Yes, we were. It wasn’t obvious from the information provided by LNER on the NRE page but when we boarded an XC service first thing this morning to get away before the storm’s arrival, the conductor informed us they were accepting tickets as far as Newcastle. (We were heading south.)
The Brittany Ferries service to Ouistreham/Caen is showing as on time and running
Definitely mixed messages. BBC TV had a reporter at Preston station on the lunchtime news earlier today (Mairead Smyth) stating that nothing would be running beyond Carlisle today and showed a hand written white board at the station to that effect.
Also there was a semblance of a ScotRail service on the speed restricted Carlisle-Glasgow via Dumfries route.
Hopefully such decisions are largely to avoid compounding overcrowding rather than motivated by commercial or parochial considerations.
While I agree it would be frustrating, the net result would be the same if it waited at the platform for another 11-12 minutes. The only difference is the passengers on the platform would get to see a train with the doors shut ready to go/a guard telling people they can't board, and passengers on the train would have another 11-12 minutes of uncomfortable standing. If it can move early and not disrupt the timetable and potentially arrive early, it might as well in my view.
I can't see ticket acceptance mentioned on the LNER/XC websites, or the status pages for LNER/XC on the NRE website.
I would have thought it would also to minimise delays due to the blanket 50mph all the way to Msrshall Meadows( Scottish border).
Top marks to the signaller acting quickly and placing an urgent call to the driver, meaning the train could be stopped while it was still within the station. Better than being stuck in the middle of nowhere.
I was on 1Y86, there was a branch on the OHLE at Temple Hirst junction which meant we were 15 late leaving York, then according to the TM, we received an emergency call and came to a stop between Temple Hirst Junction and
I praise CrossCountry for keeping services going north of Newcastle . According to realtime trains the biggest delays on 2 weren't a bad 33-35 minutes considering the storm!
I’ve a friend on the 18.07 Edinburgh to Birmingham at the moment. Over 100 late but I think he’s just glad to be moving!
Could be a lot worse but at least it's moving, yes
.Yes, Peterborough was as far as we got. Originally we were told to get onto the following GC service from Halifax (?) 20 minutes later, and the guard said they had ticket acceptance on London Midland and we had the choice of trying to squeeze onto the GC or get the LM which started there. We chose the LM which had plenty of space all the way down, but was ironically delayed for 15 minutes due to congestion on the lines down to Kings Cross...
How many trains do Scotrail run per day?
Yes why has LNER been unable to use its diesel sets to do the same?
I use Journeycheck and the ScotRail app as a guide. Traksy is far better to see if a train is actually running or not.
Wouldn't at all say LNER or any of the other operators have overreacted.
With all due respect, I think that you're being overly defensive here. While I understand that the train companies are up against it, your average punter doesn't see it from an internal point of view; all they're focussed on is their own individual journey and whether or not they'll be able to get home. You can argue 'til the cows come home whether or not they should have made that journey in the face of "Do Not Travel" advice, but you also have to accept that sometimes that advice doesn't get through and you will get complaints about the way the situation is handled.
LNER and other TOCs are damned if they do and damned if they don't. Pull the service too early and they'll be criticised; pull the service too late and we end up with trains stranded in remote places with people complaining because there are no working toilets, etc.
This is yet another example of the widespread problem of two systems running in parallel but taking ages to “talk” to one another. Public facing systems churning out what is obviously drivel given what staff information systems are showing is a daily occurrence- usually leading to nothing worse than a loss of trust in the information given, but at times leading to missed trains or worse.
All the highland sleepers were cancelled last night. A little surprisingly the west highland line appears to be ok, as the scotrail website seems to be reporting a mostly normal service today.
Services south of Aberdeen are returning to normal. Passed two LNER replacement buses heading south on A90 this morning. First train north was about 42 mins late into Aberdeen apparently.
Network Rail spent last night clearing it of trees and other debris.
