, lost 1.
